TY - BOOK AU - Glass�e,Cyril TI - The new encyclopedia of Islam SN - 0742562964 AV - BP 40 .G42 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Islam KW - Encyclopedias N1 - 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 ER -