Translation of the Urdu original 'Tarikhe Islam by Maulana Akbar Shah Khan Najeebabadi. Translated by Prof Nooruddin.
A comprehensive history of Islam from Arabia before the time of the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam till the Uthmanis. Including the life of the four Caliphs, the Ummayyads, the Abbasids, Salah al-Din and the Crusades, the Muslim rule in Andalus [Spain], the Qaramita, Fatimids, Tatars and Mongols, Roman Empire, and those who came in between. Translation of the Urdu original 'Tarikhe Islam.' Definitely a very comprehensive work on Islamic history. One of the very few Available History Books which has relied mostly on Classical Islamic Sources only,
