The Legacy of Jihad Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims

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Pub. Date: 2008-03-01
Publisher(s): Prometheus
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Summary

Extensive primary and secondary source materials, many translated here for the first time into English, are presented, making clear that jihad conquests were brutal, imperialist advances, which spurred waves of Muslims to expropriate a vast expanse of lands and subdue millions of indigenous peoples.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Editionp. i
Acknowledgmentsp. 13
Introductory Quotesp. 15
A Note on the Cover Artp. 17
Forewordp. 20
Jihad Conquests and the Imposition of Dhimmitude-A Survey
Jihad Conquests and the Imposition of Dhimmitude-A Surveyp. 24
Jihad in the Qur'an and Hadith
Jihad in the Qur'anp. 125
Classical and Modern Qur'anic Commentators on Qur'an 9:29p. 127
Jihad in the Hadithp. 136
Muslim Theologians and Jurists on Jihad: Classical Writings
Muwattap. 141
[Untitled]p. 146
Bidayat al-Mudjtahidp. 147
The Muqaddimahp. 161
Legal Warp. 162
al-Siyasa al-shariyyap. 165
Kitab al-Kharajp. 174
Siyarp. 182
The Hidayahp. 184
al-Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shaf'i's al-Risala fi us ul al-fiqhp. 186
al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyahp. 190
Fatawa-i Jahandarip. 196
Kitab al-Wagiz fi fiqh madhab al-imam al-Safi'ip. 199
[Untitled]p. 200
[Untitled]p. 202
Shara'i'u 'l-Islamp. 205
Jami'-i 'Abbasi: Yakdawrah-i fiqh-ip. 213
Risala-yi Sawa'iq al-Yahudp. 216
1915 Ottoman Fatwap. 221
[Untitled]p. 226
Jihad in the Cause of Godp. 230
[Untitled]p. 248
Jihad-Overviews from Important Twentieth-Century Scholars
The Jihad or Holy War according to the Malikite Schoolp. 251
The Holy War according to Ibn Hazm of Cordovap. 267
The Law of Warp. 282
Jihadp. 293
Classification of Personsp. 301
The Law of War: The Jihadp. 305
Jihad: An Introductionp. 320
War and Peace in Islamp. 326
Jihad and the Ideology of Enslavementp. 343
The Influence of Islamp. 354
Jihad, Seventh Through Eleventh Centuries: Summary Textp. 368
Jihad in the Near East, Europe, and Asia Minor and on the Indian Subcontinent
Greek Christian and Other Accounts of the Muslim Conquests of the Near Eastp. 383
The Armenian Rebellion of 703 against the Caliphatep. 405
The Days of Razzia and Invasionp. 419
Muslims Invade Indiap. 433
Jihad under the Turks and Jihad under the Mughalsp. 456
Certain Phases of the Conquest of the Balkan Peoples by the Turksp. 462
A Modern Jihad Genocidep. 518
Textbook Jihad in Egyptp. 525
Jihad Slavery
The Origins of Muslim Slave Systemp. 529
Slave-Taking during Muslim Rulep. 535
Enslavement of Hindus by Arab and Turkish Invadersp. 549
The Impact of Devshirme on Greek Societyp. 555
The Role of Slaves in Fifteenth-Century Turkish Romaniap. 566
My Career Redeeming Slavesp. 573
Muslim and Non-Muslim Chronicles and Eyewitness Accounts of Jihad Campaigns
Jihad Campaigns in the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, Asia Minor, Georgia, and Persia-Seventh through Seventeenth Centuriesp. 589
Egypt, Palestine, Tripolitania (640-646)
Iraq
Iraq, Syria, and Palestine
Armenia (642)
Cyprus, the Greek Islands, and Anatolia (649-654)
Cilicia and Cesarea of Cappadocia (650)
Cappadocia, under the Caliphs Sulayman and Umar II (715-720)
Spain and France (793-860)
Anatolia-The Taking of Amorium (838)
Armenia-Under the Caliph al-Mutawakkil (847-861)
Sicily and Italy (835-851 and 884)
Jihad Capture and Pillage of Thessaloniki in 904 CE
Mesopotamia-Causes of the Invasions by the Turks (Eleventh Century)
Mesopotamia-Pillage of Melitene (Malatia) (1057)
Armenia, Anatolia, and Georgia (Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries)
Syria and Palestine (Eleventh Century)
Jihad Destruction of Edessa in 1144-1146 CE
Jihad in North Africa and Spain under the Almohads (Mid-Twelfth Century)
Jihad Conquest of Thessaloniki (1430 CE)
Jihad Conquest of Constantinople (1453 CE)
Jihad Conquest of Methone (Greece) (1499)
Jihad Campaigns in Georgia of Safavid Ruler Shah Tahmasp (d. 1576) (1540, 1546, 1551, and 1553 CE)
Deportation of the Population of Armenia by Shah Abbas I (1604)
Jihad on the Indian Subcontinent-Seventh through Twentieth Centuriesp. 628
Campaigns in Sind (711-712 CE) led by Muhammad bin Qasim
Jihad by Yaqub Ibn Layth against the Hindu Kingdom of Kabul, (870 CE)
Campaigns of Subuktigin of Ghazni (977-997 CE)
Mahmud of Ghazni's Conquest of Thanesar, Kanauj, and Sirsawa, near Saharanpur (1018-1019 CE)
An Almost Contemporary Account of Mahmud's Invasions of India
The Conquest of Somnat Mahmud bin Subuktigin (1025 CE)
The Conquest of Ajmer by Muhammad Ghauri (1192 CE)
Jihad Campaigns of Alauddin Khilji (1296-1316 CE)
Muslim Devastation of Buddhist Temples and Plight of the Buddhist Community in Northern India (Bihar) (Early Thirteenth Century CE)
Jihad Campaigns at the End of the Thirteenth Century and First Three Decades of the Fourteenth Century, from the Hindu Chronicle Kanhadade Prabandha
Brutality of Sultan of Ma'bar (Ghayasuddin) Witnessed by Ibn Battuta (C.1345 CE)
The Jihad Campaigns of Amir Timur (1397-1399 CE)
Jihad Campaigns of Babur (1519-1530 CE)
Jihad against Vijayanagara by Sultan Adil Shahi of Bijapur and His Allies (1565 CE)
Jihad Campaigns of Ahmad Shah Abdali [Durrani] (1757, 1760, and 1761 CE)
Jihad in Southern India (the Malabar District): The Moplah "Rebellion" (1921)
Jihad Slavery in the Sudan-Late Nineteenth Centuryp. 660
Ottoman Massacres of the Bulgarians in 1876p. 664
Jihad Genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman Turksp. 667
Two Accounts of the Massacres of 1894-1896
Two Eyewitness Accounts of the Plight of the Armenians during World War I
Towns and Villages Ravaged during the Seljuk-Ottoman Jihad in Asia Minor, Eleventh through Fifteenth Centuriesp. 675
Jihad Slave Raids (Razzias) by the Tatars, Mid-Fifteenth through Late Seventeenth Centuriesp. 679
Muslim Jurists, Theologians, and Historiansp. 682
Non-Muslim Historians, Authors, and Islamic Scholarsp. 689
Major Contributorsp. 692
Bibliographyp. 697
Index of Persons, Peoples, Tribes, and Institutionsp. 723
Index of Placesp. 745
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