This page is a subset of texts derived from the three major online Sourcebooks listed below, along with added texts and web site indicators. For more contextual information, for instance about Western imperialism, or the history of a given period, check out these web sites.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

Internet Medieval Sourcebook

• Islamic History Section

Internet Modern History Sourcebook

For help in research, homework, and so forth see

• Ancient History HELP!
• Medieval Studies HELP!
• Modern History HELP!

Notes:	In addition to direct links to documents, links are made to a number of other web resources.
2ND	Link to a secondary article, review or discussion on a given topic.
MEGA	Link to one of the megasites which track web resources.
WEB	Link to a website focused on a specific issue.. These are not links to every site on a given topic, but to sites of serious educational value.

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Contents

• The Pre-Islamic Arab World
  • Pre-Islamic Arabia
  • Pre-Islamic Persia
• Muhammad and Foundations - to 632 CE
  • Religious and Social Context of 7th Century Arabia
  • Muhammad
  • Hadith
• Islamic Faith and Theology
  • The Sunni Tradition
  • The Shi'ite Tradition
  • Sufism
  • Islam as a Modern Faith
  • Women in Islam
• Islamic Expansion and Empire
  • Conquest
  • Government Institutions
  • Islamic Africa [Sub Sahara]
• The Caliphate
  • Government
  • Science
  • Culture
  • Philosophy
  • Gender and Sexuality in Classical Islam
  • Successor States: Ummayyad Spain
  • Successor States: Fatamid Egypt
  • Successor States: Mameluke Egypt
  • Successor States: North Africa Maghreb
  • The Mongol Invasions
• The Persians
  • Culture
  • The Safavids
• The Turks
  • Turkish Origins
  • Seljuks
  • Turkestan
  • Culture
• The Ottomans
  • Origins
  • Conquests
  • Government
  • Society
  • Ottoman Egypt
  • Culture
  • Decline
• The Expansion Eastwards
  • India
  • China
  • The East Indies
• Interaction with the West
  • Crusades
• The Western Intrusion
  • Napoleon
  • European 19th Century Imperialism
  • The Ottoman Empire in the Face of Western Power
  • Algeria
  • Arabia
  • Egypt
  • Iran
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • World War I
• Islamic Nationalism
  • Arab Nationalism
  • British and French Diplomacy
  • Islam and Liberal Democracy
  • Algeria
  • Pakistan
• The Islamic World since 1945
  • General
  • International Affairs/Organizations
  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Kurdistan
  • Libya
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • Turkey
  • The Palestine/Israel Conflict
• Islamic History Maps
  • Origins, Expansion and Core Areas
  • Crusades
  • Spain
  • Persia
  • Egypt
  • Turks: Seljuqs and Ottomans
  • India and Far East
• Further Resources on Islamic History
  • Guides to the Web
  • Academic Sites
  • General Interest Sites
  • Muslim Sites

 

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The Pre-Islamic Arab World

Pre-Islamic Arabs

• Ancient Accounts of Arabia 430 BCE-550 CE
  • Accounts from Herodotus: The Histories, c. 430 BCE; Strabo: Geography, c. 22 CE; Dio Cassius: History of Rome, c. 220 CE; Ammianus Marcellinus: The Roman History, c. 380 CE; Procopius of Caesarea: History of the Wars, c. 550 CE
• Pre-Islamic Arabia: The Hanged Poems, before 622 CE
  • The Pre-Islamic poems of Imru-Ul-Quais, Antar, and Zuhair which Muhammad allowed to remain hanging in the Ka'aba.
• 2ND Irfan Shahid: Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fifth Century. (Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Washington, D.C. 1989), Vll. BYZANTINISM AND ARABISM: INTERACTION, 528-539
• 2ND Philip K. Hitti: The Original Arab, The Bedouin [At Oneworld]

Pre-Islamic Persia

• 2ND Richard Frye: Heritage of Persia, 224-229
• 2ND Richard Frye: History of Ancient Iran, 325-334

 

 

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Muhammad and Foundations - to 632 CE

Religious and Social Context of 7th Century Arabia

• 2ND Patricia Crone: Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam. (Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1987), 231-250

Muhammad

• Ibn Ishaq (d. c. 773 CE): Selections from the Life of Muhammad
• The Qu'ran: Al-Fatiha (The Opening), text with RealAudio chanting, [At Islam.org]
  The entire Qu'ran is available in audio at this site.
• The Qu'ran: Surahs 1 and 47
  See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Islam (Concept)
• Muhammad: Last Sermon
• 2ND Philip K. Hitti: Muhammad, The Prophet of Allah [At Oneworld]
• 2ND Montgomery Watt: Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961) Last Chapter
• 2ND Maxime Rodinson: Muhammad (New York: Pantheon Books. 1980), pp. 38. ff, Chapter 3
• 2N Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri: AR-RaheeQ Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar) Memoirs of the Noble Prophet [At Witness Pioneer]
  It is unclear what exactly this document is.
• Sunan Abu-Dawud, Partial translation, translator: Prof. Ahmad Hasan [At USC-MSA]
  "Sunan Abu-Dawud is a collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called ahadith. Abu-Dawud lived a couple of centuries after the Prophet's deat and worked extremely hard to collect his ahadith."
• Malik (93-179 AH): Muwatta, Translated by `A'isha `Abdarahman at-Tarjumana and Ya`qub Johnson. [At USC-MSA]
  "Malik's Muwatta ("the well-trodden path") is a collection of two items: the sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called ahadith."
• WEB Companions of The Prophet [At Witness Pioneer]
  A sort of Muslim hagiography. Unfortunately, with no sources cited.

Hadith

• Hadith Selections, short excerpts.
• The Sunnah, (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), excerpts.
• Sahih Bukhari: Hadith [At USC-MSA]
• Hadith on fasting, collected by al-Bukhari (d. 870 CE)
• WEB Sunnah and Hadith Page [At USC-MSA]
  With links to texts of various Hadith Collections.

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Islam Faith and Theology

General

• WEB Barbara R. von Schlegell: Introduction to Islamic Religion [Religious Studies 143/Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 136] [At UPenn]
• Arthur Jeffry: A Reader on Islam: Passages from Standard Arabic Writings Illustrative of the Beliefs and Practices of Muslims [At UPenn]
• 2ND Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad: An Elementary Study of Islam [At Alislam.org]
• Qur'an Texts
  • Qu'ran, Part I, and Part II, translated by E.H. Palmer, Full text [At Sacred Texts]
  • The Holy Qur'an, trans. M.H. Shakir, Full text [At CMU]
  • The Qu'ran, trans. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, [At The Noble Qu'ran]. This is an English translation endorsed by the Saudi government. Includes Arabic commentary by Ibn Katheer, Tabari, and Qurtubi. See also Catholic Encyclopedia: KORAN
  • The Qu'ran, translated Maulvi Sher Ali, Full Text, [At Al Islam]
  • The Qu'ran in Arabic script with audio recitation, Full Text, [At IslamiCity]
  • The Quran: Three Versions Side By Side [At USC-MSA]
    Contains Yusuf Ali, Pickthall and Shakir's versions side by side for each sura.

