Annotated Bibliographies: Series 2

Islamic History
This bibliography attempts to provide the interested reader with a range of sources for the study of Islamic History. I have personally read each wor listed and although it does not claim to be e!haustive" an attempt has been made to gather as many #nglish language sources as possible. I have also tried to give a few brief comments regarding each citation. This bibliography is also intended to be an ever$e!panding wor " which will grow as time allows insha Allah. General Accounts Hodgson" %.&.S '()*+," The Venture of Islam. Conscience and History in a World Civilization" -ondon: .niversity of /hicago 0ress. A classic overview of Islamic history by an eminent historian. A very interesting and engaging wor . Holt" 0. %. et al 'eds." ()*1," The Cambridge History of Islam Vol. 1A" /ambridge: /ambridge .niversity 0ress #spostio" 2 - '()))," The O ford History of Islam" 3!ford: 3!ford .niversity 0ress Hourani" A. '())(," A History of the Arab !eo"les" -ondon: 4aber 5 4aber Tibawi" A.-. '()*6," Arabic and Islamic Themes" -ondon: -u7ac 5 /o. 8att" 8.% '())1," #arly Islam" #dinburgh: #dinburgh .niversity 0ress 8att" 8.%. '()*9," The $ormative !eriod of Islamic Thought " #dinburgh: #dinburgh .niversity 0ress &ibb" H. A. :. '()62," %tudies on the Civilization of Islam" -ondon: :outledge 5 ;egan 0aul Hitti" 0. ;. '()*1" (1th #dition," History of the Arabs" -ondon: %acmillan Hadith, Historical Thought & Historiography Humphreys" :. S. '())<" :evised #dition," Islamic History" -ondon: IB Tauris ;halidi" T. '())+," Arabic Historical Thought in the Classical !eriod" /ambridge: /ambridge .niversity 0ress An in$depth study of the development of Arabic historical thought. A very interesting and illuminating wor A7ami" % % '()*=," %tudies in #arly Hadith &iterature" ;uala -umpur: Islamic Boo Trust IB> ;HA-?.> 'trans. :osenthal" 4. 5 ?awood" >.2. ed. ()6*," The 'u(addimah. An Introduction to History" -ondon: :outledge 5 ;egan 0aul A translation of Ibn ;haldun@s classic wor on the value" place and theory of history. Hasan" S. '())+," An Introduction to the %cience of Hadith" -ondon: Al$Auran Society ?onner" 4.%. '())=," )arratives of Islamic Origins" 0rinceton: The ?arwin 0ress ?uri" A. A. The *ise of Historical Writing Amongst the Arabs " 0rinceton >2" 0rinceton .niversity 0ress The Conquest

