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  • Slaves and Slavery in Africa

    Volume Two: The Servile Estate

    Edited by John Ralph Willis ...
    First Published in 1986. Slavery in Islamic Africa has been a fascinating subject to which many scholars have referred, but of which no detailed monograph has emerged. The better part of the essays in these volumes has its ancestry in a conference held at Princeton University during the Summer of 1977 under the title: “Islamic Africa: Slavery and Related Institutions”. At that international ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Slaves and Slavery in Africa

    Volume One: Islam and the Ideology of Enslavement

    by John Ralph Willis ...
    This Volume One of a series on slaves and slavery in Muslim Africa. First published in 1985, it looks at Islam and the ideology of enslavement. Slaves of African origin formed a vital thread in the living lines of economic production in the Near and Middle East and formed the cord of economic activity in Islamic Africa itself. Slaves sustained the salt pits and date palms of desert societies; they ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • In the Path of Allah

    'Umar, An Essay into the Nature of Charisma in Islam'

    by John Ralph Willis ...
    A West African Sufi and religious reformer (c.1794-1864), struggled to reconcile the temporal achievements of his jihad with his mystical calling. The fame of Shaykh Omar rested on his reputation as a worker of miracles, and the success of jihad in his path to Allah. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Studies in West African Islamic History

    The Cultivators of Islam

    Edited by John Ralph Willis ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: International Islam
    First published in 1979, this first of three volumes examines the many means and figures through which Islam was cultivated in West Africa over a prolonged period. It combines the work from eminent scholars in the field, most of which have travelled widely in the historic region of Western Sudan.This book will be of interest to those studying Islamic and West African history. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • Black Morocco

    A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam

    by Chouki El Hamel ...
    Series Book 123 - African Studies
    Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam chronicles the experiences, identity and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Chouki El Hamel argues that we cannot rely solely on Islamic ideology as the key to explain social relations and particularly the history of black slavery in the Muslim world, for this ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Islam in History

    Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East

    by Bernard Lewis ...
    From secular-minded autocrats like Saddam Hussein to religious fundamentalists like Osama bin Laden, powerful voices in the Islamic world have been united by a fierce hatred of the West. If we want to know why they think the way they do, we have to understand the history of Islam and its continuous interactions with the West.This masterly collection of essays by a leading expert on Islam and the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Islam

    The Religion and the People

    by Bernard Lewis, Buntzie Churchill ...
    Praise for Bernard Lewis"For newcomers to the subject[el]Bernard Lewis is the man."TIME Magazine“The doyen of Middle Eastern studies."The New York Times“No one writes about Muslim history with greater authority, or intelligence, or literary charm.”British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper“Bernard Lewis has no living rival in his field.”... ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Ibn Khaldun

    An Intellectual Biography

    by Robert Irwin ...
    The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaIbn Khaldun (1332–1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • Muhammad: All That Matters

    by Ziauddin Sardar ...
    Series series All That Matters
    In this book:'A pioneering writer on Islam' - GuardianWho was the real Muhammad?Muhammad: All That Matters, by bestselling expert on Islam Ziauddin Sardar, seeks to look beyond Muhammad the prophet, to find Muhammad the man. By returning to the original sources, and incorporating new research on pre-Islamic Mecca, Sardar is able to focus on Muhammad's character, his values, and on events in his ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • A History of the 'Alawis

    From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic

    by Stefan Winter ...
    The 'Alawis, or Alawites, are a prominent religious minority in northern Syria, Lebanon, and southern Turkey, best known today for enjoying disproportionate political power in war-torn Syria. In this book, Stefan Winter offers a complete history of the community, from the birth of the 'Alawi (Nusayri) sect in the tenth century to just after World War I, the establishment of the French mandate over ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Illuminating the Darkness

    Blacks and North Africans in Islam

    by Habeeb Akande ...
    Illuminating the Darkness is about the status of blacks and North Africans in Islam. The book is divided into two sections: Part l of the book explores the concept of race, 'blackness', slavery, interracial marriage and racism in Islam in the light of the Qur'an, Hadith and early historical sources. Part ll of the book consists of a compilation of short biographies of noble black and North African ... Read more

    $4.78 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The First Dynasty of Islam

    The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750

    by G. R Hawting ...
    Gerald Hawting's book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field. It is certain to be welcomed by students and academics alike. ... Read more

    $66.99 USD