Decisive Moments in the History of Islam

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

THE ARAB OUTBURST.3

RELIGION POLICY OF THE ARABS…14

DECISION MOMENTS-----1

ARAB SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE 29

THE PAVEMENT OF THE MARTYRES..43

THE MUSLIMS MASTER OF THE SEA..74

THE MUSLIM INVASION OF THE ROME..90

THE IDEA OF THE CRUSADE..96

THE GREEK FIRE 1&2 109-115

MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES-----1

DIPLOMACY IN ISLAM..139

CHARLEMARNE AND AL-RASHID.147

SLAVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES: ITS RULES AND DEVELOPMENT IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES 157

CHIVARLRY: ITS HISTORY PRINCIPLES AND CONVENTION.165

DECISIVE MOVEMENT---2

THE CID EL CAMPEADOR AND THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF VELANICE….177

THE FALLS OF TOLEDO..193

THE BATTLE OF AL-ZALLAKA.203

THE FALL OF GRANADA 213

FALL OF THE MOORISH CIVILIZATION AND THE TRAGEDY OF THE MORISCOES..224

INTELACTUAL LEGACY OF MUSLIM SPAIN IN THE ESCURIAL..239

MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES—2

MARCO POLO……251

IBN BATUTA……..264

SOME RELIGIOUS LEGENDS WHICH DIRECTED THE COURSE OF HISTOTRY ….279

INDEX 289