;aegi" 8. #. '())2," +yzantium and the #arly Islamic Con(uests " /ambridge: /ambridge .niversity 0ress Khulafa al-Rashidun >umani" S. '211+" rev. ed.," ,mar" -ondon: I B Tauris Umayyad ra Hawting" &.:. '2111" 2nd #dition," The $irst -ynasty of Islam" -ondon: :outledge. An overview of the .mayyad period. Bewley" A. '2112," 'u.a/iya0 *estorer of the 'uslim $aith" -ondon: ?ar al$TaBwa 8att" 8 % '())1," #arly Islam0 Collected #ssays" #dinburgh: #dinburgh .niversity 0ress 8att" 8 % '()*9," The $ormative !eriod of Islamic Thought" #dinburgh: #dinburgh .niversity 0ress ?i!on" A. A. '()*(," The ,mayyad Cali"hate0 1234151463782 9A !olitical %tudy:" -ondon: -u7ac 5 /o. !A""asid #ociety &utas" ?. '())=," ;ree< Thought= Arabic Culture" -ondon: :outledge. An interesting account of the &raeco$Arabic translation movement during the CAbbasid period. An illuminating insight into the intellectual and cultural environment of the high Islamic era. Agius" ? A 5 Hitchcoc " : '())+" eds.," The Arab Influence in 'edieval #uro"e" :eading: Ithaca 0ress ;ennedy" H. '()=(," The #arly Abbasid Cali"hate0 a !olitical History" -ondon: /room Helm %ottahedeh" :. '()=1," &oyalty and &eadershi" in an #arly Islamic %ociety " 0rinceton: 0rinceton .niversity 0ress -evt7ion" >. 'ed. ()*)," Conversion to Islam" -ondon: Holmes 5 %eier 0ublishers #hi$% History ArDomand" S. A. '()=+," The %hado/ of ;od and the Hidden Imam " -ondon: .niversity of /hicago 0ress /ole" 2. '2112," %acred %"ace and Holy War0 the !olitics= Culture and History of %hi.ite Islam " -ondon: I B Tauris &atimid ra Brett" %. '211(," The *ise of the $atimids" -eiden: #2 Brill. A detailed and critical account of the 4atimid dynasty@s rise to power -ev" E. '())(," %tate and %ociety in $atimid #gy"t" -eiden: #.2. Brill Halm" H. '())*," The $atimids and their Traditions of &earning" -ondon: I B Tauris Sanders" 0.A. '())=," CThe 4atimid State" )6) F ((*(@ in 0etry" /.4. 'ed." ())=," The Cambridge History of #gy"t" /ambridge: /ambridge .niversity 0ress" pp. (<( F (*+.

8al er" 0.#. '())=," CThe Isma@ili ?a@wa and the 4atimid /aliphate@" in 0etry" /.4. 'ed." ())=," The Cambridge History of #gy"t" /ambridge: /ambridge .niversity 0ress" pp. (21 F (<(. An e!cellent introductory account of Isma@ili beliefs and their historical development during the 4atimid period.

gypt ?aly" %.8. 'ed." ())=," The Cambridge History of #gy"t: /ambridge: /ambridge .niversity 0ress. A fascinating and detailed two volume account of the history of Islamic #gypt. Informative and scholarly" with the insights of contemporary research. It is also a highly readable account. 0inson 'ed." ())6" 2nd #d.," The 'uslims of +osnia3Herzegovina " Harvard: Harvard .niversity 0ress 'ttoman Inalci " H. '()*9," The Ottoman #m"ire0 the Classical Age 1>8831188" -ondon: 8eidenfeld 5 >icholson /ahen" /. '()6=," !re3Ottoman Tur<ey" -ondon: Sidgwic 5 2ac son -indner" :. 0. '()=9," )omads and Ottomans in 'edieval Anatolia" Bloomington: Indiana .niversity .ralic and Altaic Series Gol. (++ Hambly" &. :. 'ed." ()))," Women in the 'edieval Islamic World" Basingsto e: %acmillan

Insoll" T. '()))," The Archaeology of Islam" 3!ford: Blac wells -ec er" %. '())=," ?e/s and Arabs in !re3 and #arly Islamic Arabia" Aldershot: Ashgate Gariorum

#pain 4letcher" : '())2," 'oorish %"ain" -ondon: 0heoni! &iant

-ewis" B. '())1," *ace and %lavery in the 'iddle #ast0 An Historical #n(uiry " 3!ford: 3!ford .niversity 0ress. Burns" :. '211<," -amascus. A History" -ondon: :outledge. Hoyland" :. &. '())*," %eeing Islam as Others %a/ It" 0rinceton: ?arwin 0ress ;ennedy" H. '211(," The Armies of the Cali"hs0 'ilitary and %ociety in the #arly Islamic %tate " :outledge: -ondon

Arabic Haeri" >. '2119," %acred &anguage= Ordinary !eo"le" Basingsto e: 0algrave %acmillan

'ther (isciplines #agleton" T. '())6" 2nd #dition," &iterary Theory0 An Introduction" -ondon: Blac well