edited by Nimrod Hurvitz, Christian C. Sahner, Uriel Simonsohn, and Luke Yarbrough.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Oakland, California :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of California Press,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
[2020]
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
1 online resource (xvii, 355 pages) :
ساير جزييات
maps.
فروست
عنوان فروست
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
The prophet and the empires of the caliphs (ca. seventh-tenth centuries) -- The Islamic commonwealth (ca. tenth-thirteenth centuries) -- Sultans, conquerors, and travelers (ca. thirteenth-sixteenth centuries).
بدون عنوان
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یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
"Conversion to Islam is a phenomenon of immense significance in human history. At the outset of Islamic rule in the seventh century, Muslims constituted a tiny minority in most areas under their control. But by the beginning of the modern period, they formed the majority in most territories from North Africa to Southeast Asia. Across such diverse lands, peoples, and time periods, conversion was a complex, varied phenomenon. Converts lived in a world of overlapping and competing religious, cultural, social, and familial affiliations, and the effects of turning to Islam played out in every aspect of life. Conversion therefore provides a critical lens for world history, magnifying the constantly evolving array of beliefs, practices, and outlooks that constitute Islam around the globe. This groundbreaking collection of texts, translated from sources in a dozen languages from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries, presents the historical process of conversion to Islam in all its variety and unruly detail, through the eyes of both Muslim and non-Muslim observers"--