An accessible introduction to pre-modern Islam, showcasing the individuals - caliphs, law-makers, theologians, poets, mystics and scholars - who shaped the course of early Islamic history.
Chase F Robinson Book order (chronological)
Chase F Robinson is a distinguished professor and provost at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, specializing in early Islamic history and historiography. His work delves into the formation of the Islamic world, examining its historical development from the sixth to the eleventh centuries. Robinson's approach emphasizes the complexity and nuance of historical narrative, offering readers a deeper understanding of a pivotal period in Islamic history.
Empire and Elites after the Muslim Conquest
- 223 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The history of northern Mesopotamia from the Islamic conquests until the early Abbasids, first published in 2000. číst celé