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Islamic History Books
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Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 67 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.40 — 13,339 ratings — published 2009
Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.43 — 3,290 ratings — published 2014
The Venture of Islam, Vol 1: The Classical Age of Islam (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.23 — 545 ratings — published 1974
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.21 — 10,847 ratings — published 1983
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.57 — 13,655 ratings — published 1983
A History of Islamic Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.02 — 396 ratings — published 1988
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.09 — 9,722 ratings — published 2009
No God but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.12 — 29,267 ratings — published 2005
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.31 — 5,029 ratings — published 1377
In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 739 ratings — published 2014
In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,820 ratings — published 2012
The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 986 ratings — published 2007
Islam: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)
by (shelved 18 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.04 — 11,092 ratings — published 2000
Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,525 ratings — published 2005
Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.91 — 161 ratings — published 1996
الرحيق المختوم (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.61 — 24,103 ratings — published 1976
Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,159 ratings — published 2014
The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,143 ratings — published 2002
The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate (Volume 0)
by (shelved 15 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.28 — 182 ratings — published 1996
The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the 'Abbasid Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.70 — 184 ratings — published 2009
When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.72 — 352 ratings — published 2004
The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,092 ratings — published 2008
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,459 ratings — published 2005
The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.68 — 186 ratings — published 1986
The Venture of Islam, Vol 3: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 152 ratings — published 1974
The Venture of Islam, Vol 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.19 — 201 ratings — published 1974
A History of the Arab Peoples (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,677 ratings — published 1991
الانشراح ورفع الضيق في سيرة أبي بكر الصديق (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.44 — 728 ratings — published 2002
Ibn Fadlān and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,677 ratings — published 921
The Travels of Ibn Battutah (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,864 ratings — published 1355
Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.85 — 530 ratings — published 2010
صلاح الدين الايوبي: وجهوده في القضاء على الدولة الفاطمية وتحرير بيت المقدس (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.15 — 343 ratings — published 2007
الدين والدم: إبادة شعب الأندلس (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.17 — 557 ratings — published 2009
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.22 — 9,989 ratings — published 1989
الأندلس من الفتح إلى السقوط (Audiobook)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,555 ratings — published 2002
Slavery and Islam (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.15 — 336 ratings — published
Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,860 ratings — published 2015
The Caliphate (Pelican Books)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.94 — 289 ratings — published 2016
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,564 ratings — published 2010
Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,297 ratings — published 2013
The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.52 — 93 ratings — published 1986
A History of Islam in 21 Women (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.38 — 508 ratings — published 2021
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.97 — 514 ratings — published 2019
Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.56 — 1,869 ratings — published 2017
The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.67 — 201 ratings — published 1999
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.11 — 167 ratings — published 2007
The Arabs: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,649 ratings — published 2009
Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,332 ratings — published 2007
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.38 — 330 ratings — published 2019
قصص الأنبياء (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.50 — 6,610 ratings — published
“It's true. I doubt. I doubt because I seek the truth. Doubt has served me well.”
― The Prisoner of Al Hakim
― The Prisoner of Al Hakim
“Saints, unknown to early Islam, became numerous in Sufism. One of the earliest was a woman, Rabia al-Adawiyya of Basra (717-801). Sold as a slave in youth, she was freed because her master saw a radiance above her head while she prayed. Refusing marriage, she lived a life of self-denial and charity. Asked if she hated Satan, she answered, "My love for God.1eaves me no room for hating Satan." Tradition ascribes to her a famous Sufi saying: "0 God! Give to Thine enemies whatever Thou hast assigned to me of this world's goods, and to Thy friends whatever Thou hast assigned to me in the life to come; for Thou Thyself art sufficient for me.”
― The Age of Faith
― The Age of Faith
