Sea of the caliphs : the Mediterranean in the medieval Islamic world /

Sea of the caliphs : the Mediterranean in the medieval Islamic world /

"How could I allow my soldiers to sail on this disloyal and cruel sea?” These words, attributed to the most powerful caliph of medieval Islam, Umar Ibn al-Khattab (634-644), have led to a misunderstanding in the West about the importance of the Mediterranean to early Islam. This body of water,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Picard, Christophe (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Sea-power > Islamic Empire.
Abbasids > History, Naval.
Shipping > Mediterranean Region > History.
Navigation > Mediterranean Sea > History.
Muslims > Mediterranean Region > History.
Mediterranean Region > History > 476-1517.
Islamic Empire > History, Naval.

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