Author: Asghar Ali Engineer
Publisher: Orient Longman
Year: 1987
Language: English
Pages: 209
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0-86131-678-9
Description
This book examines the social and economic forces operating in Mecca and Medina which generated the potential for the rise of the religion of Islam. It is the first socio-economic study of Islam to be undertaken by an Indian Muslim.
The author discusses the developments which took place after the death of the Prophet, on account of highly complex situation arising from the Muslim conquest of parts of the Byzantine and Sasanid empires. He also studies the socio-political factors behind the Shia-Sunni schism and various protest movements which resulted in the formation of the different Islamic sects.
In this new, revised edition of this well-documented book, the author concentrates on the factors in the society and economy of the time which shaped the early course of this important world religion.
Contents
Preface
CHAPTER ONE
The Scope and Purpose of the Study
CHAPTER TWO
Arabian Society Before Islam
CHAPTER THREE
Islam's Origin in Mecca
CHAPTER FOUR
Islam and Medinese Developments
CHAPTER FIVE
The Caliphate, Outward Expansion and Civil War
CHAPTER SIX
HeterodoxiesùPolitico-Economic
Genesis
Index