Download or read book Islamic History: Volume 2, AD 750-1055 (AH 132-448) written by M. A. Shaban and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1978-11-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents for the first time a clear narrative analysis of the central events in the Islamic domains between the rise of the 'Abbasids and the Saljuq invasion (A.D. 750-1055/ A.H. 132-448). Dr Shaban has based his book on a fresh study of the original sources, and he offers many new and challenging insights into the historical account of the period. He has kept in view the needs of the reader who might be bewildered by the mass of proper names involved and has deliberately concentrated on the main outlines of the period as a whole.