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Islamic history: Publisher: Prometheus Books: Publication date. September 1, 1998: ... Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book is a 1998 book edited by Ibn Warraq.
The historiography of early Islam is the secular scholarly literature on the early history of Islam during the 7th century, from Muhammad's first purported revelations in 610 until the disintegration of the Rashidun Caliphate in 661, and arguably throughout the 8th century and the duration of the Umayyad Caliphate, terminating in the incipient Islamic Golden Age around the beginning of the 9th ...
The history of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, is the timeline ranging from the inception of the Quran during the lifetime of Muhammad (believed to have received the Quran through revelation between 610 and 632 CE [1]), to the emergence, transmission, and canonization of its written copies.
The history of Islam in the Horn of Africa is almost as old as the faith itself. Through extensive trade and social interactions with their converted Muslim trading partners on the other side of the Red Sea , in the Arabian peninsula , merchants and sailors in the Horn region gradually came under the influence of the new religion.
Narratives of Islamic Origins: The Beginnings of Islamic Historical Writing is a 1998 book by historiographer of early Islam Fred Donner.The work was first published in January 1998 through Darwin Press as the fourteenth volume in the Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam series and has since gone through three editions.
Islam: Past, Present and Future (2007) is a book by prominent theologian Hans Küng, and is a lengthy analysis of Islam's 1,400-year history. The book is the final in his trilogy on the three monotheistic faiths, following Judaism: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1991) and Christianity: Its Essence and History (1994).
In the Shadow of the Sword (book) Islam and the Future of Tolerance; Islam and the World; Islam: A Short History; Islam: Past, Present and Future; Islamic Revival in British India; Izalat al-Khafa 'an Khilafat al-Khulafa
Historians of the medieval Islamic world also developed an interest in world history. [28] Islamic historical writing eventually culminated in the works of the Arab Muslim historian Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406), who published his historiographical studies in the Muqaddimah (translated as Prolegomena) and Kitab al-I'bar (Book of Advice).