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Muslim Decisive Victories
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Author : S. E. Al-Djazairi
language : en
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Release Date : 2018-01-25
Muslim Decisive Victories written by S. E. Al-Djazairi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-25 with categories.
This book deals with Muslim victories that altered the course of human history. It begins with the Battle of Badr fought in the year 624 CE by Prophet Muhammad and his Companions against the Makkan tribe of Quraish. That battle was fought by just over one thousand men in total, and yet its impact was revolutionary, for had the Prophet lost the contest, it would have meant the end of Islam in its infancy. The victory, instead, brought forth the new faith. Other battles examined include al Yarmuk (636) where the Muslims defeated the large Byzantine army, a victory which opened the roads to Palestine and Syria, and subsequently Egypt.The third battle is that of Qadisiyyah, fought and won by the Muslims against the Persians in early 637, which opened the way to Muslim expansion towards the east.The final victory is that of Guadalete, fought in Spain in 711, when the Muslim army, largely made of Berber tribesmen, defeated the Visigoths and then gradually brought Iberia under Islamic aegis.The narrative of these battles relies on both Muslim and non-Muslim sources in nearly equal measures.There are also maps that help the reader locate the principal sites of battles and also places of importance.
Muslim Decisive Victories
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Author : S. E. Al-Djazairi
language : en
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Release Date : 2018-02-09
Muslim Decisive Victories written by S. E. Al-Djazairi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-09 with categories.
This fourth and final volume of the series devoted to Muslim Decisive Victories focuses on 16th century North Africa.Both Spain and Portugal, the two leading Western Christian powers of the era, had begun carving up for themselves empires in North Africa. The entire subjugation of the Maghrib seemed to be only a matter of time before the Algerians first, then the Moroccans, defeated both powers in two decisive battles.In 1541, Emperor Charles V, the most powerful ruler in Europe, led a huge armada against Algiers that included the best officers of the time such as Cortes, the conqueror of Mexico. The Spanish-led army, also including the finest soldiers of Christendom, was first beaten outside Algiers before one of the greatest storms in the history of the region hit the invaders on both land and sea and terminated the expedition. The losses in men and ships were so heavy, Spanish power was dented permanently. Charles never led another expedition. Decades later, in 1578, the Portuguese led by their king, Sebastian, and accompanied again by military elites from Europe, were met by the Moroccans (led by their Sultan, Abd al-Malek) at Wadi al-Makhzen, south of Tangiers. In an epic encounter, the Moroccans crushed the Portuguese-led army, thus terminating both Portuguese threat and power at once.These are the two mighty battles narrated in this volume. The work does not just focus on the battles it also describes their background and, in view of this, explains what would have been the consequences for the region had the Christian armies won.
Muslim Decisive Victories
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Author : S. E. Al-Djazairi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-01-29
Muslim Decisive Victories written by S. E. Al-Djazairi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-29 with categories.
This volume deals with Muslim victories during the Crusade period 1095-1291. It begins with the Turkish victories over the Crusade armies of 1101. Although barely known, this was possibly one of the most decisive events in Muslim history, for had the Crusaders won, Muslim power would have been finished that year, the Crusades over, and Christian supremacy in the East.The second victory is that recorded by Imad Eddin Zangi in his capture of Edessa in 1144. This signalled the Muslim counter-stroke and inspired the future successes of his son, Nur Eddin Zangi, and his son's protégé, Salah Eddin.The latter remains famed for his victory at Hattin in 1187, which is the third battle dealt with here.This is followed by two crucial Mamluk victories, the first at al-Mansurah in 1250, which was in fact a series of encounters where the Muslim general Baybars showed military skills and leadership of the highest order. The second Mamluk victory was at Ain Jalut, in September 1260, where the Mongols were crushed for the first time in their history, a victory which saved the Muslim world from extinction.The final battle looked at in this volume is the siege followed by the Muslim capture of Acre in 1291, which signalled the end of the Crusader presence on Muslim soil. There are maps to accompany the text.
Muslim Decisive Victories
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Author : S. E. Al-Djazairi
language : en
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Release Date : 2018-02-03
Muslim Decisive Victories written by S. E. Al-Djazairi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-03 with categories.
This volume deals with three decisive Ottoman victories. The first came in the wake of the Crusade of Nicopolis in 1396. The Crusader armies, including in their ranks the best knights of Christendom, advanced to remove the Turks from Europe, aiming to march into Asia Minor, and then, eventually, to 'Free the Holy Land.' At Nicopolis, the Ottoman army, led by Bayazid, met and crushed the formidable Christian army. This victory broke the Crusading movement, French in particular, for long to come.In 1444, under renewed Crusading fervour but for the first time without great French involvement, the Christian armies advanced against the Ottomans with the same objectives as those of Nicopolis. Sultan Murad (II) had been duped by his Christian foes to retire to Asia Minor. Against the odds, he managed to overcome the fleet meant to block his return to Europe, and at Varna, on 10 November 1444, he inflicted yet another crushing defeat on the crusading army. This victory secured the survival of the Ottoman realm.Nine years later, in May 1453, Mohammed II captured Constantinople, thus ending the life of the tottering Byzantine Empire, and paradoxically saving the Orthodox Church. This is the third victory described in this volume.
Decisive Battles Of Islam
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Author : Amir Hasan Siddiqi
language : en
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Release Date : 1971
Decisive Battles Of Islam written by Amir Hasan Siddiqi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Battles categories.
Decisive Moments In The History Of Islam
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Author : Muhammad Abdullah Enan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Decisive Moments In The History Of Islam written by Muhammad Abdullah Enan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Sword And Scimitar
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Author : Raymond Ibrahim
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-08-28
Sword And Scimitar written by Raymond Ibrahim and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-28 with History categories.
A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam -- the sword and scimitar -- have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the decisive battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the Muslim occupation of nearly three-quarters of Christendom which prompted the Crusades, followed by renewed Muslim conquests by Turks and Tatars, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat -- until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic and Greek, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains how these wars and the larger historical currents of the age reflect the cultural fault lines between Islam and the West. The majority of these landmark battles -- including the battles of Yarmuk, Tours, Manzikert, the sieges at Constantinople and Vienna, and the crusades in Syria and Spain--are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world -- and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history.
Decisive Moments In The History Of Islam
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Author : Muhammad Abullah Enan
language : en
Publisher: Hesperides Press
Release Date : 2006-11
Decisive Moments In The History Of Islam written by Muhammad Abullah Enan and has been published by Hesperides Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11 with History categories.
Originally published in 1913. Author: Henri Lichtenberger Language: English Keywords: History Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Keywords: English Keywords 1900s Language English Artwork
Decisive Battles Of India Through The Ages
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Author : H. N. Verma
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Decisive Battles Of India Through The Ages written by H. N. Verma and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Battles categories.
Seven Decisive Battles Of The Middle Ages
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Author : Joseph Henry Dahmus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Seven Decisive Battles Of The Middle Ages written by Joseph Henry Dahmus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.