Conversion to Islam in the premodern age a sourcebook / edited by Nimrod Hurvitz, Christian C. Sahner, Uriel Simonsohn, and Luke Yarbrough.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Hurvitz, Nimrod, 1958- |
| Other author/creator | Sahner, Christian C. |
| Other author/creator | Simonsohn, Uriel I., 1971- |
| Other author/creator | Yarbrough, Luke B. |
| Contents | 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). |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Conversion to Islam in the premodern age Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520296725 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020017092 |
| ISBN | 9780520969100 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |