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Contents |
7 |
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Preface to the Revised Edition |
9 |
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Foreword |
13 |
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Preface |
19 |
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1 Introduction: discovering Islam |
21 |
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PART ONE The Pattern of Islamic History |
33 |
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2 Muslim ideal: holy Book and Prophet |
35 |
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3 A theory of Islamic history |
50 |
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1 IDEAL CALIPHS |
53 |
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2 ARAB DYNASTIES: UMAYYADS AND ABBASIDS |
58 |
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3 THE FLOWERING OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION |
64 |
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4 DECLINE AND FALL |
71 |
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5 SHIAS: REVOLUTION IN THE REVOLUTION |
75 |
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6 MAHDISM AND MILLENARIAN MOVEMENTS |
81 |
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4 The great Muslim empires: Ottomans, Saffavids and Mughals |
85 |
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1 OTTOMANS: FACING EUROPE |
85 |
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2 SAFFAVIDS: SHIA STATE |
89 |
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3 MUGHALS: ENCOUNTER WITH HINDUISM |
92 |
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4 OBSESSION AND SYNTHESIS |
106 |
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5 Sufis and scholars |
110 |
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1 SUFIS, SAINTS AND MYSTICS |
111 |
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2 TWO SCHOLARS OF ISLAM: AL BERUNI AND IBN KHALDUN |
118 |
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6 Islam of the periphery |
127 |
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1 ON THE PERIPHERY |
127 |
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2 THE MUSLIM MINORITY IN CHINA |
130 |
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3 MUSLIMS IN THE USSR |
131 |
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7 Under European rule: the colonial impact on Muslim society |
137 |
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1 THE DISINTEGRATION OF SOCIETY |
138 |
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2 THE MYTH OF THE NOBLE SAVAGE: MUSLIM TRIBESMAN |
152 |
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PART TWO Contemporary Muslim Society |
161 |
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8 Princes and paupers: Muslim societies in Saudi Arabia and south India |
163 |
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1 SAUDI ARABIA: THE REAWAKENING OF THE PENINSULA |
164 |
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2 THE ANDALUS SYNDROME IN SOUTH INDIA: À LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU |
178 |
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9 Muslim society turned inside out: ethnicity, women and refugees |
192 |
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1 ‘DUBAI CHALO’: ETHNIC ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN MIDDLE EASTERN AND SOUTH ASIAN MUSLIM SOCIETIES |
192 |
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2 MUSLIM WOMEN |
204 |
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3 AFGHAN REFUGEES: DISPLACEMENT AND DESPAIR |
216 |
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10 The reconstruction of Muslim thought |
220 |
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1 CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM SCHOLARSHIP |
220 |
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2 CREATING ISLAMIC SOCIAL SCIENCES |
228 |
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11 Only connect |
237 |
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1 AMERICAN SOCIETY: GREAT SATAN OR PARADISE ON EARTH? |
237 |
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2 CONNECTING |
241 |
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3 CONCLUSION: THE DISCOVERY OF ISLAM |
247 |
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APPENDIX |
252 |
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GLOSSARY |
257 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
258 |
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Index |
260 |
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