8vo. 243 pp., b/w illustrations, 5 maps, cloth, translated by Katherine Watson, biblio., index, previous owner’s inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise copy in very good condition, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, first English edition, 1970.

Synopsis

Classical Islam examines the relationships, both cultural and political, between the Islamic world and the Mediterranean countries and India and elaborates on the economic, social, and intellectual factors and forces that shaped the Muslim world and moulded its interactions with ‘infidels.’