This full survey of Islamic history and culture has been reprinted in a new format. It covers all the basic characteristics of Islam including: theology, revelation, mysticism and law; social and economic aspects of medieval life; the historical development of each of the main regions of the Islamic world; the principal trends and political/cultural events from the rise of Islam to the present; the development of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages; and nomenclature and the Muslim calendar. A chronological table of 50 pages provides an accessible reference.
- ISBN10 0852244967
- ISBN13 9780852244968
- Publish Date 16 February 1988 (first published January 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 May 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Edinburgh University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 220
- Language English