     

• God
  • Muhammad Speaks of Allah: 'There is no God but He....' [At Eliade Page]
  • Allah is All-Knowing, All Powerful- The Creator! [At Eliade Page]
  • Allah 'is the first and the last,' the Creator, Maker, and Shaper [At Eliade Page]
  • Allah is Light [At Eliade Page]
• Revelation
  • Muhammad's Call [At Eliade Page]
  • Muhammad is the Messenger of God [At Eliade Page]
  • The Qur'an, 'The Book wherein is no doubt. . .' [At Eliade Page]
  • Allah Tells Muhammad the Story of Abraham [At Eliade Page]
  • Allah Reveals How He Saved Israel [At Eliade Page]
  • Allah Sent the Torah, the Prophets, and Jesus [At Eliade Page]
• Religious Life
  • Muhammad Proclaims the Prescriptions of Islam [At Eliade Page]
  • 'Those who repent thereafter, and make ammends...' [At Eliade Page]
  • Pilgramage in the Qur'an [At Eliade Page]
  • Muhammad Prescribes the Daily Prayers of the Muslim [At Eliade Page]
  • Prayers of Dervishes [A Sufi Sect] [At Eliade Page]
  • Al-Hasan Extols Asceticism, 8th Century CE, [A Sufi Writer] [At Eliade Page]
• Eschatology
  • Muhammad Speaks of the Day of Doom [At Eliade Page]

The Sunni Tradition

• The Sunnah, (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), excerpts.
• Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE): The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife
• Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE): Munkidh min al-Dalal (Confessions, or Deliverance from Error), c. 1100 CE
• Zamakhshari (1070-1143 CE): The Discoverer of Truth, c. 1130 CE
• WEB Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Materials [At SOAS]

The Shi'ite Tradition

• Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi: Peshawar Nights (1927), Full Text [At al-islam.org]
• 2ND A Shi'ite Encyclopedia
• WEB Shia Islam [At WSU]
  A multi-media site by Richard Hooker.

Sufism

• Prayers of Dervishes [A Sufi Sect] [At Eliade Page]
• Al-Hasan Extols Asceticism, 8th Century CE, [A Sufi Writer] [At Eliade Page]
• Al-Hallaj: Sayings, a Sufi Mystic
• Rabia: Life in His Own Words a Sufi Mystic.
• Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Masnavi, excerpts, c. 1250 CE
• Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Fairest Land, c. 1250 CE
• Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): Poems from the Divan-I Shams-I Tabriz, c. 1270 CE
• Julia Pardoe: The Dancing Dervishes, 1902
• MEGA Sufi-related resources on the Internet
• WEB The Haqqani Foundation

Islam as a Modern Faith

• Islam [At Religious Tolerance][Summary]
• Malcolm X: On His Pilgrimmage to Mecca [At Dawanet]

• WEB About Islam and Muslims [At Internet Archive, from U Oregon]
  Islamic apologetics, but preaching to the converted - see the text on Women and Islam!

Women in Islam

• The Qur'an: The Women [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
  From Surah's 2 and 4.
• A Visit to the Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (Translated from a Genoese Letter), c. 1550
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762): Dining With The Sultana, 1718
• Demetra Vaka: Aïshé Hanoum, c. 1888
  Life of a Turkish woman.
• WEB Women in Islam [At Answering Islam]
  The website is a site devoted to arguments with Muslims. This web page contains links to explanations, defences, and attacks on the subject of women in Islam.
• 2ND Sherif Abdel Azeem: Women In Islam Versus Women In The
  Judaeo-Christian Tradition [At TWF]
  Widely reproduced "defence" of women's role in Islam.
• 2ND M. Rafiqul-Haqq and P. Newton: The Place of Women in Pure Islam [Ar Venus Project]
  Decidely critical of Muslim practice, but quotes a large number of sources.
• 2ND Anne Hardwick: From Muhammad to Present: Islamic Law and Women [At Internet Archive, from Rhodes]
  Critical.
• 2ND Barbara Crossette: "A Manual on Rights of Women Under Islam," New York Times, December 29, 1996 [At Internet Archive, from Mt Holyoke]
• 2ND Ghada Barsoum: Polemics on the Veil in Egypt
  Student paper on modern Egyptian debates. [At Internet Archive]
• 2ND Douglas Jehl: "Egyptian Court Voids Ban on Cutting of Girls' Genitals," New York Times, June 26, 1997 [At NY Times]
• 2ND John F. Burns: "Journal: Islamic Police Create a Minefield for Women," New York Times, August 29, 1997 [At Internet Archive, from Mt Holyoke]
• 2ND Marelise Simons: "Cry of Muslim Women for Equal Rights Is Rising," New York Times, March 9, 1998 [At Internet Archive, from Mt Holyoke]
• Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation
  • The Issue of Female Circumcision [At H-Net]
  • Female Genital Mutilation on Trial [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
  • Linda Burstyn: Female Genital Mutilation Comes to America, The Atlantic October 1995 [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
  • WEB Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project
    Lots of interesting stuff, and discussion within the context of Islam. Also discusses "male genital mutilation" - such discussions in the past have ended up with distinct anti-Semitic overtones.
    
    

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Islamic Expansion and Empire

Conquests

• 2ND W.N. Arafat: "New Light on the Story of the Banu Qurayza and the Jews of Medina", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, (1976), 100-107. [At haqq.com]
• 2ND The Battle of Badr, 624 CE [At Internet Archive, from islaam.com]
• Al-Baladhuri: The Battle of The Yarmuk (636 CE) and After
  The Byzantines lost control of Syria at Yarmuk.
• Accounts of the Arab Conquest of Egypt, 642 CE
  The Coptic account from The History of The Patriarchs of Alexandria and an Arab account - Al-Baladhuri: The Conquest of Alexandria
• Ibn Abd-el-Hakem: The Islamic Conquest of Spain
• Al Maggari: Tarik's Address to His Soldiers, 711 CE, from The Breath of Perfumes
• Anonymous Arab Chronicler: The Battle of Poitiers, 732 CE
• Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours: Three Accounts 732 CE
• 2ND Fred Donner: The Early Islamic Conquests, (Princeton: Princeton Univ Press, 1981), pp.251 ff - Chapter VI. "Conclusions: 1. Tribe and State in Arabia: Second Essay"
• 2ND Judith Herrin: The Formation of Christendom. "Byzantium Confronted by Islam", (Princeton: Princeton Univ, Press. 1987), 183-213
• 2ND The War System in Islam [At Submission.org]
  Muslim apologetics.

