International Encyclopaedia of Islamic History

The Encyclopaedia will be immensely helpful to those who wish to orient themselves to what has become a very large body of literature on Islamic history. By bringing together the writings of some of the greatest Islamic scholars, the reference work is a definitive and principal reference tool available to historians of Islam and a systematic review of the sources they confront. The Encyclopaedia is an essential reference for anyone with interest in doing any type of study in the history of Islam from 600-1800. In this way, it facilitates a critical yet broad engagement with the important scholarship hitherto written in the field helping us to refine, reconsider, and reshape the direction of future scholarship. Also, this work serves as an accessible point of entry for Islamic scholars in principle and historians who specialize in areas other than Islamic history in general.