Islam and the Arab World: Faith, People, CultureBernard Lewis In this book thirteen eminent authorities provide a long-overdue and highly rewarding survey of Islamic culture and history, from the days of the Prophet Muhammad to modern times. The names of the contributors and their academic affiliations appear on the back of this book jacket. Their specific subjects cover: the faith of Islam and the people who embraced it; Islamic art and architecture; the growth and culture of urban Islam; the mystic path of the Sufi tradition; Islamic literature; Islamic music--its philosophy theory, and practice; Islamic contributions to the development of science; strategy, tactics, and weapons in Islamic warfare; the golden age of Cordoba and Granada; the flowering of Iranian civilization; the rise and fall of Turkish domination; Muslim India; problems and prospects of the 19th and 20th centuries. The comprehensive text is supplemented with close to 500 illustrations, 160 of them in color. |
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Page 126
... ment in Turkey . Another threat is the modern ' enlighten- ment ' , which seems to want to turn the Oriental tendency towards mystical fervour inside out , making it extrovert and diverting it towards materialism . But forces are once ...
... ment in Turkey . Another threat is the modern ' enlighten- ment ' , which seems to want to turn the Oriental tendency towards mystical fervour inside out , making it extrovert and diverting it towards materialism . But forces are once ...
Page 225
... ment of restoration and recovery was subsequently given the name of Reconquista ( Reconquest ) . An obvious point , but one often forgotten , is that the movement of reconquest always had a territorial basis . from which it took its ...
... ment of restoration and recovery was subsequently given the name of Reconquista ( Reconquest ) . An obvious point , but one often forgotten , is that the movement of reconquest always had a territorial basis . from which it took its ...
Page 280
... ment in which the youth were trained in the various facets of the High Islamic tradition . They were taught Arabic , Persian and Turkish , the Islamic sciences and mathe- matics . The manly arts were not neglected , with archery ...
... ment in which the youth were trained in the various facets of the High Islamic tradition . They were taught Arabic , Persian and Turkish , the Islamic sciences and mathe- matics . The manly arts were not neglected , with archery ...
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11/8th century Abbasid Abd ar-Rahman Abd ar-Rahman III Abū ad-Din administrative Akbar al-Andalus al-Ma'mun Anatolia Arabic army astronomers Baghdad became Byzantine Cairo caliphate Central Asia centre Christian conquest Constantinople Cordoba culture decoration Delhi dome dynasty early East Egypt élite Europe European Fatimid frontier Greek Ibn al-Haytham India Iran Iranian Isfahan Islamic world IV/10th century Janissaries king land language later literary literature Mamluk Mamlūks manuscript medieval Mehmed Mehmed II ment military Mongols mosque Mughul Muhammad Muslim Muslim world muwashshah mystical origin Ottoman empire palace period Persian poems poet poetry political Prophet prose Qur'an reign religion religious rule rulers Safavids Sāsānid Seljuq Shah shaykh Shi'i slaves Spain Sufi Sufism Sufiyya Sulayman Sultan Syria tion tomb tradition translation treatise Turkish Turks Umayyad VII/13th century vizier West Western x/16th century است الله ان او با باشد به دو على که لا ما