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100 1 Lindsay, James E.,|d1957-
245 10 Daily life in the medieval Islamic world /|cJames E.
Lindsay.
260 Indianapolis, Ind. ;|aCambridge :|bHackett Pub. Co.,
|cc2008.
300 xxii, 299 p. :|bill., maps ;|c23 cm.
505 0 Major themes in medieval Islamic history -- Problems faced
by modern historians of early Islamic history -- The Life
of Muhammad (ca. 570-632) -- The early Islamic conquests
(632-750) -- Ethnicity -- Geography and environment -- The
political character of medieval Islamic societies --
Fragmentation of the Caliphate and Perso-Islamic kingship
-- Islamic Law (Shari'a) -- Islamic mysticism (Sufism;
tasawwuf) -- Arabia -- Sources -- Geography and
environment -- Camels and trade -- Housing kinship --
Warfare and politics -- Jihad warfare in early Islamic
history -- Weapons and tactics in early Islamic history -
- Women and warfare in early Islamic history -- Military
slavery -- The Mamluk institution -- Seljukids and mamluks
on the eve of the Crusades -- Warfare in the era of the
Crusades -- Saladin, Shajar al-Durr, and the Mamluk
Sultanate -- Cities sources -- Syria and Damascus -- Iraq
and Baghdad -- Egypt and Cairo -- Travel and
transportation -- Money and markets -- Jews and Christians
(Ahl al-Kitab; people of the Book) -- Housing -- Food and
water -- Ritual and worship -- Shahada-Statement of faith
-- Salat-prayer -- Zakat-the giving of alms -- Sawm-
fasting -- Hajj-pilgrimage -- Shi'i Pilgrimage -- Other
Pilgrimages -- Curious and entertaining information --
Traditional Arabic naming system -- Women and men in the
family and society -- Children and childhood --
Circumcision -- Clothing and modesty -- Education --
Entertainments -- Death and after life -- Genealogical and
dynastic tables Christian and Islamic calendars with
conversion table -- Biblical and Qur'anic citations.
650 0 Islamic civilization.
651 0 Islamic Empire|xSocial life and customs.
830 0 Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.
