History of the Arabs : from the earliest times to the present / Philip K. Hitti Professor Emeritus of Semitic Literature Princeton University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hitti, Philip K. (Philip Khuri), 1886-1978.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Macmillan student editions.

Macmillan student editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic countries--History.

Islamic countries.

History.

Arabs.

Civilization, Arab.

Arabian Peninsula--History.

Arabian Peninsula.

Islamic Empire--History.

Islamic Empire.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxiv, 822 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Tenth edition.

Place of Publication:

[London] ; [Basingstoke] : [Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd.], [1970]

Summary:

The Gospel According to Judas, by Benjamin Iscariot sheds new light on the subject--by telling the story of Jesus, using the canonical texts as their basic point of reference, through the eyes of Judas. Ostensibley written by Judas's son, Benjamin, and following the style of the Gospels, this re-creation is provocative, riveting, plausible and controversial.

The Gospel According to Judas, by Benjamin Iscariot is the result of an intense collaboration between a storyteller and a scholar: Jeffrey Archer and Francis J. Moloney. Their brilliant work is a compelling story for twenty-first-century readers, while maintaining an authenticity that is credible to a first-century Christian or Jew.

Contents:

Part I. The Pre-Islamic Age. The Arabs as Semities: Arabia the cradle of the Semitic race; The Arabian Peninsula; Bedouin Life; Early international relations; The Sabaean and other states of South Arabia; The Nabatean and other petty kingdoms of North and Central Arabia; Al-Ḥijāz on the eve of the rise of Islam

Part II. The Rise of Islam and the Caliphal State. Muḥammad the Prophet of Allah; The Koran the Book of Allah; Islam the relgion of submission to the will of Allah; Period of conquest, expansion and colonization, A.D. 632-61; The conquest of Syria; Al-Irāq and Persia conquered; Egypt, Tripolis and Barqah acquired; The administration of the new possessions; The struggle between 'Ali and Mu'āwiyah for the Caliphate

Part III. The Umayyad and 'Abbāsid Empires. The Umayyad Caliphate: Mu'āwiyah establishes a dynasty; Hostile relations with the Byzantines; The zenith of Umayyad power; Political administration and social conditions under the Umayyads; Intellectual aspects of life under the Umayyads; Decline and fall of the Umayyad Dynasty; The establishment of the 'Abbāsid Dynasty; The golden prime of the 'Abbāsids; The 'Abbāsid State; 'Abbāsid Society; Scientific and literary progress; Education; The development of fine arts; Moslem sects; The Caliphate dismembered: petty dynasties in the west; Sundry dynasties in the east; The collapse of the 'Abbāsid Caliphate

Part IV. The Arabs in Europe: Spain and Sicily. Conquest of Spain; The Umayyad Amīrate in Spain; Civil disturbances; The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordova; Political, economic and educational institutions; Petty states: fall of Granada; Intellectual contributions; Art and architecture; In Sicily

Part V. The Last of the Medieval Moslem States. A Shi'ite Caliphate in Egypt: The Fāṭimids; Life in Fāṭimid Egypt; Military contacts between East and West: The Crusades; Cultural contacts; The Mamlūks, last medieval dynasty of the Arab World; Intellectual and artistic activity; The end of the Mamlūk rule

Part VI. Ottoman Rule and Independence. The Arab lands as Turkish provinces; Egypt and the Arab crescent; The Changing Scene: impact of the West.

Notes:

"Tenth Edition, 1970, Reprinted 1972, 1973, 1974."

"In the tenth edition an effort has been made to take into consideration the results of new researches and to update this material in text and footnotes"--Cover.

Contains prefaces for all editions.

Marginal headings.

Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1976".

Potok Collection copy is "1974" reprint.

Potok Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations.

ISBN:

0333061527

9780333061527

0333098714

9780333098714

0312375204

9780312375201

OCLC:

874957380