The Majesty That Was Islam: The Islamic World, 661 - 1100 by Watt, W. Montgomery - 1976

Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: black and white photographic plates. The book is secondhand, and the top front edge of the pages have been knocked giving light creases to the right-hand margin of the pages. It is free of any annotations, although on page 14/15 there is a mark where a piece of newspaper was left to hold a page.Illustrated with maps, genealogical charts, and black-and-white photographs. Book includes an extensive bibliography & index.The author covers the first 5 1/2 centuries of the Islamic Empire, devoting proportionally as much space to the more neglected periods as to the more majestic, and he looks at the civilisation as a whole, showing the close intertwining of literature and religion with politics. – Rear panel blurb Size: Trade Paperback. [14], 275 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: black and white photographic plates. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Religion -- Islam; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 028397995x. ISBN/EAN: 9780283979958. Inventory No: 0273876. . 9780283979958