Nicholson A. Reynold creator text London Cambridge University Press 1966 monographic eng

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506 p. Contents PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. SABA AND HIMYAR II. THE HISTORY AND LEGENDS OF THE PAGAN ARABS III. PRE-ISLAMIC POETRY, MANNERS, AND RELIGION IV. THE PROPHET AND THE KORAN V. THE ORTHODOX CALIPHATE DYNASTY. AND THE UMAYYAD VI. THE CALIPHS OF BAGHDAD VII. POETRY, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE IN THE 'ABBASID PERIOD VIII. ORTHODOXY, FREE-THOUGHT, AND MYSTICISM IX. THE ARABS IN EUROPE X. FROM THE MONGOL INVASION TO THE PRESENT DAY APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY / Reynold A. Nicholson English Literary--History--Arabs 892.709 N52 (hbk) 260504 20260504161517.0