Government Institutions

• The Pact of Umar, 7th Century
• Pact of Umar (another version), 9th century CE?

Islamic Africa [Sub-Sahara]

• WEB Islam and Indigenous African Culture [At Internet Archive, from Harvard]
  A clear narrative, and excellent maps on the penetration of Islam across the Sahara and in East Africa.

• Abû Ûthmân al-Jâhiz: The Essays, excerpts, c. 860 CE
  On the Zanj (Black Africans). Arab Muslim opinions.
• African States
  • Glimpses of the Kingdom of Ghana, 1067 [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
  • Al Bakri: Description of Ghana [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
  • Leo Africanus: The History and Description of Africa: Borno [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
• African Islamic Culture
  • Ibn Battuta (1307-1377 CE): Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354
  • Ibn Battuta (1307-1377 CE): Malian Women, [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
  • Leo Africanus Description of Timbuktu [At WSU]
  • Tabala Wolof: Sufi Drumming of Senegal [At Village Pulse]
    Music samples
  • 2ND John Hunwick: Africa and Islamic Revival: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives [At Georgia]

• The Slave Trade
  • Bills of Sale for Saracen Slave Girls, 1248
    These were Arab women sold as slaves.
  • Pictures of the Arab Slave Trade [At Hodc - unreliable religious site]

  • Slave Trade Statistics [At Dayton]
  • 2ND Anika Francis: The Economics of the African Slave Trade [At Internet Archive, from Upenn]
  • 2ND Bernard Lewis. Race and Slavery in the Middle East, (New York: Oxford Univ Press 1994) Chap 1. "Slavery".

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The Caliphate

General

• 2ND The First Four Caliphs [At USC-MSA]
• WEB H-Medieval Mideast Homepage
• WEB Bibliography for Medieval Islam [At Geocities]

Government

• An Arab Ambassador in Constantinople, (late 10th Century)
• Al-Tanûkhî: Ruminations and Reminiscences, c. 980 CE
  "The Table Talk of a Mesopotamian Judge"
• Yakut: Baghdad under the Abbasids, c. 1000 CE
• Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di (Masoudi) (ca. 895?-957 CE): The Book of Golden Meadows, c. 940 CE
  Masu'di - "the Arab Suetonius" or "the Arab Herodotus" - specialized in a history which went beyond chronology to look at themes and individual anecdotes. This is an extensive selection on various caliphs.
• Ibn-Miskawaih: The Experiences of the Nations, c. 980 CE
  Powerplays in the Abbasid court.
• Al Biruni (973-1048 CE): The Existing Monuments or Chronology, c. 1030 CE
  One of the earlist Arabic historians.
• 2ND Gaston Wiet: Baghdad: Metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphate, (Norman OK: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 19?? ) Chap. 5
• 2ND J. Schact: "Law and Justice", in Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. II, pt. VIII/chap. 4, pp. 539 ff.

Science

• Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 28: Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) [At USC-MSA]
• Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (973-1037 CE): On Medicine, c. 1020 CE
• Adelard of Bath: Natural Questions, c. 1137
  Impact of Muslim science in the West.
• 2ND Seyyed Hossain Nasr: Science and Civilization in Islam, (New York : New American Library. 1968). "Introduction".
• WEB History of Islamic Medicine
• Famous Muslim Scientist Lists
  The lists below seem to be part of a certain genre of list creation, usually to make the claim (which is true) that Islam had a glorious role in the history of science. Non of them seem to address what happened after c. 1500 (the Western Intrusion was not until c. 1800, so it will not do as an "excuse".)
  • WEB Muslim Scientists and Thinkers [At City.ac.uk]
  • WEB Muslim Scientists 7000 - 1500 CE [At Muslimsonline]

Culture

• The Poets of Arabia, Selections
• Al Hariri of Basrah (446-516 A.H./1054-1122 CE): Maqamat, (The Assemblies), c. 1100 CE, 12 of the 50 "assemblies". Maqamat (singular Maqamah) were a popular sort of Arabic entertainment literature (adab). This is perhaps the most popular example.
• The Women and Her Suitors story from the Thousand and One Nights [caution: very rude!]
• The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor story from the Thousand and One Nights [At Sacred Texts]
• The Arabian Nights Entertainments, translated by Andrew Lang
  • Project Gutenberg text
  • HTML [At Sacred Texts]
• The Arabian Nights, translated Sir. Richard Francis Burton. Full Text - Sacred Texts]
• Ibn Fadlan. Risala 921 CE [At VikingAnswerLady]
  Ibn Fadlan -an Arab chronicler. In 921 C.E., the Caliph sent Ibn Fadlan with an embassy to the King of the Bulgars of the Middle Volga. Ibn Fadlan wrote an account of his journeys with the embassy, called a Risala. This Risala is of great value as a history, although it is clear in some places that inaccuracies and Ibn Fadlan's own prejudices have slanted the account to some extent.
• Nasir-i-Khusraw (1046-1052): Book of Travels (Safarnama) [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
• The Nizámu'l Mulk (?-1092 CE) : On the Courtiers and Familars of Kings
• Ibn Battuta (1307-1377 CE): Travels, selections
• Ibn Battuta (1307-1377 CE): Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354
• 2ND Arthur Goldschmidt: A Concise History of the Middle East. Chap. 8. "Islamic Civilization"
• 2ND Oleg Grabar: Ceremonial and Art at the Umayyad Court. PhD Dissertation, Princeton Univ 1955. Chap. I. The Umayyad Royal Idea and its Expression under Mu'awiyah I. pp 18 ff
• 2ND Oleg Grabar: The Formation of Islamic Art, (New Haven: Yale Univ Press, 19??), pp. 43- 71,.Chap. 3 "The Symbolic Appropriation of the Land" chapter 3
• 2ND S. M. Ghazanfar: The Islamic World and the Western Renaissance [At Cyberistan].
  Useful enough, but written with a chip on his shoulder by an economist.

