A History of the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam

David W. Lesch is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of History at Trinity University.

• List of Maps Spotlight Boxes Preface Note on the Text About the Author 1. INTRODUCTION Notes 2. THE RISE OF ISLAM The International SettingPre-Islamic ArabiaLife of the Prophet MuhammadPrimary SourcesThabit: The Death of the Knight Rabia, Called Boy LonglocksSurah Al-Fatiha (The Opening)Surah LXXV, The ResurrectionKey TermsNotes 3. RASHIDUN Succession and Ridda WarIslamic ConquestsFitnaPrimary SourcesThe Battle of Ajnadin (or Ajnadain)Tabarîi: '"The Death of 'Uthman,"' ,"' from Tthe History of Prophets and KingsKey TermsNotes 4. ARAB KINGDOM SufyanidsMarwanids IMarwanids IIPrimary SourcesThe Death of al-Husayn ibn AliHasan al-Basri: Letter to Umar IIKey TermsNotes 5. ISLAMIC EMPIRE Revolution and ConsolidationOf Golden Primes and Civil WarBreakdownPrimary SourcesHarun al-Rashid and the Succession ArrangementKey TermsNotes 6. FRAGMENTATION BuyidsFatimidsIslamic SpainPrimary SourcesThe Cities of Egypt: Alexandria and al-FustatAbd al-Rahman III of al-AndalusKey TermsNotes 7. FROM EAST AND WEST The SeljuksThe MongolsThe CrusadesPrimary SourcesSelections from The Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun'Ibn al-Athir: from The Great HistoryRobert the Monk's Account of Pope Urban II's Call to CrusadeIbn al-Athir, X, 185--190, 193--195"Imad al-Din al-Asfahani relays Salah al-Din."Key Terms Notes 8. IN THE WAKE OF THE MONGOLS The MamluksThe OttomansThe SafavidsPrimary SourcesKritovoulos: from Tthe History of Mehmed Position and Orders Given the GeneralsLetters from Selim and IsmailKey TermsNotes 9. RISE, RESISTANCE, RETREAT, AND REFORM The Age of Sulayman the MagnificentEuropean PressureOttoman Reform MovementPrimary SourcesPoem written by Sulayman the Magnificent to his wife, Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana)The Gülhane Proclamation, (1839)Jamal al-Din al-Afghani,", "Commentary on the Commentator"Key TermsNotes 10. INFLECTION POINT The Hamidian Era and the Young TurksWorld War I in the Middle EastPostwar Agreements and Mandate SystemPrimary SourcesNegib Azoury: Program of the League of the Arab FatherlandExcerpts from the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence, (July 14, 1915--January. 25, 1916)The Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916The Balfour Declaration, 1917British Declaration to Seven Arab SpokesmenKey TermsNotes 11. THE SHAPING OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST Cold WarsArab--Israeli Conflict1979 and Iits AftermathPrimary SourcesUnited Nations General Assembly Resolution 181Speech by President Nasser on Nationalization of the Suez CanalRemarks by Golda Meir to President Sadat in the Knesset, November 21, 1977Excerpts from speech by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to the Israeli Knesset, November 20, 1977.Camp David Accords: The Framework for Peace in the Middle EastAnnual State of the Union Message (1980) (the Carter Doctrine), 1980"Palestinians, America and the U.N." Op-ed in the New York Times, January. 20, 2011, bBy Hanan AshrawiKey TermsNotes 12. MIDDLE EAST AGONISTES 9/11The 2003 Invasion of IraqThe Arab SpringPrimary SourcesExcerpt from President George W. Bush's State of the Union Speech, January 2002 (excerpt)Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem, December 2017Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Reacts to Trump's AnnouncementExcerpts from Speech by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the Syrian Parliament Addressing the Mounting Protests, March 30, 2011Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Nobel Lecture, December. 10, 2003.Key TermsNotes For Further ReadingGlossaryPhoto CreditsIndex

A History of the Middle East is a clear, well-balanced book introducing the Middle East by a well-experienced scholar. -Erik Goldstein, Boston University