Author: Hasanuddin Ahmed
Publisher: Goodword Books
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 470
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788178985879
Description
The history of Islam is not merely the history of its rulers. It is not merely the history of wars, of conquest and defeats. Islamic culture and society down the ages has also been fashioned through invaluable contributions from its lay faithful.
Muslim scholars laid the foundation stone for the corpus of the modern world's knowledge. Muslim scientists made invaluable contributions to science. Muslim astronomers calculated the earth's dimensions to an astounding degree of accuracy—at a time when the rest of the world thought our planet was flat. And Muslim spiritualists attracted people from across the globe to their religion with their zeal, courage of conviction and clarity of thought.
This book attempts to throw light on these, the lesser known but equally invaluable contributions that have moulded the Islam of today. It chronicles the rise of the people of Islam and recounts their position at the zenith of human civilisation for over eight hundred years.
The author tells the history of Islam through succinct but vivid biographical sketches of innumerable Islamic jurists, astronomers, scientists, litterateurs and men of wisdom down ages from the seventh to the 15th century AD.
Contents
Preface
Condition of the Arab Society before the Advent of Islam
1. Tribalism
2. Class Consciousness
3. Position of Women
4. Blind Obedience to Tradition
5. Happy go Lucky
6. Religion
7. Addiction to Liqour
8. Love for Easy Money Their Virtues
9. Literary Taste
10. Habitation
11. The Medinites
12. Birth
13. Childhood
14. Trade trip to Syria
15. The Battle of Perfidity (585 A.D.)
16. Half ul Fudul
17. Relations with the Non Muslims
18. The Treaty of Hudaybiyah
19. Conflicts with the Non Mulims
20. Jihaad The Companions
21. New Precepts and Emergence of a Society of Neo Nobility
22. Unity of Revelation
23. Yet another Contribution
24. Was Muhammad (S) Unlettered?
25. Marital Life
26. Slavery
27. Hadith and Sunnah – I
28. Abu Hurayrah
29. Abdullah bin Umar
30. Anas bin Malik
31. Ummul Mumineen A’isha
32. Abdullah ibn al Abbas
33. Jabir bin Abdullah
34. Abu Sai’d al Khudri
35. Abdullah bin Masud
36. Amar bin al A’as
37. Abu Hurayrah
38. Abu Bakr
39. Schism – First Phase
40. Khilafat
41. Umar the Great
42. Waqf Institution
43. Umar’s Assassination 24 / 644
44. Succession
45. Schism – Second Phase (14 / 635 – 66 /685)
46. Uthman
47. Ali bin Abu Talib
48. First Period
49. Second Period
50. Third Period
51. Shifting of the Capital of Kufa
52. Two sided Personality
53. Arbitration
54. Hasan bin Ali
55. Kharijites (Seceders)
56. Mu’Awiyah
57. Khalid bin Yazid
58. Ibn Haiyan
59. Abdullah Ibn Zubair
60. The Umayyads
61. Schism – Third Phase
62. Zuhri
63. Revolt of Zaid
64. Dogma of Imam Mahdi
65. Shu”ubiyahMovement
66. Abu Muslim Khurasani
67. The Rawandiyahs
68. Revolts of Alids
69. The Qaramathians
70. Fatimids
71. Scholars During the Schism – Third Phase
72. Al Thaqafi
73. Al Kulaini
74. The Dogma of Imam Mahdi
75. The Abbasid Movement And Establishment of the Regime
76. Hadith and Sunnah – II
77. Compilation of Hadith Stagewise Classification
78. First stage
79. Second Stage
80. Third Stage
81. Fourth Stage
82. Fifth Stage
83. Abu Hurayrah
84. Ibn Shihab Zuhri
85. Muhammad ibn Is’haq
86. Abu Makhnaf Lut bin Yahya
87. Imam Bukhari
88. Imam Muslim
89. Imam Ibn Maja
90. Imam Abu Da’ud
91. Imam Tirmidhi
92. Imam Nasa’I
93. Ibn Jareer Tabari
94. Islamic Jurisprudence
95. Imam Abu Hanifah
96. Imam Malik
97. Imam Shafi’I
98. Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal
99. Ijtihad
100. Sufism
101. Ibrahi bin Adhram
102. Shafiq Balkhi and Maruf Karkhi
103. AL Bistami
104. Sahl at Tustari
105. Junaid Baghdadi
106. Mansur al Hallaj
107. Al Ghazzali
108. Abdul Qadir Jilani
109. Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
110. Ibn Arabi
111. The Abbasids (First Period) – The Period of Glory and Expansion – Khalifah Abul Abbas Saffah 132 / 750 to Kjalifah Mutawakkil 247 / 861 (110 years 10 Khalifahs)
112. The Foundation of Baghdad
113. Scholars During the First Period
114. Waqidi
115. Ibn Hisham
116. Ibn Sa’ad
117. Al Khwarizmi
118. Al Farghani
119. Al Jahiz
120. Yakub al Kindi
121. Al Tabari
122. Buladhari
123. Abu Abdullah al Battani