Philosophy

• Ibn Rushd (Averroës) (1126-1198 CE): Religion & Philosophy, c. 1190 CE.
  The text is On the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy, or in Arabic Kitab fasl al-maqal, with its appendix (Damina). Appended is an extract from Kitab al-kashf`an manahij al-adilla. Averroes was also a major influence on Western thinkers.
• 2ND Ibn Rushd (Averroës) (1126-1198 CE), from Enc. Brit. [At Internet Archive, from Purdue]
• Islamic political philosophy: Al-Farabi, Avicenna, Averroes [Local copy]
• WEB Islamic Thought [At Internet Archive, from MSA Buffalo]
  

Gender and Sexuality in Classical Islam

• The Qur'an on Homosexuality.
• Edward Carpenter (1884-1929): Iolaus: An Anthology of Friendship [chapter on Arabia and Persia], with extracts from Rumi, Hafiz and Saadi.
• The Tale of Nur Al-Din Ali and his Son Badr Al-Din Hasan,
  from The Arabian Nights, translated Sir. Richard Francis Burton.
• Abu Nawas (c.756-810 CE): Poetry
• The Nizámu'l Mulk (?-1092 CE) : On the Courtiers and Familars of Kings
• Sa'di (1184-1292 CE): Gulistan, 13th Century CE, Full text of Persian prose/poetry text with significant homoerotic content.
• Rumi: Poetry
• Sa'di (1184-1292 CE): The Gulistan, c. 1256 CE. another translation.
• Sheikh Nefzaoui: The Perfumed Garden, 16th Cent. CE/c. A.H 925, translated by Sir Richard Burton , in chapter files, full text, [At Bibliomania]
  A guide to sex by a Tunisian writer of the 16th century. Does not discuss male homosexuality, but does discuss Lesbianism (in chap. 20).
• Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522 - 1592 CE): Lesbian Love in A Turkish Bath, 1560 [At Internet Archive, from Letters Magazine]
• 2ND Richard Burton: Terminal Essay, from his edition of the Arabian Nights.
  Burton' compilation of data on variety of societies was meant to explain some of the stories in The Nights. In doing so, he provided first overview of Islamic homosexuality.
• 2ND Islam and Homosexuality [At Geocities]
  An extremely homophobic article which claims Islam never tolerated homosexuality.

Successor States: Ummayyad Spain

• 2ND David J. Wasserstein: The Caliphate in the West, (Oxford: ClarendonPress, 1993), chap. 1. "The Caliphal Institution in al-Andalus until 422/1031"

• WEB The Legacy of al-Andulus [at legadoandalusi.es]

In English, with Spanish and French versions.

• The Poetry of the Spanish Moors, Selections

• Al-Andalus Image Gallery [At Hispanic Muslims]

Successor States: Fatamid Egypt

• 2ND Yacov Lev: State and Society in Fatimid Egypt, (Leiden: E. J. Brill., 1991), CHAPTER FOUR: THE RULING CIRCLES

Successor States: Mameluke Egypt

• 2ND Muhammad El-Halaby: The Battle of "Ain- Jaloot", A Turning Point in History [At Witness Pioneer]
  Not very reliable article about the defeat of the Mongols.

Successor States: North Africa/Maghreb

• Ibn Said: Book of the Maghrib, 13th Century

The Mongol Invasions

• Ibn al-Athir: On The Tatars, 1220-1221CE
  The effects of the Mongols in Persia.
• Bar Sauma (c. 1278-1313): The Monk of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China; or The History of the Life and Travels of Rabban Sawma, Envoy and Plenipotentiary of the Mongol Khans to the Kings of Europe and Markos who as Yahbh-Allaha III Became Patriarch of the Nestorian Church. Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge, London: The Religious Track Society, 1928. [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]

The Persians

Culture

• Firdausi: The Epic of Kings, c. 1000 CE [At MIT]
  HTML version in short sections.
• Firdausi: The Epic of Kings, c. 1000 CE [At Adelaide]
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (first edition), trans. by Edward FitzGerald (page images [At Virginia]
• Omar Khayyam: The Rubiayat, c. 1120 CE, or another version, both editions translated by Edward Fitzgerald.
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Rubaiyat, c. 1120
  This is not the famous translation by Edward Fitgerald, but a more complete version by E. H. Whinfield.
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): In Praise of Wine, c. 1100
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Vanity of Regret, c. 1100
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Cup, c. 1110
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): Profession of Faith, c. 1120
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Wisdom of the Supreme, c. 1120
• Nizami (1140-1203 CE): Khosru & Shireen, c. 1190 CE
• Sa'di (1184-1292 CE): Gulistan, 1258 CE, Full text, in short sections. [At MIT]
• Sa'di (1184-1292 CE): Gulistan, 1258 CE, Full text of Persian prose/poetry text with significant homoerotic content
• Sa'di (1184-1292): The Gulistan, c. 1256 CE. Translation by James Ross (1890)
• Sa'di (1184-1292 CE): The Bustan
• Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Masnavi, excerpts, c. 1250 CE
• Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Fairest Land, c. 1250 CE
• Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): Poems from the Divan-I Shams-I Tabriz, c. 1270 CE
• Hafiz (1325-1389 CE): Verses in Praise of God, c. 1370 CE
• Jami (1414-1492 CE): Joseph and Zuleika, c. 1470 CE
• WEB Isfahan Page

Safavids

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The Turkish Irruption

Origins

• 2ND J.J. Saunders: A History of Medieval Islam, (London: Routledge, 19??), chap. 9. "IX The Turkish Irruption"
• 2ND Z. V. Togan: The Origins of the Kazaks and the ôzbeks, Central Asian Survey Vol. 11, No. 3. 1992, [At Turkiye.net]

Culture

• The Book of Dede Korkut: A Turkish Epic [At Turkiye.net]
  An epic of the Oghuz (10th century).
• The Legends & Poetry of The Turks, selections
  From Ahmedi to Baqi.
• Old Turkish Tales: The Queen of Night
• WEB Turkmenistan Arts and Culture
  

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The Ottomans

General

• WEB The Ottomans [At WSU]
  A multi-media site by Richard Hooker.

