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· Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

· Internet Medieval Sourcebook

· Islamic History Section

· Internet Modern History Sourcebook

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· Medieval Studies HELP!

· Modern History HELP!

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Contents

· The Pre-Islamic Arab World

· Pre-Islamic Arabia

· Pre-Islamic Persia

· Muhammad and Foundations - to 632 CE

· Religious and Social Context of 7th Century Arabia

· Muhammad

· Hadith

· Islamic Faith and Theology

· The Sunni Tradition

· The Shi'ite Tradition

· Sufism

· Islam as a Modern Faith

· Women in Islam

· Islamic Expansion and Empire

· Conquest

· Government Institutions

· Islamic Africa [Sub Sahara]

· The Caliphate

· Government

· Science

· Culture

· Philosophy

· Gender and Sexuality in Classical Islam

· Successor States: Ummayyad Spain

· Successor States: Fatamid Egypt

· Successor States: Mameluke Egypt

· Successor States: North Africa Maghreb

· The Mongol Invasions

· The Persians

· Culture

· The Safavids

· The Turks

· Turkish Origins

· Seljuks

· Turkestan

· Culture

· The Ottomans

· Origins

· Conquests

· Government

· Society

· Ottoman Egypt

· Culture

· Decline

· The Expansion Eastwards

· India

· China

· The East Indies

· Interaction with the West

· Crusades

· The Western Intrusion

· Napoleon

· European 19th Century Imperialism

· The Ottoman Empire in the Face of Western Power

· Algeria

· Arabia

· Egypt

· Iran

· Libya

· Morocco

· Sudan

· Syria

· World War I

· Islamic Nationalism

· Arab Nationalism

· British and French Diplomacy

· Islam and Liberal Democracy

· Algeria

· Pakistan

· The Islamic World since 1945

· General

· International Affairs/Organizations

· Algeria

· Egypt

· Iran

· Iraq

· Kurdistan

· Libya

· Saudi Arabia

· Syria

· Turkey

· The Palestine/Israel Conflict

· Islamic History Maps

· Origins, Expansion and Core Areas

· Crusades

· Spain

· Persia

· Egypt

· Turks: Seljuqs and Ottomans

· India and Far East

· Further Resources on Islamic History

· Guides to the Web

· Academic Sites

· General Interest Sites

· Muslim Sites

The Pre-Islamic Arab World

Pre-Islamic Arabs

· Ancient Accounts of Arabia 430 BCE-550 CE

· Accounts from Herodotus: The Histories, c. 430 BCE; Strabo: Geography, c. 22 CE; Dio Cassius: History of Rome, c. 220 CE; Ammianus Marcellinus: The Roman History, c. 380 CE; Procopius of Caesarea: History of the Wars, c. 550 CE

· Pre-Islamic Arabia: The Hanged Poems, before 622 CE

· The Pre-Islamic poems of Imru-Ul-Quais, Antar, and Zuhair which Muhammad allowed to remain hanging in the Ka'aba.

· 2ND Irfan Shahid: Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fifth Century. (Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Washington, D.C. 1989), Vll. BYZANTINISM AND ARABISM: INTERACTION, 528-539

· 2ND Philip K. Hitti: The Original Arab, The Bedouin [At Oneworld]

Pre-Islamic Persia

· 2ND Richard Frye: Heritage of Persia, 224-229

· 2ND Richard Frye: History of Ancient Iran, 325-334

Muhammad and Foundations - to 632 CE

Religious and Social Context of 7th Century Arabia

· 2ND Patricia Crone: Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam. (Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1987), 231-250

Muhammad

· Ibn Ishaq (d. c. 773 CE): Selections from the Life of Muhammad

· The Qu'ran: Al-Fatiha (The Opening), text with RealAudio chanting, [At Islam.org]
The entire Qu'ran is available in audio at this site.

· The Qu'ran: Surahs 1 and 47
See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Islam (Concept)

· Muhammad: Last Sermon

· 2ND Philip K. Hitti: Muhammad, The Prophet of Allah [At Oneworld]

· 2ND Montgomery Watt: Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961) Last Chapter

· 2ND Maxime Rodinson: Muhammad (New York: Pantheon Books. 1980), pp. 38. ff, Chapter 3

· 2ND Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri: AR-RaheeQ Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar) Memoirs of the Noble Prophet [At Ibrahimshafi]
It is unclear what exactly this document is.

· Sunan Abu-Dawud, Partial translation, translator: Prof. Ahmad Hasan [At USC-MSA]
"Sunan Abu-Dawud is a collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called ahadith. Abu-Dawud lived a couple of centuries after the Prophet's death and worked extremely hard to collect his ahadith."

