Lost Islamic history : reclaiming Muslim civilisation from the past / Firas Alkhateeb.

"Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social, and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities and later empires expanded to control territories and peoples that ultimately stretched from southern France, to East Africa...

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Main Author: Alkhateeb, Firas
Language:English
Published: London : Hurst, 2014.
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Physical Description:ix, 217 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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