Description
For the second half of a two-course sequence in Muslim history, Islamic Civilization, and religious studies courses on Islam.
The history of the predominantly Muslim world is examined within the context of world history. It examines political, economic, and broad cultural developments, as well as specifically religious ones. The themes of the book are tradition and adaptation: It examines the tensions between the desire of Muslims to maintain continuity with their legacy and their recognition of the need to adapt to changing conditions.
Table of Contents
Part One
Mongol Hegemony, 1260-1405
1. THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
The Mongol Khanates
The Qipchaq Khanate
The Il-khanate
The Chaghatay Khanate
New Centers of Islamic Culture
The Mamluke Empire
The Delhi Sultanate
The Ottoman Sultanate
Scourges
Plague
Timur Lang
Conclusion
2. UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN ISLAMIC TRADITIONS
Intellectual Life in the Fourteenth Century
The End of the “Golden Age”?
Against All Odds
Law
The Queen of the Sciences
The “Closing of the Gate of Ijtihad”?
The Varieties of Religious Expression
“Orthodoxy” and “Heterodoxy”
The Proliferation of Sufi Groups
Conclusion
Part 2
Muslim Ascendancy, 1405-1750
3. THE CENTRAL MUSLIM LANDS
The Ottoman Empire
The Creation of an Empire
Society
The State
The Economy
Culture
From Dominance to Parity
The Arabian Peninsula
The Holy Cities
Yemen and Oman
The Eurasian Steppes
Conclusion
4. THE UMMA IN THE WEST
The Iberian Peninsula
Mudejars
Granada
Moriscos
The Maghrib
The Land
The Berber States
Crusaders, Corsairs, and Janissaries
The Regencies
Alawite Morocco
The Sudan
Trans-Saharan Trade
The Islamization of the Western and Central Sudan
The Islamization of the Eastern Sudan
The Intensification of the Slave Trade
Islam in the Sudan
Conclusion
5. CENTRAL ASIA AND IRAN
Central Asia
The Timurids
The Uzbek Khanate
The Islamization of Central Asia
Iran
The Nizaris Regroup
The Safavids: A Militant Sufi Order
The First Twelver Shi`ite Empire
The Apocalypse Postponed
Society
The State
The Decline of Tariqa Sufism
The Economy
Culture
The End of an Empire
Conclusion
6. SOUTH ASIA
South Asia after the Delhi Sultanate
Southern and Central South Asia
The Indo-Gangetic Plain
Islam in South Asia
Patterns of Muslim Influence
South Asian Sufism
An Isma`ili Revival
The Timurids in South Asia: The Mughals
The Formation of the Mughal Empire
Society
The State
The Economy
Culture
The End of Imperial Rule
Conclusion
7. THE INDIAN OCEAN BASIN
A Muslim Lake
The East Coast of Africa
Berbera and the Land of the Zanj
The Impact of Imperialism
Kerala
The Land of Pepper
The Impact of Imperialism
Southeast Asia
The Malayo-Polynesian Lands
The Lure of the Spice Islands
The Impact of Imperialism
The Appeal of a Universal Faith
A Loss of Dynamism
Conclusion
Part 3
The World Turned Upside Down, 1750-Present
8. REFORM AND RENEWAL, 1750-1875
Developments within Twelver Shi`ism
The Growth of Mujtahid Authority
Twelver Ritual Life
Sunni Reform Movements
A Search for First Principles
Jihad Movements
European Intervention and Annexation
South Asia
Southeast Asia
The Indian Ocean Basin
The Caucasus and Central Asia
North Africa
Governmental Responses to External Threats
The Ottoman Empire
Iran
Cultural Fragmentation
Conclusion
9. THE LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY, 1875-1920
European Imperialism, 1875-1914
The Balkans
North and West Africa
The Western Indian Ocean
Central Asia and Iran
Southeast Asia
Imperial Rule
Encounters with Tradition
Movements of Political and Social Reform
Movements of Religious Reform and Renewal
World War I
Conclusion
10. THE INTERWAR YEARS, 1920-1939
Independent Muslim States
The Republic of Turkey
The Pahlavi Monarchy of Iran
States in the Arabian Peninsula
The Kingdom of Afghanistan
Muslim Minorities in the USSR
Nationalist Movements
North Africa
The Eastern Arab World
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Islamic Movements
Tensions Between Secular and Religious Muslims
Religious Activists: Reformers and Traditionalists
The Muslim Brothers
Abu’l A`la Mawdudi
Tablighi Jama`at
Indonesian Religious Organizations
Women’s Issues
Conclusion
11. REGAINING SOVEREIGNTY, 1939-1970
World War II
The Middle East
Southeast Asia
Africa
South Asia
Formal Independence
The 1940s
The 1950s
The 1960s and 1970s
Muslim Minorities in the USSR and China
Disillusionment with Secular Nationalism
Pakistan
Indonesia
Iran
The Arab World
Turkey
Voices of Urgency
Conclusion
12. NEW DIRECTIONS, 1970-PRESENT
The Watershed Years
The Arab World
Iran
South Asia
Afghanistan
Southeast Asia
Responding to the Divine Imperative: Political Islam
Egypt and Jordan
Pakistan
Southeast Asia
North Africa
Turkey
Responding to the Divine Imperative: Jihadism
Jihad as the Means to Implement an Islamic State
Jihad as National Liberation
Global Jihad
Twenty-First-Century Challenges and Opportunities
A Siege Mentality
A Crisis of Authority
Economic and Social Issues
The Prospects for Islamism and Sufism
New Frontiers
Conclusion
Glossary
Index
Documents
Maps
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