• WEB The Ottoman Page
• WEB Yahoo!: Ottoman History
• WEB Türkiye: Country Information [At Internet Archive - some of the links may not work]
• WEB Türkiye: Arts and Literature [At Internet Archive]
• WEB H-Turk Homepage

Conquests

• The Fall of Constantinople 1453
  from a Greek point of view.
• 2ND Muhammad El-Halaby: The Liberation/Fall of Constantinople 1453 [At Internet Archive, from Islam.org.au]
  from a Muslim point of view.
• Eulogy of Istanbul, from The Counsels of Nabi Efendi to his Son Aboul Khair [At WSU]
• Old Serbian Tales: Marko and the Turks, c. 1450 [At this Site]
• James M. Ludlow: The Tribute of Children, 1493
  The Janissaries

Government

• Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522 - 1592): The Turkish Letters, excerpts, 1555-1562 [At this Site]

• The Millet System
  • The Status of Jews and Christians in Muslim Lands, 1772 CE
    A question on the position of Jews in Islam, and the answer of the Shaikh Hasan Al Kafrawi, The Shafiite [Professor of canon law in Cairo, d. 1788 CE]
  • WEB The History of Turkish Jews

Society

• Sidi Ali Reis (16th Century CE): Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries), 1557 CE
  A Turkish traveler's account of the world of India and the Middle East.
• Women
  • A Visit to the Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (Translated from a Genoese Letter), c. 1550
  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762): Dining With The Sultana, 1718
  • Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522 - 1592): Lesbian Love in A Turkish Bath, 1560 [At Internet Archive, from Letters Magazine]

Ottoman Egypt

• Firman of Appointment of Muhammad Ali as Pasha of Egypt, issued by the Ottoman Sultan, 1840 [At Historical Text Archive]
• Muhammad Ali's Tax Inspectors 1809 [At Historical Text Archive] from Chronicles of al-Jabarti - cAbd al-Rahman al-Jabarti caja-l-athar f-il-tarajim w-al-akhbar, Cairo 1297/1879 IV, 93-94,141-142, 154, 183, 208-209).

Culture

• Architecture
  • Sinan

  • WEB Istanbul: The Cradle of Civilization
• Science and Technology
  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762): Smallpox Vaccination in Turkey, [At this Site]
• Painting
  • WEB Miniature Collection: The Age of Sultan Suleyman, the Magnificent Exhibition [At Internet Archive, from UMD]
    With a large collection of miniatue images
• Poetry
  • The Legends & Poetry of The Turks, selections
    From Ahmedi to Baqi.
  • WEB Turkish Poetry Homepage [At RPI]
    A very large selection of texts in Turkish and English. Mostly modern authors, but has a specific page on Turkish poetry throughout the centuries, with both Turkish and English texts.
    • Selections from the Dede Korkut
    • Yunus Emre (?1238-?1320): Knowledge is to understand / To understand who you are
    • Esrefoglu (?-1469) : My God do not part me from thee / Do not part me from thy sight
    • Pir Sultan Abdal: The rough man entered the lover's garden / It is woods now, my beautiful one, it is woods
    • Nedim (?1681-1730): SONG, "Come, let's grant the joy to this heart of ours that founders in distress: / Let's go to the pleasure gardens, come, my sauntering cypress . . ."
    • Ahmet Hasim: PROMISED LAND, "Let it play with your hair, this gentle breeze / Blowing from the seven seas."
  • Ottoman Lyric Poetry: An Anthology by Walter G. Andrews, Najaat Black, Mehmet Kalpakli [At UMD]
    • Nâilî: What witch are you

Decline

• Sir William Eton: A Survey of the Turkish Empire, 1799
• Demetra Vaka: Aïshé Hanoum, c. 1888
  Life of a Turkish woman.
• Julia Pardoe: The Dancing Dervishes, 1902
• Dr. Cyrus Hamlin: Turkish Bread, 1907
• The Young Turks: Proclamation for the Ottoman Empire, 1908
• 2ND Sultan Abdulhamid: Biography Of Sultan Abdul Hameed The Second And The Fall Of The Islamic Khilafa [At ummah.net]
  An Antisemetic account.
• The Balkan Wars
  • Old Serbian Tales: Marko and the Turks, c. 1450 [At this Site]
  • Alfred Lord Tennyson: Montenegro [At this Site]
  • Arthur D. Howden-Smith: An Attack on the Bashi-Bazouks, Macedonia, 1907 [At this Site]
  • Bernard Grant: The Flight of the Turks from Lule-Burgas, 1912 [At this Site]
  • Philip Gibbs: The Siege of Adrianople, 1912 [At this Site]

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The Expansion Eastwards

India

• See Internet Indian History Sourcebook

• WEB The Mughals [At WSU]
  A multi-media site by Richard Hooker.

China

• 2ND Yusuf Abdul Rahman: Islam in China [At Islam in the World]
  

East Indies

• 2ND Hj. Ahmad Kamar: Islam in Malaysia [At Islam in the World]

 

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Interaction with the West

Crusades

• See Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Selected Sources for many Western sources on the Crusades.
• Usmah Ibn Munqidh (1095-1188): Autobiography: Excerpts on the Franks, c.1175 CE.
• Usmah Ibn Munqidh (1095-1188): On Muslim and Christian Piety, 12th Century. [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
• Usmah Ibn Munqidh (1095-1188): On European Piracy, 12th Century. [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
• Pope Innocent III: License to Venice to Trade With The Saracens, 1198
• 2ND Philip K. Hitti : The Assasins [At Drug Library]
• The Tale of Two Hashish-Easters (Traditional), and another Hasish Tale, from Arabian Nights [At Drug Library]
• Al-Makrisi: Arab Account of the Crusade of St. Louis
• A Christian-Muslim Debate [12th Century]
• 2ND Hadia Dajani-Shakeel: "Some Medieval Accounts of Salah al-Din's Recovery of Jerusalem (Al-Quds)" in Hisham Nashabe (ed) Studia Palaestina: Studies in honour of Constantine K. Zurayk, Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut 1988.
• Benjamin of Tudela (1160-1173): The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Critical Text, Translation and Commentary by Marcus Nathan Adler. [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
• Anonymous: Guide-book to Palestine. (c. 1350). Translated by. J. H. Barnard. London: Palestine Pilgrims’ Text Society, 1894. [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
• John Poloner (1422): Description of the Holy Land (c. 1421), based on the translation of Aubrey Stewart from the Tobler text. London, 1894. [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
• Felix Fabri (1480 & 1483-84): The Book of the Wanderings of Felix Fabri (Circa 1480-1483 A.D.) trans. Aubrey Stewart. 2 vols. London: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, 1896 [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
• Pietro Casola (1494): Canon Pietro Casola's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Year 1494. trans. Mary Margaret Newett. Manchester: The University Press, 1907. [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
  

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The Western Intrusion

Napoleon

• WEB The Napoleonic Library [At Internet Archive]
• WEB Napoleon.org

European 19th Century Imperialism

• 2ND Jane F. Collier: Islamic Law and Western Imperialism [At Stanford]
• Rev. Arthur Male: The Hill of Bones, Afghanistan 1878 [At this Site]
• Henry Timberlake (1601-1603): A True and Strange discourse of the traveiles of two English pilgrimes: What admirable accidents befell them in their journey to Jerusalem, Gaza, Grand Cayro, Alexandria, and other places [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
• Mark Twain: Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim's Progress (1869) [At Virginia]
• Charles Warren (1884): The Survey of Western Palestine [At TempleMount]

