TY  - BOOK
AU  - Armstrong,Karen
TI  - Islam: a short history 
SN  - 1842125834
U1  - 297.09 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London
PB  - Weidenfeld & Nicolson
KW  - Islam
KW  - History
N1  - Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000; 1. Beginnings: The Prophet (570-632); The Rashidun (632-661); The First Fitnah -- 2. Development: The Umayyads and the Second Fitnah; The religious movement; The last years of the Umayyads (705-750); The Abbasids: the High Caliphal period (750-935); The esoteric movements -- 3. Culmination: A New Order (935-1258); The Crusades; Expansion; The Mongols (1220-1500) -- 4. Islam Trimphant: Imperial Islam (1500-1700); The Safavid Empire; The Moghul Empire; The Ottoman Empire -- 5. Islam Agonistes: The arrival of the West (1750-2000); What is a modern Muslim state?; Fundamentalism; Muslims in a minority; The way forward; Postscript
ER  -