12mo. 209 pp., [1], 6 pp adv, publisher’s original wrappers, lightly soiled, glossary, biblio, index, small cut at top corner of front cover, previous owner’s initials on first page, otherwise a good copy, a Pelican original, Penguin Books, reprint of second edition, 1964.

Synopsis

This book provides the essential background to the emergence of Islam and of modern reforms in religious law in Muslim states as Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and Syria.