The Ottoman Empire in the Face of Western Power

• Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between the United States and the Ottoman Empire, February 25, 1862 [At Yale]
• Abdul-Mejid, Sultan (1823-1861): On Religious Freedom, from the Imperial Rescript, Islahat Fermani, 1856 [At Civnet]

Algeria

• WEB United States Treaties with The Barbary Powers: 1786-1836 [At Yale]
• The Barbary Treaties: Treaty of Peace, Signed Algiers June 30 and July 3, 1815 [At Yale]
• The Barbary Treaties: Treaty of Peace and Amity, with Article Additional and Explanatory, Signed at Algiers December 22 and 23, 1816 [At Yale]
• Proposal for the Establishment of a Native Army in Algeria, 1839 [At Historical Text Archive]
  Translation of a letter from an unidentified senior French Army Officer to the French Minister for the Navy

Arabia

• Sir Richard Francis Burton: A Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1853 [At this Site]
• Colonel L. du Couret: Justice in Arabia, c. 1890 [At his Site]

Egypt

• The Story of the Suez Canal, from All the Year Round, January 8, 1876
• The Earl of Cromer: Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882, 1908 [At this Site]
• Declaration Between the United Kingdom and France Respecting Egypt and Morocco, together with secret articles signed at the same time. Signed at London, April 8, 1904. [At Historical Text Archive]

Iran

• Charles James Wills: A Persian Wedding, 1885 [At this Site]
• S. G. W. Benjamin: Life in Persia, 1885 [At this Site]
• Samuel G. Wilson: New Year's Calls and Gifts, Persia 1895 [At this Site]
• Eustache de Lory: The Persian Bazaars, 1910 [At this Site]
• The Anglo-Russian Entente, Agreement on Persia, 1907 [At Yale]

Libya

• George E. Thompson: The Great Market of Tripoli, c. 1890

Morocco

• Treaty of Peace between the United States and Morocco Meknes, 16 September 1836 [At Historical Text Archive]
• Letter threatening military reprisals by French on Moroccan pirates (1855) (French Text) [At Historical Text Archive]
• Convention between Morocco and Spain extending the Limits of Melilla etc., signed at Tetuan, 24 August 1859 [At Historical Text Archive]
• Convention between Great Britain and Morocco relative to a Loan to be raised in London by Morocco, signed at Tangier, 24 October 1861 [At Historical Text Archive]
• Commercial Treaty between Morocco and Spain 1861 [At Historical Text Archive]
• Proclamation by the French consulate-general, Tangier 1862 [At Historical Text Archive]
• Convention as to Cape Spartel Light-house between the United States, Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden and Norway and Morocco, 1867 [At Historical Text Archive]
• Edmondo de Amicis: One Day in Morocco, c. 1870 [At this Site]
  A traveler's account.
• British Order in Council for the regulation of British Consular Jurisdiction in Morocco. Osborne, February 4, 1875. [At Historical Text Archive]
• Convention as to protection in Morocco between the United States, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden and Norway and Morocco, 1880. [At Historical Text Archive]
• Declaration between the United Kingdom and France respecting Egypt and Morocco, together with the secret articles signed at the same time. Signed at London, April 8, 1904 [At Historical Text Archive]
• Declaration between the governments of France and Spain, respecting the integrity of Morocco Signed at Paris, October 3, 1904. [At Historical Text Archive]<
• Algeciras Conference, 1906 (French text) [At Historical Text Archive]
• Agreement between Germany and France Relative to Morocco. February 9, 1909. [At Historical Text Archive]
• Exchange of notes between France and Morocco, August 14-December 25, 1909. [At Historical Text Archive]

Sudan

• Alfred Egmont Hake: The Death of General Gordon at Khartoum, 1885

 

World War I

• WEB The World War I Document Archive [At BYU]
  has hundreds of documents.
• WEB Documents of World War I, [At Mt. Holyoke]
• WEB Balkan History Documents, 1456-1997 [At Mt. Holyoke]

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Islamic Nationalism

Arab Nationalism

• WEB Political Islam [At Mt. Holyoke]
• 2ND Rich Stiller: Influence As Power, an online book about Lawrence of Arabia and influence. [PDF Document] [At sunlabs.com]
• 2ND Bernard Lewis: The Roots fo Muslim Rage, The Atlantic, September 1990, [At The Atlantic, subscription required]

British and French Diplomacy

• Sir Henry McMahon: Letter to Ali ibn Husain, 1915 [At this Site]
  British promises to Arab leaders during World War I.

• Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916 [At Mid-East Web]

Islam and Democracy

• 2ND Bernard Lewis, "Islam and Liberal Democracy: A Historical Interview," Journal of Democracy 7.2 (1996) 52-63 [At Mt Holyoke]
• 2ND Robin Wright "Islam and Liberal Democracy: Two Visions Of Reformation," Journal of Democracy 7.2 (1996) 64-75 [At Mt Holyoke]
• 2ND Abdou Filali-Ansary, "Islam and Liberal Democracy: The Challenge Of Secularization," Journal of Democracy 7.2 (1996) 76-80 [At Mt Holyoke]
• 2ND Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi, "Islam and Liberal Democracy: The Limits Of The Western Model," Journal of Democracy 7.2 (1996) 81-85 [At Mt Holyoke]
• 2ND Laith Kubba, "Islam and Liberal Democracy: Recognizing Pluralism," Journal of Democracy 7.2 (1996) 86-89 [At Mt Holyoke]
• 2ND National Institute for Research Advancement's (NIRA - Japan), "Political Islam: Pluralism Denied," By: Ryoji Tateyama [At NIRA]

Algeria

• WEBAlgeria [At Mt. Holyoke]
• Proclamation of Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), November 1, 1954 [At Historical Text Archive]
• Charles de Gaulle, French Premier: Speech at Constantine, Algeria, October-1958 [At this Site]

Turkey

• 2ND Mustapha Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938)[At Internet Archive, from UTK]
• WEB Ataturk [At Ataturk.com]
• WEB H-Turk Homepage

Pakistan

• WEB Jinnah [At Internet Archive, from Texas]
  Online biography.
• British Government Statement: Policy in India, 1946 [At this Site]
• Declaration of Pakistan and India on Jammu and Kashmir, 1966 [At this Site]

 

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The Islamic World Since 1945

