In this Book
- The Early Islamic Conquests
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
In this contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature and causes of the Islamic conquests in Syria and Iraq during the sixth and seventh centuries, Fred Donner argues for a necessary distinction between the causes of the conquests, the causes of their success, and the causes of the subsequent Arab migrations to the Fertile Crescent.
Originally published in 1982.
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Table of Contents
- Note on Transliterations
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Abbreviations
- pp. xv-xviii
- List of Maps
- p. xix
- Chronological Table
- p. xx
- Introduction
- pp. 3-10
- III. The Conquest of Syria
- pp. 91-156
- IV. The Conquest of Iraq
- pp. 157-220
- VI. Conclusions
- pp. 251-272
- Appendices
- Note to the Appendices
- p. 356
- Appendix A. Ajnādayn
- pp. 357-359
- Appendix C. Participants at Yarmūk
- pp. 361-368
- Appendix D. Members of Khahd's Army in Iraq
- pp. 369-374
- Appendix E. Central Iraq—Second Phase
- pp. 375-379
- Appendix G. Battle of al-Qādisiyya
- pp. 387-404
- Appendix J. Jalūlā'
- pp. 409-410
- Appendix N. Isbahān
- pp. 436-437
- Bibliography
- pp. 439-458
- General Index
- pp. 469-489