Makers of Arab history. [Religious and political. Muhammad : triple initiator of religion, nation and state -- 'Umar Ibn-al-Khattab : founder of the Moslem empire -- Mu'awiyah : architect of the Arab empire -- 'Abd-al-Rahman I : maker of history on European soil -- Al-Ma'mun : radical caliph and intellectual awakener of Islam -- 'Ubaydullah al-Mahdi : founder of the Fatimid empire in Africa -- Salah-al-Din : hero of the anti-crusades -- pt. 2: Intellectual. Al-Ghazzali : greatest theologian of Islam -- Al-Shafi'i : founder of the science of Islamic law -- Al-Kindi : philosopher of the Arabs -- Ibn-Sina : prince of physicians and philosophers -- Ibn-Rushd : the great commentator -- Ibn-Khaldun : first philosopher of history]
de Hitti, Philip K. (Philip Khuri), 1886-1978. ; maps, Joseph P. Ascherl
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- ISBN 13
- 9780061315480
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New York, Harper & Row, 1971, 1971. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 268 p. maps. 20 cm. ; ISBN: 0061315486 (pbk.); 9780061315480 (pbk.) ; Harper torchbooks ; stiff paper wrappers ; label on back cover ; TB1548; OCLC: 830405 ; LC: D198.3; Dewey: 909.0976 ; originally published by St. Martin's Press in 1968 ; "...provides in-depth profiles of thirteen prominent figures of Islamic history. These eminent Muslims, from Mohammed (PBHN) to Ibn Khaldun, are presented in sketches that personify these outstanding men and profiling them as products of their respective times, rather than merely chronicling their achievements." ; Contents: pt. 1: Religious and political. Muhammad : triple initiator of religion, nation and state -- 'Umar Ibn-al-Khattab : founder of the Moslem empire -- Mu'awiyah : architect of the Arab empire -- 'Abd-al-Rahman I : maker of history on European soil -- Al-Ma'mun : radical caliph and intellectual awakener of Islam -- 'Ubaydullah al-Mahdi : founder of the Fatimid empire in Africa -- Salah-al-Din : hero of the anti-crusades -- pt. 2: Intellectual. Al-Ghazzali : greatest theologian of Islam -- Al-Shafi'i : founder of the science of Islamic law -- Al-Kindi : philosopher of the Arabs -- Ibn-Sina : prince of physicians and philosophers -- Ibn-Rushd : the great commentator -- Ibn-Khaldun : first philosopher of history. ; Philip K. Hitti was educated at the American University of Beirut and at Columbia University in New York. He received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia in 1915, two years after he had settled in the United States. In 1925, following a number of years of teaching at Columbia and at American University of Beirut, he accepted an appointment at Princeton University, where he remained until his retirement in 1954. He became the first director of Princeton's Near Eastern Studies Program. Hitti translated, wrote, and lectured extensively about the Arab world and Islamic civilization. A leading authority in the United States on Arabic and Islamic studies, he promoted and popularized Arabic studies in American educational institutions for nearly half a century. His most famous work is History of the Arabs, published in 1937, today considered a standard in the field. ; VG.
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- Makers of Arab history. [Religious and political. Muhammad : triple initiator of religion, nation and state -- 'Umar Ibn-al-Khattab : founder of the Moslem empire -- Mu'awiyah : architect of the Arab empire -- 'Abd-al-Rahman I : maker of history on European soil -- Al-Ma'mun : radical caliph and intellectual awakener of Islam -- 'Ubaydullah al-Mahdi : founder of the Fatimid empire in Africa -- Salah-al-Din : hero of the anti-crusades -- pt. 2: Intellectual. Al-Ghazzali : greatest theologian of Islam -- Al-Shafi'i : founder of the science of Islamic law -- Al-Kindi : philosopher of the Arabs -- Ibn-Sina : prince of physicians and philosophers -- Ibn-Rushd : the great commentator -- Ibn-Khaldun : first philosopher of history]
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- Hitti, Philip K. (Philip Khuri), 1886-1978. ; maps, Joseph P. Ascherl
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- Usado - Very Good
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- ISBN 10
- 0061315486
- ISBN 13
- 9780061315480
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- New York, Harper & Row, 1971
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- 1971
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