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Lost Islamic History
- Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social, and political forces in history. Over the last 1,400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities, and later empires expanded to control territories and peoples that ultimately stretched from southern France to East Africa and South East Asia.
Yet many of the contributions of Muslim thinkers, scientists, and theologians, not to mention rulers, statesmen, and soldiers, have been occluded. This book rescues from oblivion and neglect some of these personalities and institutions while offering the listener a new narrative of this lost Islamic history. The Umayyads, Abbasids, and Ottomans feature in the story, as do Muslim Spain, the savannah kingdoms of West Africa, and the Mughal Empire, along with the later European colonization of Muslim lands and the development of modern nation-states in the Muslim world.
Throughout, the impact of Islamic belief on scientific advancement, social structures, and cultural development is given due prominence, and the narrative is complemented by portraits of key personalities, inventions, and little known historical nuggets. The history of Islam and of the world's Muslims brings together diverse peoples, geographies, and states, all interwoven into one narrative that begins with Muhammad and continues to this day.
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- A. Drew
- 27-05-2023
Detailed and concise
This book gives a broad summary of the Muslim world over the centuries. Although concise, enough detail is given to appreciate and imagine the challenges and triumphs of the times covering many continents.
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- Deirdre E Siegel
- 18-06-2022
Most informative
Excellent book, this is a magnificent listen, from the front cover through all of the information filling this Lost Islamic History to the end cover the narrator was brilliant.
Great book thank you Firas Alkhateeb and Neil Shah :-)
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- HassanYar
- 06-09-2022
Brief and easy to follow
It’s history book but never gets boring at any point. As it’s very brief so you get a touch off all important events of islamic history.
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- Bilal A.
- 09-01-2021
A remarkable work
Loved it, highly beneficial for the average reader, very well narrated by Neil Shah. Kudos!
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- Anonymous User
- 17-07-2021
Firas Alkhateeb
Excellent historic brief. Very objective, accurate unbiased account with excellent clear English. Highly recommend for all.
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- Andrew
- 01-06-2024
interesting but let down with some inaccuracies
interesting but let down with some inaccuracies especially when the author talks about the west.
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- Claudia Ioannou
- 09-09-2024
Great overview of Islamic history
What a wonderful overview of Islamic history over the centuries. I've learned so much and appreciate the thorough research the writer has done in order to write this book. A must read for any person who would like to understand the complexity of Islamic history from it's roots to present times.
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- Catherine Carney
- 19-10-2022
Welcome perspective and clear bias.
the listing of historical facts, while dry, were well written. a difficult text. narrator was dry and irritating. some fact were clearly wrong. or were they? it depends on the perspective.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-10-2022
alright
needs to separate the history from the mythology. it got better in the latter chapters
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