BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: THE VARIETIES OF ISLAMIC CULTURE -- ARABS -- BEDOUINS -- BENGALIS -- HAUSA -- JAVANESE -- KURDS -- MALAYS -- PERSIANS -- SUNDANESE -- UIGHURS -- UZBEKS -- CHAPTER 2: ISLAMIC ARTS: INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- CHAPTER 3: THE MORTAR OF ISLAMIC CULTURE -- ARABIC LANGUAGE -- ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY -- CHAPTER 4: ISLAMIC LITERATURES -- NATURE AND SCOPE -- THE RANGE OF ISLAMIC LITERATURES -- ISLAMIC LITERATURES AND THE WEST -- EXTERNAL CHARACTERISTICS -- RHYME AND METRE -- GENRES -- IMAGERY -- SKILLS REQUIRED OF THE WRITER -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS: PRE-ISLAMIC LITERATURE -- POETRY -- PROSE -- EARLY ISLAMIC LITERATURE -- AGE OF THE CALIPHS -- UMAYYAD DYNASTY -- THE 'ABBASIDS -- ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WESTERN MUSLIM WORLD -- DECLINE OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE -- MIDDLE PERIOD: THE RISE OF PERSIAN AND TURKISH POETRY -- THE NEW PERSIAN STYLE -- TURKISH LITERATURE -- PERSIAN LITERATURE: 1300-1500 -- POPULAR LITERATURE -- THE PERIOD FROM 1500 TO 1800 -- DECENTRALIZATION OF ISLAMIC LITERATURES -- NEW IMPORTANCE OF INDIAN LITERATURE -- OTTOMAN TURKEY -- EUROPEAN AND COLONIAL INFLUENCES: EMERGENCE OF WESTERN FORMS -- THE RISE OF NATIONALISM -- ARAB LITERATURES -- TURKISH LITERATURES -- PERSIAN LITERATURES -- INDIA: URDU AND PERSIAN LITERATURES -- THE MODERN PERIOD -- PROSE -- POETRY -- CHAPTER 5: ISLAMIC VISUAL ARTS -- ORIGINS -- EARLIER ARTISTIC TRADITIONS -- THE MOSQUE -- THE PROHIBITION AGAINST IMAGES -- EARLY PERIOD: THE UMAYYAD AND 'ABBASID DYNASTIES -- ARCHITECTURE -- DECORATIVE ARTS -- ASSESSMENT -- MIDDLE PERIOD -- FATIMID ART (909-1171) -- SELJUQ ART -- WESTERN ISLAMIC ART: MOORISH -- MAMLUK ART -- MONGOL IRAN: IL-KHANID ANDTIMURID PERIODS -- LATE PERIOD -- OTTOMAN ART -- SAFAVID ART -- MUGHAL ART -- ISLAMIC ART UNDER EUROPEAN INFLUENCE AND CONTEMPORARY TRENDS -- EVALUATION.

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