History of the Arabs

by Philip K. Hitti

Hardcover, 1940

Original publication date

1937

Pages

xix; 767

Status

Available

Call number

DS223.H5 1940

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Publication

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1940; Second Edition, Revised

Physical description

xix, 767 p.; 22.35 cm

Language

English

Description

This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a valuable source of information on Arab history. Suitable for both scholars and the general reader, it unrolls one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history, telling with insight the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay. For this revised tenth edition, Walid Khalidi's timely preface emphasises that now, more than ever, this magisterial work is of vital importance to the on-going attempts to bridge the Arab/Western cultural divide.