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Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 69 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.40 — 13,819 ratings — published 2009
Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.42 — 3,379 ratings — published 2014
The Venture of Islam, Vol 1: The Classical Age of Islam (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.23 — 560 ratings — published 1974
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.21 — 11,087 ratings — published 1983
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.57 — 13,790 ratings — published 1983
In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 764 ratings — published 2014
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 — 9,837 ratings — published 2009
A History of Islamic Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.02 — 399 ratings — published 1988
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.31 — 5,111 ratings — published 1377
In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,998 ratings — published 2012
No God but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.12 — 29,590 ratings — published 2005
The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,012 ratings — published 2007
Islam: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)
by (shelved 18 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.03 — 11,201 ratings — published 2000
Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,563 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 — 164 ratings — published 1996
The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the 'Abbasid Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.71 — 188 ratings — published 2009
الرحيق المختوم (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.61 — 24,398 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 — 1,183 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 — 3,221 ratings — published 2002
The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,100 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 — 7,696 ratings — published 2005
The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate (Volume 0)
by (shelved 14 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.29 — 188 ratings — published 1996
The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (A History of the Near East)
by (shelved 14 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.68 — 191 ratings — published 1986
When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.72 — 363 ratings — published 2004
A History of the Arab Peoples (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,735 ratings — published 1991
Ibn Fadlān and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,752 ratings — published 921
الانشراح ورفع الضيق في سيرة أبي بكر الصديق (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.43 — 735 ratings — published 2002
The Venture of Islam, Vol 3: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 159 ratings — published 1974
The Venture of Islam, Vol 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.18 — 211 ratings — published 1974
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.22 — 10,135 ratings — published 1989
Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,924 ratings — published 2015
Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,337 ratings — published 2013
The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750 (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.52 — 97 ratings — published 1986
Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.86 — 547 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 — 342 ratings — published 2007
الدين والدم: إبادة شعب الأندلس (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.18 — 569 ratings — published 2009
الأندلس من الفتح إلى السقوط (Audiobook)
by (shelved 12 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,572 ratings — published 2002
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 542 ratings — published 2019
Slavery and Islam (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.14 — 351 ratings — published
The Caliphate (Pelican Books)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.94 — 289 ratings — published 2016
The Travels of Ibn Battutah (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,931 ratings — published 1355
Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.56 — 1,894 ratings — published 2017
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,594 ratings — published 2010
Seeing Islam As Others Saw It: A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam (STUDIES IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND EARLY ISLAM)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.45 — 83 ratings — published 1998
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 4.13 — 170 ratings — published 2007
The Arabs: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,786 ratings — published 2009
A History of Islam in 21 Women (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.39 — 521 ratings — published 2021
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.38 — 353 ratings — published 2019
Arabia and the Arabs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 3.89 — 181 ratings — published 2001
تيسير الكريم المنان في سيرة عثمان بن عفان (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as islamic-history)
avg rating 4.40 — 383 ratings — published 2002
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“The peculiar strength of Islam is the indifference of those it seeks to destroy.”
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“A nation built on slogans will always search for an enemy. A nation built on justice will never need one."
— Gulfam Ali Laghari, Islamic Nationalism”
― The 90-Second Rule: Master Emotional Control Before Your Brain Hijacks Your Decisions
— Gulfam Ali Laghari, Islamic Nationalism”
― The 90-Second Rule: Master Emotional Control Before Your Brain Hijacks Your Decisions
