8vo. x, 368 pp., cloth in d/w, notes, index, Arab Background Series, copy in mint condition, Longman & Librairie du Liban, Beirut, reprint, 1985.

Synopsis

The author aims primarily to convey an overall picture of the richness and vigour of the Islamic culture, while also concentrates on certain aspects of which he has made a special study: literature, history and historians, philosophy, geography and travel, and science and medicine are some of the topics he explores in detail.