· Malik (93-179 AH): Muwatta, Translated by `A'isha `Abdarahman at-Tarjumana and Ya`qub Johnson. [At USC-MSA]
"Malik's Muwatta ("the well-trodden path") is a collection of two items: the sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called ahadith."

· WEB Companions of The Prophet [At UMR]
A sort of Muslim hagiography. Unfortunately, with no sources cited.

Hadith

· Hadith Selections, short excerpts.

· The Sunnah, (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), excerpts.

· Sahih Bukhari: Hadith [At USC-MSA]

· Hadith on fasting, collected by al-Bukhari (d. 870 CE)

· WEB Sunnah and Hadith Page [At USC-MSA]
With links to texts of various Hadith Collections.

Islam Faith and Theology

General

· WEB Islamic Thought [At MSA-Buffalo]
A useful guide to a variety of sites.

· WEB Barbara R. von Schlegell: Introduction to Islamic Religion [Religious Studies 143/Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 136] [At UPenn]

· Arthur Jeffry: A Reader on Islam: Passages from Standard Arabic Writings Illustrative of the Beliefs and Practices of Muslims [At UPenn]

· 2ND Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad: An Elementary Study of Islam [At Alislam.org]

· Qur'an Texts

· Qu'ran, translated by E.H. Palmer, Full text [At Virginia Tech]

· The Holy Qur'an, trans. M.H. Shakir, Full text [At CMU]

· The Qu'ran, trans. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, [At Unn.ac.uk] See also Catholic Encyclopedia: KORAN

· The Qu'ran, translated Maulvi Sher Ali, Full Text, [At U Texas]

· The Qu'ran in Arabic script with audio recitation, Full Text, [At IslamiCity]

· The Quran: Three Versions Side By Side [At USC-MSA]
Contains Yusuf Ali, Pickthall and Shakir's versions side by side for each sura.

· WEB The Qu'ran Browser Homepage [At Brown]
Online access to translations by M. M. Pickthall, Abdullah Yusufali, M. H. Shakir

· WEB List of Online Muslim Sacred Text Translations and Texts [At MSA-Bufflao]

· 2ND Toby Lester : What is the Koran The Atlantic, January 1999 [At The Atlantic]
Discussion of efforts to apply methods of textual criticism to the text of the Qur'an. This approach is rejected by most Orthodox Muslims.

· God

· Muhammad Speaks of Allah: 'There is no God but He....' [At Eliade Page]

· Allah is All-Knowing, All Powerful- The Creator! [At Eliade Page]

· Allah 'is the first and the last,' the Creator, Maker, and Shaper [At Eliade Page]

· Allah is Light [At Eliade Page]

· Revelation

· Muhammad's Call [At Eliade Page]

· Muhammad is the Messenger of God [At Eliade Page]

· The Qur'an, 'The Book wherein is no doubt. . .' [At Eliade Page]

· Allah Tells Muhammad the Story of Abraham [At Eliade Page]

· Allah Reveals How He Saved Israel [At Eliade Page]

· Allah Sent the Torah, the Prophets, and Jesus [At Eliade Page]

· Religious Life

· Muhammad Proclaims the Prescriptions of Islam [At Eliade Page]

· 'Those who repent thereafter, and make ammends...' [At Eliade Page]

· Pilgramage in the Qur'an [At Eliade Page]

· Muhammad Prescribes the Daily Prayers of the Muslim [At Eliade Page]

· Prayers of Dervishes [A Sufi Sect] [At Eliade Page]

· Al-Hasan Extols Asceticism, 8th Century CE, [A Sufi Writer] [At Eliade Page]

· Eschatology

· Muhammad Speaks of the Day of Doom [At Eliade Page]

The Sunni Tradition

· The Sunnah, (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), excerpts.

· Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE): The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife

· Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE): Munkidh min al-Dalal (Confessions, or Deliverance from Error), c. 1100 CE

· Zamakhshari (1070-1143 CE): The Discoverer of Truth, c. 1130 CE

· WEB Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Materials [At SOAS]

The Shi'ite Tradition

· Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi: Peshawar Nights (1927), Full Text [At al-islam.org]

· 2ND A Shi'ite Encyclopedia

· WEB Shia Islam [At WSU]
A multi-media site by Richard Hooker.

Sufism

· Prayers of Dervishes [A Sufi Sect] [At Eliade Page]

· Al-Hasan Extols Asceticism, 8th Century CE, [A Sufi Writer] [At Eliade Page]

· Al-Hallaj: Sayings, a Sufi Mystic

· Rabia: Life in His Own Words a Sufi Mystic.

· Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Masnavi, excerpts, c. 1250 CE

· Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Fairest Land, c. 1250 CE

· Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): Poems from the Divan-I Shams-I Tabriz, c. 1270 CE

· Julia Pardoe: The Dancing Dervishes, 1902

· MEGA Sufi-related resources on the Internet

· WEB The Haqqani Foundation

Islam as a Modern Faith

· Islam [At Religious Tolerance][Summary]

· Malcolm X: On His Pilgrimmage to Mecca [At Unn.UK]

· Sherif Abdel Azee: Women in Islam Versus Women in the Judeo-Christian Tradition [At USC]

· WEB About Islam and Muslims [At U Oregon]
Islamic apologetics, but preaching to the converted - see the text on Women and Islam!

Women in Islam

· The Qur'an: The Women [At CCNY]
From Surah's 2 and 4.

· A Visit to the Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (Translated from a Genoese Letter), c. 1550

· Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762): Dining With The Sultana, 1718

· Demetra Vaka: Aïshé Hanoum, c. 1888
Life of a Turkish woman.

· WEB Women in Islam [At Answering Islam]
The website is a site devoted to arguments with Muslims. This web page contains links to explanations, defences, and attacks on the subject of women in Islam.

· 2ND Sherif Abdel Azeem: Women In Islam Versus Women In The
Judaeo-Christian Tradition [At TWF]
Widely reproduced "defence" of women's role in Islam.

· 2ND M. Rafiqul-Haqq and P. Newton: The Place of Women in Pure Islam [Ar debate.domini.org]
Decidely critical of Muslim practice, but quotes a large number of sources.

· 2ND Anne Hardwick: From Muhammad to Present: Islamic Law and Women [At Rhodes]
Critical.

· 2ND Barbara Crossette: "A Manual on Rights of Women Under Islam," New York Times, December 29, 1996 [At Mt Holyoke]

· 2ND Ghada Barsoum: Polemics on the Veil in Egypt
Student paper on modern Egyptian debates.

· 2ND Douglas Jehl: "Egyptian Court Voids Ban on Cutting of Girls' Genitals," New York Times, June 26, 1997 [At Mt Holyoke]

· 2ND John F. Burns: "Journal: Islamic Police Create a Minefield for Women," New York Times, August 29, 1997 [At Mt Holyoke]

· 2ND Marelise Simons: "Cry of Muslim Women for Equal Rights Is Rising," New York Times, March 9, 1998 [At Mt Holyoke]

· Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation

· The Issue of Female Circumcision [At H-Net]

· Female Genital Mutilation on Trial [At The Atlantic]

· Linda Burstyn: Female Genital Mutilation Comes to America, The Atlantic October 1995 [At The Atlantic]

· WEB Female Genital Mutilation Research Homepage [At hollyfeld.org]
Lots of interesting stuff, and discussion within the context of Islam. Also discusses "male genital mutilation" - such discussions in the past have ended up with distinct anti-Semitic overtones.

Islamic Expansion and Empire

Conquests

· 2ND W.N. Arafat: "New Light on the Story of the Banu Qurayza and the Jews of Medina", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, (1976), 100-107. [At haqq.com]

· 2ND The Battle of Badr, 624 CE [At islaam.com]

· Al-Baladhuri: The Battle of The Yarmuk (636 CE) and After
The Byzantines lost control of Syria at Yarmuk.

· Accounts of the Arab Conquest of Egypt, 642 CE
The Coptic account from The History of The Patriarchs of Alexandria and an Arab account - Al-Baladhuri: The Conquest of Alexandria

· Ibn Abd-el-Hakem: The Islamic Conquest of Spain

· Al Maggari: Tarik's Address to His Soldiers, 711 CE, from The Breath of Perfumes

· Anonymous Arab Chronicler: The Battle of Poitiers, 732 CE

· Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours: Three Accounts 732 CE

· 2ND Fred Donner: The Early Islamic Conquests, (Princeton: Princeton Univ Press, 1981), pp.251 ff - Chapter VI. "Conclusions: 1. Tribe and State in Arabia: Second Essay"

· 2ND Judith Herrin: The Formation of Christendom. "Byzantium Confronted by Islam", (Princeton: Princeton Univ, Press. 1987), 183-213

· 2ND The War System in Islam [At Hajeri]
Muslim apologetics.

Government Institutions

· The Pact of Umar, 7th Century

· Pact of Umar (another version), 9th century CE?

· The Diwan

· The Waqf (Pious Foundation)

Islamic Africa [Sub-Sahara]

· WEB Islam and Indigenous African Culture [At Harvard]
A clear narrative, and excellent maps on the penetration of Islam across the Sahara and in East Africa.