The Arab Conquests 9781838933418

The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna 0275968928, 9780275968922

In the view of Dr. Martin Sicker, it was with the emergence of Islam that the combination of geopolitics and religion re

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Arab Conquests and Early Islamic Historiography: The Futuh al-Buldan of al-Baladhuri 9781838604394, 9781838604424, 9781838604417

Of the available sources for Islamic history between the seventh and eighth centuries CE, few are of greater importance

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Roman Identity from the Arab Conquests to the Triumph of Orthodoxy 9783030609054, 9783030609061

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Violence in Early Islam: Religious Narratives, the Arab Conquests and the Canonization of Jihad 9780755637997, 9780755638024, 9780755638000

The concept of jihad holds a prominent place in in Islamic theology and history. Beyond its spiritual meanings, the term

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The early Islamic conquests 9781400847877, 9780691610825, 9780691053271

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Arab Conquests and Early Islamic Historiography: The Futuh al-Buldan of al-Baladhuri [1 ed.] 9781838604394, 9781838604417, 9781838604400

Of the available sources for Islamic history between the seventh and eighth centuries CE, few are of greater importance

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The History of the Mongol Conquests 0812217667, 9780812217667

The Mongol conquests, culminating with the invasion of Europe in the middle of the thirteenth century, were of a scope a

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The Early Islamic Conquests [Course Book ed.] 9781400847877

In this contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature and causes of the Islamic conquests in Syria and Iraq during th

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The Independent Arab 9781463213091

Part travelogue and part memoir, this account of Major Sir Hubert Young’s time spent in the Middle East in diplomatic an

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The Stated Motivations for the Early Islamic Expansion (622–641): A Critical Revision of Muslims’ Traditional Portrayal of the Arab Raids and Conquests 1433135280, 9781433135286

What motivated the early Islamic conquests? Did the Arabs fight for Allah, or for wealth and dominance? Were the conquer

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