A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period

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Paperback | 19 October 1987 | Edition Number 3

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Building on the two previous editions of his History of the Maghrib, Professor Abun-Nasr has written a completely new history of North Africa within the Islamic period which begins with the Arab conquest and brings the story up to the present day. He emphasises the factors which led to the adoption of Islam by practically the entire population, the geographical position of the area, which made it the main trade link between the Mediterranean world and the Sudan and led to its involvement in the confrontation between the Christian and Islamic worlds. In Morocco, this confrontation led to the emergence of a distinct religio-political community ruled by sharifian dynasties and, in the rest of the Maghrib, to integration in the Ottoman empire. The political and economic developments of the 'piratical' regencies of Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, the establishment of European colonial rule, the nationalist movements and Islamic religious reform are all treated in detail. The balance between factual account and interpretation makes the book especially useful to students of African and Islamic history.

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"In general, it is appropriate to regard A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period as the best overview of its subject presently avaiable in English." International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies "This book remains the best study of North Africa in that it remains the only major detailed work on the subject. Its value is immediate for both students of African History and Middle Eastern Studies." A.J. Abraham, Journal of Third World Studies

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Islam History Regional & National History African History Other Non-Christian Religions Tribal Religions General & World History Asian History

List of maps	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Glossary	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
The Maghrib: land and people	p. 1
Centrifugal and centripetal forces in Maghribi history	p. 11
The call of the minaret in the 'West': the establishment of Islam in the Maghrib and Spain	p. 26
The Arab conquest of the Maghrib	p. 28
Arab-caliphial rule and the Berbers	p. 32
Kharijite Berber rebellion against Arab domination	p. 37
The Rustamids	p. 42
The Banu Midrar	p. 49
The Idrisids	p. 50
The Aghlabids	p. 53
The Fatimids and Zirids	p. 59
Relations between the Andalus and the Maghrib, eighth to eleventh centuries	p. 71
The Maghrib under Berber dynasties	p. 76
The Almoravids	p. 77
The Almohads	p. 87
The Marinids	p. 103
The Hafsids	p. 118
The Zayyanids	p. 134
Ottoman rule in the Central and Eastern Maghrib	p. 144
Spanish expansion and Ottoman intervention	p. 144
The regency of Algiers	p. 151
Tunisia under the deys and the Husaynids	p. 168
Libya under Ottoman and Qaramanli rule (1551-1835)	p. 187
Morocco consolidates her national identity, 1510-1822	p. 206
The Sadiyans, 1510-1603	p. 206
Morocco dismembered, 1603-68	p. 219
The Alawites, 1668-1822	p. 228
The age of aggressive European colonialism, 1830-1914	p. 248
The emergence of French Algeria	p. 249
The Algerian settlers' path to victory, 1848-1914	p. 263
Tunisia: beys, consuls, and financiers, 1837-78	p. 272
Tunisia: the establishment of the French protectorate	p. 289
Morocco at the crossroads, 1822-1912	p. 297
Libya: an Ottoman advance post, 1835-1912	p. 314
1919 to independence	p. 324
Algeria between the two world wars	p. 328
Algeria: the nationalism of the evolues	p. 337
The Algerian revolution and independence	p. 342
Tunisia: from anti-colonialism to nationalism, 1919-34	p. 354
Tunisia: the Neo-Destour and independence	p. 360
Morocco: the French and Spanish protectorates	p. 369
Morocco: traditional elite and new aspirations	p. 382
Libya: three entities in one nation, 1912-51	p. 393
Epilogue: the Maghrib after independence	p. 408
Bibliography	p. 429
Index	p. 440
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