8vo. viii, 294 pp., half-title, original red cloth, translated from the second Arabic edition, biblio, index, soiled cover & endpapers, previous owner’s inscription verso front cover, otherwise copy in good condition, Shaikh Muhammad Ashraf, Lahore, first edition, 1940.

Synopsis

The book deals with the decisive encounters between East & West-Islam & Christendom. Subjects discussed are Arab seige of Constantinople, Moslems masters of the sea, the idea of the Crusade, diplomacy in Islam, Ibn Battuta, intellectual legacy of Moslem Spain, and other subjects.