8vo. xii, 463 pp., cloth, slightly rubbed round edges, gilt, translated by S. Khuda Bukhsh from Von Kremer's Culturgeschichte des Orients, copy clean inside and in very good condition, United Publishers, Beirut, 1973.

Synopsis

A main source on Islamic civilization, it provides an account of the rise of the Caliphate followed by a fascinating account of town life and the Omayyad court at Damascus.