The new encyclopedia of Islam
Encompasses the beliefs, practices, history and culture of the Islamic world. This title covers various aspects of religious belief, ritual, practices, prayer, significant political movements, spiritual and political leaders, art, architecture, sects, law, social institutions, history, ethnography, and nations and states, languages, and science.
Print Book, English, ©2002, ©2001
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AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, Calif., ©2002, ©2001
Dictionaries
534 pages : illustrations
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The Encyclopedia, including photographic sections between pages
Appendix A: Reference Maps: Historical synopsis of the Islamic world
Historical synopsis of the Middle East
Arabia and its neighbours at the time of the Prophet's birth
Islam in the modern world
Appendix B: Mecca and the Hajj: Chart of the Hajj
Map of Mecca
Plan of the Grand Mosque
Appendix C: Branches of Islam
Appendix D: Genealogical tables: The Quraysh
The Umayyads
The Abbasids
The Alids
Chronology
Bibliography
Revised edition of the "Concise Encyclopedia of Islam."