General

• Islamic World: Country Studies
  Prepared for Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. These are full descriptions of the countries concerned, in terms of history, geography, economy, etc. There are also useful bibliographies. [At LOC]
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
• Islamic World: Modern Constitutions [if not listed below]
  • Kuwait Constitution, 1962 [At ICL]
  • Mauritania Constitution, 1992 [At ICL]
  • Morocco Constitution, 1992 [At ICL]
  • Oman Constitution, 1996 [At ICL]
  • Tunisia Constitution, 1991 [At ICL]
  • Yemen Constitution, 1991 [At ICL]
• Western Views of the Region
  • Benjamin R. Barber: Jihad Vs. McWorld, The Atlantic Monthly, March 1992 [At The Atlantic, subscription required][Added 7/23/98]

International Affairs/Organizations

• The Arab League
• Soviet Reaction to the Baghdad Pact, 1955 [At this Site]
• President Eisenhower: The Eisenhower Doctrine on the Middle East, A Message to Congress, January 5, 1957 [At this Site]
• TASS: Statement on the Eisenhower Doctrine, January 14 1957 [At this Site]

Algeria

• The Islamic Salvation Front National Provisional Executive Bureau:
  Communique No. 42, Algiers, November 14 1993 [At Historical Text Archive]
• 2ND William Lewis, "Algeria at the Brink," Strategic Forum, National Defense University, Number 32, June, 1995 [At NDU]

Egypt

• Tahâ Hussein: From The Future of Culture in Egypt, excerpts,1954 [At this Site]
• President Nasser: Denouncement of the Proposal for a Canal Users' Association, 1956 [At this Site]
• Anwar el Sadat: Afro-Asian Solidarity and the World Mission of the Peoples of Africa and Asia, 1957 [At this Site]
• 2ND Phebe Marr, "Egypt's Regional Role", Strategic Forum, National Defense University, Number 24, April 1995 [At NDU]

Iran

• Ayatollah Khomeini: The Uprising of Khurdad 15, 1979 [At this Site]
• V.S. Naipaul: Among the Believers, The Atlantic Monthly, July 1981, [At The Atlantic, subscription required][Added 7/23/98]
  Shia Islam in Revolutionary Iran.
• Iran Constitution, 1992 [At ICL]
  Includes a history of the 1979 revolution, and specific comments on the position of women.

Iraq

• Iraq Constitution, 1990 [At ICL]
• 2ND Professor Bernard Reich & Major Stephen H. Gotowicki, "The United States and the Persian Gulf in the Bush Administration," United States Army, Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, 1991 [At Army]

Kurdistan

• Robert Kaplan: Sons of Devils, The Atlantic Monthly, November 1987 [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
  On Kurdish identity.
• Laurie Mylroie: After Saddam Hussein, The Atlantic Monthly, December 1992 [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
  On the Kurds in the Middle East.

Libya

• Libya Constitution, 1969/1992 [At ICL]
• Mu`ammar al-Qadhafi: The Green Book (At Geocities)

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia Constitution, 1993 [At ICL]

Syria

• Syria Constitution, 1973 [At ICL]

The Palestine/Israel Conflict

• See also Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
• WEB UNISPAL UN Information System on the Question of
  Palestine [At UN]
  A very large number of documents from 1946 until the present.

• WEB Documents Relating to the Middle East [At Mt. Holyoke]
• WEB Israeli-Palestinian Conflict [At Mt. Holyoke]

• WEB Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
• WEB The Country of Palestine
  Large collection of useful links, and some to Anti-semitic sites.
• United Nations Security Council Resolutions Relating to the Middle East [At Yale]

 

World War I and its Effects

• Anglo-French Joint Statement on Aims in Syria and Mesopotamia, November 8, 1918 [At BYU]
• texts?

The Politics and Culture of the Interwar Years

Establishment of Israel

• The Balfour Declaration, November 2, 1917 [At Yale]
• British White Paper of June 1922 on Palestine [At Yale]
• British White Paper of 1939 on Palestine [At Yale]
• Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 1946 [At Yale]
• UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (Partit-Plan), November 29, 1947 [At Yale]
• The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948 [At Yale]

Israeli Government

Protection of Holy Places Law, June 27, 1967 [At Jewish Virtual Library]

The Jerusalem Law, July 30, 1980 [At Jewish Virtual Library]

US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation, November 30, 1981 [At Yale]

The Golan Heights Law, December 14, 1981 [At Jewish Virtual Library]

Wars

• UN Security Council Resolution 242, November 22, 1967 [At Yale]
• UN Security Council Resolution 338, October 22, 1973 [At Jewish Virtual Library]
• Separation of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria, May 31, 1974 [At Yale]

Peace Efforts

• UN Security Council Resolution 425, March 19, 1978 [At Yale]
• Camp David Accords, September 17, 1978 [At Yale]
• Peace Treaty Between Israel and Egypt, March 26, 1979 [At Yale]
• Israel's Peace Initiative, May 14, 1989 [At Jewish Virtual Library]
• Invitation to Madrid Peace Conference, October 30, 1991 [At Jewish Virtual Library]
• Israel-PLO Recognition, September 9-10, 1993 [At Jewish Virtual Library]
• Israel-Palestinian Declaration of Principles, September 13, 1993 [At Jewish Virtual Library]
• Israel-Jordan Common Agenda, September 14, 1993 [At Yale]
• Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area, May 4, 1994 - Preamble and Articles [At Jewish Virtual Library]
• The Washington Declaration (Israel-Jordan-US), July 25, 1994 [At Jewish Virtual Library]
• Agreement on the Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities (Israel-PLO) August 29, 1994 [At Yale]
• Treaty of Peace between Israel and Jordan, October 26, 1994 [At Yale]
• Interim Agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, September 28, 1995 [At Jewish Virtual Library]
• Summit of Peacemakers - Final Statement (Sharm el-Sheikh, March 13, 1996) [At MFA]
• Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Understanding, April 26, 1996 [At Jewish Virtual Library]

Palestinian Organizations and Politics

• The Khartoum Resolutions, September 1, 1967 [At Yale]

• The Palestinian National Charter, July 17, [At Yale]
• Hamas Covenant, 1988 [At Yale]

Local Culture

• WEB The Negev Bedouin [At BGU]
  A Photographic exhibit.