124. Observatories in the Islamic Period
125. Shamsiyah Observatory
126. Qasiyun Observatory
127. Sahib al Rasad
128. Battani’s Observatory
129. Azad ud Dowlah Observatory
130. Sharfud Dowlah Observatory
131. Jabal Tabruk Observatory
132. Rasad al Hakimi
133. Hamdan Obsevatory
134. Malik Shah Observatory
135. Al Afzal Observatory
136. Sinjar Observatory at Rayy
137. Tower of Seville Observatory
138. Morrocco Observatory
139. Maragha Observatory
140. Tibriz Observatory
141. Samarqand Observatory
142. Istanbul Observatory
143. Translation Movement – I
144. First International Scientific Venture in World History
145. Mutazilah
146. Zamakhshari
147. Imam Fakhruddin Razi
148. Ali bin Ismail al Ash’ari
149. Abu Mansur Maturidi
150. Shu’Ubiyah Movement
151. The Saffarids
152. Yaqub bin Laith
153. Amar bin Laith
154. Tahir
155. The Samanids
156. Ismail – I
157. Ahmed
158. Nasr bin Ahmed
159. Nuh – I
160. Abdul Malik – I
161. Mansur – I
162. Nuh – II
163. Mansur – II
164. Abdul Malik – II and Abu Ibrahim Ismi’l – II
165. Scholars During the Samanids
166. Ibn Sina
167. Sarkhasi
168. The Tulunids
169. Ahmed ibn Tulun
170. Khumarawayh
171. Harun
172. The Revolt of Sahebul Zanj
173. The Reform Movement of the Hanbalites
174. Quarrels between the Hanbalites and the Asha’rites
175. The Abbasids (Second Period)
176. The Period of Corruption
177. Khalifah Muntasir 247 / 861 to Khalifah Muqtadi 487 / 1094 (233 Year 17 Khalifahs)
178. Scholars During the Second Period
179. Ibn Fadlan
180. Ad Dinawri
181. Thabit bin Qurra
182. Ibn Zakariya ar Razi
183. Abu Nasr Al Farabi
184. Al Tabarani
185. Al Baqillani
186. Ibn al Bawwab
187. The Qaramathians
188. Revolt of Zakaravieh bin Mahroo
189. Revolt of Yahya bin Zakaravieh
190. Revolt of Sahib al Shamma
191. Abu Tahir the Qaramathian
192. The Aghlabids
193. Ibrahim bin Aghlab
194. Abul Abbas Abduallah bin Ibrahim
195. Abu Muhammad Ziyadathullah
196. Abu I’kal al Aghlab
197. Abul Abbas Muhammad I bin al Aghlab
198. Abu Ibrahim Ahmed bin Muhammad
199. Al Baghavi
200. Al Jurjani
201. Ibn al Tilmiz
202. Ibn al Jawzi
203. Yaqut al Hamavi
204. Ibu Ruqiqah
205. The Ayyubids
206. Salah al Din bin Ayyub
207. Al Aziz
208. Al Mansur
209. Al Adil – I
210. Al Kamil
211. Al Adil – II
212. Al Salih
213. Al Mu’azzam
214. Al Ashraf
215. Scholars During the Ayyubids
216. Abdul Lateef
217. Ibn Al Baitar
218. Ibn Al Nafis
219. Abul Faraj Isfahani
220. The Mongols
221. Changhiz Khan
222. Ogtai
223. Kuyuk
224. Mangu (Mongke)
225. Hulagu (The first II Khan)
226. The Mongol Catastrophe
227. Abaka Khan
228. Ahmed
229. Arghun
230. Gay Khatu
231. Ghazan, The Great II Khan
232. Uljaitu
233. Abu Sa’id
234. Scholars During the Mongols
235. Nasir al Din al Tusi
236. Al Maghribi
237. Ibn Taimiyah
238. Abul Fida
239. The Timurids
240. Timur
241. Shah Rukh
242. Scholars During the Timurids
243. Tuftazani
244. Al Jurjani
245. The Mamluks
246. Bahri Mamluks
247. Izz al Dil Aybak
248. Mansur
249. Qutuz
250. The Abbasids of Egypt (Fourth Period) Under the Suzerainty of the Mamluks Khalifah Mustansir II 659/1261 to Khalifah Mutawakkil III 923/1517
251. Baybars – I
252. Barakah
253. Salamish
254. Qalawun
255. Khaleel al Ashraf
256. Al Nasir
257. Kitbugha
258. Lajin
259. Baybars – II
260. Abu Bakr
261. Qujuj
262. Ahmed
263. Ismai’I
264. Al Kamil Sha’Ban
265. Al Muzaffar Hajji
266. Al Hasan
267. Al Salih
268. Muhammad
269. Al Ashraf
270. Ala al Din Ali
271. Al Salih
272. Burji Mamluks
273. Barquq
274. Al Nasir
275. Abul Nasr
276. Al Zahir
277. Al Ashraf
278. Qansawh al Ghawri
279. Tuman Bey
280. Scholars During the Mamluks
281. Saifuddin A’midi
282. Ibn Khaldun
283. Jalaluddin Suyuti
284. The Safawids
285. Ismai’I – I
286. Tahmasp
287. Shah Ismai’I – II
288. Abbas – I
289. Safi
290. Abbas – II
291. Sulaiman
292. Sultan Husain
293. Tahmasp – II
294. Abbas III
295. Scholars During the Safawids
296. Baqir Damad
297. Schism – Fifth Phase
298. Scholars During Schism Fifth Phase
299. Mohsin Kashi
300. Baqir Majlisi
301. Scholars During the 6th / 12th century
302. Al Jazari
303. Ibn Shahr Mazindarani
304. Ibn Al Athir al Jazari
305. Scholars of During the 7th / 13th Century
306. Al Samarqandi
307. Ibn al Quff
308. Al Baidhavi
309. Al Busairi
310. Scholars During the 8th / 14th Century
311. Al Shirazi
312. Qateeb Tibrizi
313. Qazi Aeji
314. Qutbuddin Razi
315. Ibn Battutah
316. Scholars During the 9th / 15th Century
317. Ibn Hajar Asqalani
318. Bibliography