History of the Arabs
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Macmillan International College Editions, Tenth Edition, Ninth Reprint
Philip K. Hitti
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First published in 1937. Hitti spent 10 years writing this book. Although its editor originally hesitated to publish even a hundred copies of this book, the book has gone through ten published editions since then.
In his History of the Arabs, Philip Hitti denies the idea of an Arab army destroyed by Charles Martel, stressing that the caliph had just died and that these Arabs preferred Spain to more northerly areas. For him, it is not the defeat of the Arabs which enabled the possibility of the Occident, as if the Arabs had to be defeated so that the Occident could exist.[citation needed] Instead, it is the transmission of the knowledge of the Mediterranean basin and beyond, and thus the dialogue between the two banks of the Mediterranean, which leads to the foundation of the Occident.
contents
Preface to the Revised Tenth Edition;
W.Khalidi Preface to the Tenth Edition
Preface to the First Edition
PART I: THE PRE-ISLAMIC WORLD
Chapter I The Arabs as Semites: Arabia the Cradle of the Semitic Race
Chapter II The Arabian Peninsular
Chapter III Bedouin Life
Chapter IV Early International Relations
Chapter V The Sabaean and other States of South Arabia
Chapter VI The Nabataean and other Petty Kingdoms of North and Central Arabia Chapter VII Al-Hijaz on the Eve of the Rise of Islam
PART II: THE RISE OF ISLAM AND THE CALIPHAL STATE
Chapter VIII Muhammad the Prophet of Allah
Chapter IX The Koran the Book of Allah
Chapter X Islam the Religion of Submission to the Will of Allah
Chapter XI Period of Conquest, Expansion and Colonization, A.D. 632-61
Chapter XII The Conquest of Syria
Chapter XIII Al-'Iraq and Persia Conquered
Chapter XIV Egypt, Tripolis and Barqah Acquired
Chapter XV The Administration of the New Possessions
Chapter XVI The Struggle between 'Ali and Mu'awiyah for the Caliphate
PART III: THE UMAYYAD AND 'ABBASID EMPIRES
Chapter XVII The Umayyad Caliphate: Mu'awiyah Establishes a Dynasty
Chapter XVIII Hostile Reactions with the Byzantines
Chapter XIX The Zenith of Umayyad Power
Chapter XX Political Administration and Social Conditions under the Umayyads Chapter XXI Intellectual Aspects of Life under the Umayyads
Chapter XXII Decline and Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty
Chapter XXIII The Establishment of the 'Abbasid Dynasty
Chapter XXIV The Golden Prime of the 'Abbasids
Chapter XXV The 'Abbasid State
Chapter XXVI 'Abbasid Society
Chapter XXVII Scientific and Literary Progress
Chapter XXVIII Education
Chapter XXIX The Development of Fine Arts
Chapter XXX Moslem Sects
Chapter XXXI The Caliphate Dismembered: Petty Dynasties in the West
Chapter XXXII Sundry Dynasties in the East
Chapter XXXIII The Collapse of the 'Abbasid Caliphate
PART IV: THE ARABS IN EUROPE: SPAIN AND SICILY
Chapter XXXIV Conquest of Spain
Chapter XXXV The Umayyad Amirate in Spain
Chapter XXXVI Civil Disturbances
Chapter XXXVII The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordova
Chapter XXXVIII Political, Economic and Educational Institutions
Chapter XXXIX Petty States: Fall of Granada
Chapter XL Intellectual Contributions
Chapter XLI Art and Architecture
Chapter XLII In Sicily
PART V: THE LAST OF THE MEDIEVAL MOSLEM STATES
Chapter XLIII A Shi'ite Caliphate in Egypt: The Fatimids
Chapter XLIV Life in Fatimid Egypt Military
Chapter XLVContacts between East and West: The Crusades
Chapter XLVI Cultural Contacts
Chapter XLVII The Mamluks, Last Medieval Dynasty of Arab World
Chapter XLVIII Intellectual and Artistic Activity
Chapter XLIXThe End of Mamluk Rule
PART VI: OTTOMAN RULE AND INDEPENDENCE
Chapter L The Arab Lands as Turkish Provinces
Chapter LI Egypt and the Arab Crescent
Chapter LII The Changing Scene: Impact of the West Index