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Islamic History Maps

Origins, Expansion and Core Areas

• Satellite Map of the Middle East (source unknown) [At Medieval Sourcebook]
• The Middle East in the Sixth Century, from R. Roolvink et al., Historical Atlas of the Muslim Peoples (Amsterdam, 1957) [At UPenn]
• Muslim Expansion in the Time of Muhammad from R. Roolvink et al., Historical Atlas of the Muslim Peoples (Amsterdam, 1957) [At UPenn]
• Map of Muslim Expansion until A.D. 661, from W.C. Brice. An Historical Atlas of Islam (Leiden, 1981) [At UPenn]
• The Growth of Muslim Power: First 25 Years (BW) [At Medieval Sourcebook] Source: H.G. Wells, A Short History of the World, (London: 1922)
• Muslim Expansion in the West in the Umayyad Period (661-750)
• The Umayyad Empire c.A.D.750, from W.C. Brice. An Historical Atlas of Islam (Leiden, 1981) [At UPenn]
• The Muslim Empire: 750 CE (BW) Source: H.G. Wells, A Short History of the World, (London: 1922) [At Medieval Sourcebook]
• The Abbasid Caliphate (786-809) from R. Roolvink et al., Historical Atlas of the Muslim Peoples (Amsterdam, 1957) [At UPenn]
• The Mediterranean in the Ninth Century from R. Roolvink et al., Historical Atlas of the Muslim Peoples (Amsterdam, 1957) [At UPenn]
• The Late Abbasid Caliphate c.A.D.900, from W.C. Brice. An Historical Atlas of Islam [At UPenn]
• The Muslim World c.A.D. 1300, from W.C. Brice. An Historical Atlas of Islam (Leiden, 1981) [At UPenn]
• The Muslim World c.A.D. 1500, from W.C. Brice. An Historical Atlas of Islam (Leiden, 1981) [At UPenn]
• The Middle East in the Nineteenth Century, from W.C. Brice. An Historical Atlas of Islam (Leiden, 1981) [At UPenn]
• Map of Saudi Arabia [At Mt Holyoke]

Crusades

• The First Crusade, 1099 (Col) A clickable map of all of Europe in 1099 Source: Adaptation of "Europe at the time of the First Crusade", in Muir's Historical Atlas: Medieval and Modern, (London: 1911) [At Medieval Sourcebook]
• The Crusader States in the Early 12th Century (BW) Source: George Richard Potter, The Autobiography of Ousama, (New York: 1929 [copyright seems to be expired]) [At Medieval Sourcebook]
• Crusader States, (Col) Adapted from Muir's Historical Atlas: Medieval and Modern, (London: 1911) [At Medieval Sourcebook]
• Jerusalem, (Col) Adapted from Muir's Historical Atlas: Medieval and Modern, (London: 1911) [At Medieval Sourcebook]
• Second and Third Crusades, (Col) Adapted from Muir's Historical Atlas: Medieval and Modern, (London: 1911) [At Medieval Sourcebook]
• The Empire of Sultan Salah Al-Din (1171-1193) and the Crusaders' Principalities in Syria and Palestine [At UPenn]
• Fourth Crusade, (Col) Adapted from Muir's Historical Atlas: Medieval and Modern, (London: 1911) [At Medieval Sourcebook]

Spain

• The Umayyad Caliphate in the Second Half of the 9th and the Second Half of the 10th Centuries [At UPenn]
• Spain after the Fall of the Umayyad Caliphate in the Periods of the Party Kings and of the Almoravids [At UPenn]
• Spain in the 13th and 14th centuries. The Reconquest by the Christian Kingdoms of the North. The Kingdom of Granada [At UPenn]

Persia

• The Muslim East in the First Half of the 13th Century [At UPenn]
• The Later Timurid Period; and Map of Safawid Persia in the 16th and 17th Centuries [At UPenn]

Turks: Seljuqs and Ottomans

• Map of Almoravid, Saldjuk, and Ghaznavid Expansion c.A.D. 1100, from W.C. Brice. An Historical Atlas of Islam (Leiden, 1981) [At UPenn]
• Growth of the Ottoman Empire From the Early 14th Century Till 1512 [At UPenn]
• The Ottoman Sultanate in the 16th and 17th Centuries [At UPenn]
• The Ottoman Empire: 1556 (BW) Source: H.G. Wells, A Short History of the World, (London: 1922) [At Medieval Sourcebook]
• Europe, 1360, (Col) Adapted from Muir's Historical Atlas: Medieval and Modern, (London: 1911) [At Medieval Sourcebook]
• Europe, 1519, (Col) Adapted from Muir's Historical Atlas: Medieval and Modern, (London: 1911) [At Medieval Sourcebook]

India and Far East

• Map of the Sultanates of Java in the 16th and 17th centuries, from W.C. Brice. An Historical Atlas of Islam (Leiden, 1981) [At UPenn]

 

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Further Resources on Islamic History

• Guides to the Web
  • MEGA Resources on Islam [At Answering Islam]
    Although at a controversial website, the links page is fair and useful.
  • MEGA WWW Virtual Library: Area Studies: Middle East [At Columbia]

  • MEGA The Islamic Gateway
  • MEGA World of Islam

  • WEB Arabnet
    "The Online resource for the Arab World in the Middle East and North Africa"
• Academic Pages
  • WEB Barbara R. von Schlegell: Web Resources [At UPenn]
    A good starting point for Islamic religion.
  • WEB Islamic Studies, Arabic, and Religion [At Georgia]
    By Prof. Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia.
  • WEB History of Islamic Civilization [Nipissing U]
  • WEB Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Early Islam [At EAWC]
  • WEB Islamic and Arabic Arts and Architecture
  • WEB Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Materials [At SOAS]
  • WEB Mircea Eliade: From Primitives to Zen [at enteract.com]
    Complete texts of Eliade's religion anthology online.

  • Orientalisches Seminar der Universität Zürich
  • WEB Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, School of Oriental Studies
  • WEB Middle East Medievalists
  • WEB Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
    inlcudes some online article
  • WEB Encyclopedia of the Orient
    Very useful short entry encyclopedia on the Muslim/Middle Eastern world.
  • WEB Islamic Timeline [At Princeton]
    A scrolling timeline indication geography and duration of the huge number of Islamic dynasties.
  • WEB Islam and Textbooks [At History Text Books.com]
    Reviews of how textbooks deal with Islam/Middle East, etc.
  • WEB Conversion of Islamic and Christian dates
• General Interest Sites
  • WEB Al-Khazina: The Treasury [At Princeton]
  • WEB Glimpses of Islamic Civilization
• Muslim Sites
  • WEB Islam and Islamic History in Arabia and The Middle East [At islamic.org]
    Comprehensive and well written. Has a religious point of view, but not obtrusively so
  • WEB USC Muslim Students Association Islamic Server [At USC]
    A very well done resource.
  • WEB About Islam and Muslims [At Ummah.net]
    A wide variety of sources and texts from a Muslim point of view.
  • WEB The Islam Page [At Islamworld]

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