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Stories of the Caliphs Denys Johnson-Davies, Abdel Wahhab Bilal Twenty-seven anecdotes are taken from the lives of the caliphs who succeeded the Prophet Muhammad as leaders of the Muslim community. Lessons and stories from the lives of the first four Rightly-Guided Caliphs, as well as caliphs of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties, provide telling examples of proper conduct and sagacious insight. Endorsed by the Islamic Research Academy of El-Azhar, Cairo. |
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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta : A Muslim Traveller of the 14th Century Ross E. Dunn In 1325, at the age of twenty-one, Ibn Battuta set off from his native Tangier on the hajj to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco until 1349, by which time he had visited not only Mecca, but also Egypt, Syria, Persia, Iraq, East Africa, the Yemen, Anatolia, the steppelands of southern Russia, Constantinople, India, the Maldives, Sumatra, and China. . . . The Adventures of Ibn Battuta is an excellent synoptic introduction to the Muslim world in the Middle Ages. |
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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes Amin Maalouf, Jon Rothschild The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today. |
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