8vo. [6], 276 pp., 50 b/w plates, genealogical tables, cloth in d/w, biblio, appendix, index, previous owner’s name inscribed verso front and back covers, jacket lightly rubbed, otherwise copy clean inside & in very good condition, Sidgwick & Jackson, London, first edition, 1974.

Synopsis

Surveys the history of the Middle East from 661 to 1100 and the expansion of Islam, stressing the relationship between religion and politics and the transformation of the area’s Christian culture into an Islamic one.