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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Saladin Saladin John Brian Walter "Who was the real Saladin? To answer this question, A. R. Azzam argues, it is essential to appreciate the age Saladin lived in. The first major biography of Saladin for twenty years, A. R. Azzam's ac… OL11971228W
In the shadow of the sword In the shadow of the sword Tom Holland A vivid and detailed history of the Near East during late antiquity, culminating in the rise of Islam OL16464921W
The Succession to Muhammad The Succession to Muhammad Wilferd Madelung Lisez OL1809527W
The crucible of Islam The crucible of Islam G. W. Bowersock Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for… OL20059494W
Nichtmuslimische Untertanen im Islam Nichtmuslimische Untertanen im Islam Wolfgang Kallfelz ix, 180 p. ; 24 cm OL2387198W
The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates Hugh (Hugh N.) Kennedy "Dr. Kennedy gives a full and clear account of the Near East in the formative period of Islamic society. Beginning with the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, he goes on to examine the great Ar… OL3275653W
Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests Walter Emil Kaegi xiii, 313 p. : 24 cm OL4086159W
Saladin Saladin Anne-Marie Eddé Working simultaneously on two levels, Saladin represents the best kind of biography -- a portrait of a man who is said to have made an age, and the most complete account we have to date of an age tha… OL9920983W