Al-Hind: The Slavic Kings and the Islamic conquest, 11th-13th centuries

Al-Hind: The Slavic Kings and the Islamic conquest, 11th-13th centuries
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 0391041746
ISBN-13 : 9780391041745
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Synopsis Al-Hind: The Slavic Kings and the Islamic conquest, 11th-13th centuries by : André Wink

During the eleventh to thirteenth centuries, Islamic conquest and trade laid the foundation for a new type of Indo-Islamic society in which the organizational forms of the frontier and of sedentary agriculture merged in a way that was uniquely successful in the late medieval world at large, setting the Indo-Islamic world apart from the Middle East and China in the same centuries.

Al-Hind, Volume 2 Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest, 11th-13th Centuries

Al-Hind, Volume 2 Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest, 11th-13th Centuries
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 439
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ISBN-10 : 9789004483019
ISBN-13 : 9004483012
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Synopsis Al-Hind, Volume 2 Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest, 11th-13th Centuries by : André Wink

During the early medieval Islamic expansion in the seventh to eleventh centuries, al-Hind (India and its Indianized hinterland) was characterized by two organizational modes: the long-distance trade and mobile wealth of the peripheral frontier states, and the settled agriculture of the heartland. These two different types of social, economic, and political organization were successfully fused during the eleventh to thirteenth centuries, and India became the hub of world trade. During this period, the Middle East declined in importance, Central Asia was unified under the Mongols, and Islam expanded far into the Indian subcontinent. Instead of being devastated by the Mongols, who were prevented from penetrating beyond the western periphery of al-Hind by the absence of sufficient good pasture land, the agricultural plains of North India were brought under Turko-Islamic rule in a gradual manner in a conquest effected by professional armies and not accompanied by any large-scale nomadic invasions. The result of the conquest was, in short, the revitalization of the economy of settled agriculture through the dynamic impetus of forced monetization and the expansion of political dominion. Islamic conquest and trade laid the foundation for a new type of Indo-Islamic society in which the organizational forms of the frontier and of sedentary agriculture merged in a way that was uniquely successful in the late medieval world at large, setting the Indo-Islamic world apart from the Middle East and China in the same centuries. Please note that The Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest, 11th-13th Centuries was previously published by Brill in hardback (ISBN 90 04 10236 1, still available).

Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World

Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 9004102361
ISBN-13 : 9789004102361
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Synopsis Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World by : André Wink

This is the second of a projected series of five volumes dealing with the expansion of Islam in "al-Hind," or South and Southeast Asia. It analyses the conquest of the eleventh-thirteenth centuries, the migration of Muslim groups into the subcontinent, and maritime developments in the same period.

The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 3, The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries

The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 3, The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 847
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ISBN-10 : 9781316184363
ISBN-13 : 1316184366
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Synopsis The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 3, The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries by : David O. Morgan

This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. As the faith crossed cultural boundaries, the trader and the mystic became as important as the soldier and the administrator. Distinctive Islamic idioms began to emerge from other great linguistic traditions apart from Arabic, especially in Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Swahili, Malay and Chinese. The Islamic world transformed and absorbed new influences. As the essays in this collection demonstrate, three major features distinguish the time and place from both earlier and modern experiences of Islam. Firstly, the steppe tribal peoples of central Asia had a decisive impact on the Islamic lands. Secondly, Islam expanded along the trade routes of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Thirdly, Islam interacted with Asian spirituality, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Taoism and Shamanism. It was during this period that Islam became a truly world religion.

Islam

Islam
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Publisher : Nova Biomedical Books
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105111871310
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Synopsis Islam by : Claire Woodward

Islam - Background & Bibliography

Arming Slaves

Arming Slaves
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9780300109009
ISBN-13 : 0300109008
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Synopsis Arming Slaves by : Christopher Leslie Brown

Arming slaves as soldiers is a counterintuitive idea, yet throughout history, in many varied societies, slaveholders have entrusted their slaves with the use of deadly force. This volume addresses the crucial issues in this matter in order to faciliate cross-cultural comparisons.

Shahnameh

Shahnameh
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 1041
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ISBN-10 : 9781101993231
ISBN-13 : 1101993235
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Synopsis Shahnameh by : Abolqasem Ferdowsi

The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition A Penguin Classic Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the Shahnameh is among the greatest works of world literature. This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation of the world and the dawn of Persian civilization through the seventh-century Arab conquest. The stories of the Shahnameh are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Ideas and Society

Ideas and Society
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Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015060103663
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Synopsis Ideas and Society by : Evgenii︠a︡ I︠U︡rʹevna Vanina

Highlights The Nature Of Cultural And Religious Practices In Medieval India, The Development Of The State, Beginings Of Colonial Rule And The Indiginous Response To It. Also Looks At Patterns In Communal Relations And Sufi And Bhakti Traditions.