Author: Muhammad Abdullah Enan
Publisher: Goodword books
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 294
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187570237
Description
This book deals with the decisive encounters between East and West, - Islam and Christendom. This is one of the most important subjects of Islamic history, indeed perhaps the most important of all.
The encounter between Islam and Christendom in the fields of war or peace, was always decisive and had the most far-reaching effects on their destinies. This work originally published in Arabic is being issued in English for the benefit of Muslims all over the world, who know no Arabic but who could read English.
Contents
Preface
PRELIMINARY
CHAPTER I
The Arab Outburst
CHAPTER II
Religious Policy of the Arabs
DECISIVE MOMENTS-I
CHAPTER III
Arab Siege of Constantinople
CHAPTER IV
The Pavement of the Martyrs
CHAPTER V
The Muslims Masters of the Sea
(i) The Conquest of Crete
(ii) Sicily, Sardegna, Corsica and the South of Italy
(iii) The Greatest Muslim Seaman
CHAPTER VI
The Muslim Invasion of Rome
CHAPTER VII
The Idea of the Crusades
CHAPTER VIII
(i) The Greek Fire : its Origin and Development
(ii) The Greek Fire in the Combats of Damietta
CHAPTER IX
(i) De Joinville's Memoirs on the Seventh Crusade
(ii) The Adversity of St. Louis in Egypt
MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES - I
CHAPTER X
(i) Diplomacy in Islam
(ii) Charlemagne and Al-Rashid
CHAPTER XI
Slavery in the Middle Ages : its Rules and Development in Muslim Countries
CHAPTER XII
Chivalry : its History, Principles and Conventions
DECISIVE MOMENTS-II
CHAPTER XIII
The Cid El Campeador and the History of the Kingdom of Valencia
CHAPTER XIV
The Fall of Toledo
CHAPTER XV
The Battle of Al-Zallaka
CHAPTER XVI
The Fall of Granada
CHAPTER XVII
The Fall of the Moorish Civilization and the Tragedy of the Moriscoes
CHAPTER XVIII
Intellectual Legacy of Muslim Spain in the Escurial
MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES - II
CHAPTER XIX
Marco Polo
CHAPTER XX
Ibn Batuta
CHAPTER XXI
Some Religious Legends which directed the Course of History
Bibliography
Index