International Encyclopaedia of Islamic History, Vols. 1 to 12

The Encyclopaedia will be immensely helpful to those who wish to orient themselves to what has become a very large body of literature on Islamic history. By bringing together the writings of some of the greatest Islamic scholars, the reference work is a definitive and principal reference tool available to historians of Islam and a systematic review of the sources they confront.

The encyclopedia is an essential reference for anyone with interest in doing any type of study in the history of Islam from 600-1800. In this way, it facilitates a critical yet broad engagement with the important scholarship hitherto written in the field helping us to refine, reconsider, and reshape the direction of future scholarship. Also, this work serves as an accessible point of entry for Islamic scholars in principle and historians who specialize in areas other than Islamic history in general.

The topics selected represent a cross section of Islamic historical studies, some of which are: The Islamic empires, Islam under the caliphs, The golden age of Islam, The monarchies of Islamic world, founding of the Islamic dynasties, History of Islamic migrations, Islamic supremacy, Rise of the Islamic nations, Antiquity of Islam, Mesopotamia and Assyria, Rise and fall of the empires, History of Arabia prior to the time of Muhammad, The crusades, The sources of Islam, Islam in the medieval world, The spread of Islam. Muslim sects and their development, Political history of Islam, History of Muslim literature, Education, universities, development of arts and sciences, Trade commerce and navigation, Muslim aesthetic culture, Islamic art and architecture, Miscellaneous Muslim arts, Life of Muhammad, The political spirit of Islam, The political divisions and Schisms of Islam, The literary and scientific spirit of Islam, The Hegira, The caliphate and the institute of the Caliphate, Islamic movements, Modernism in Islam, The renaissance of Islamic civilization.