The new encyclopedia of Islam / by Cyril Glass�e.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008.Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 718 p., xxiv p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0742562964
  • 9780742562967
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP 40 .G42 2008
Contents:
Author's preface -- Introduction / Professor Huston Smith -- Notes -- The encyclopedia -- Appendix A : Reference maps -- Historical synopsis of the Islamic world -- Historical synopsis of the Middle East -- Arabia and its neighbours at the time of the Prophet's birth -- Islam in the modern world -- Appendix B : Mecca and the ?ajj -- Chart of the ?ajj -- Map of Mecca -- Plan of the Grand Mosque -- Appendix C : Branches of Islam -- Appendix D : Genealogical tables -- The Quraysh -- The Umayyads -- The 'Abb?sids -- The 'Alids -- Chronology -- Bibliography.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 711-718).

Author's preface -- Introduction / Professor Huston Smith -- Notes -- The encyclopedia -- Appendix A : Reference maps -- Historical synopsis of the Islamic world -- Historical synopsis of the Middle East -- Arabia and its neighbours at the time of the Prophet's birth -- Islam in the modern world -- Appendix B : Mecca and the ?ajj -- Chart of the ?ajj -- Map of Mecca -- Plan of the Grand Mosque -- Appendix C : Branches of Islam -- Appendix D : Genealogical tables -- The Quraysh -- The Umayyads -- The 'Abb?sids -- The 'Alids -- Chronology -- Bibliography.

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