A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period

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Building on the two previous editions of his History of the Maghrib, Professor Abun-Nasr has written a completely new history of North Africa within the Islamic period which begins with the Arab conquest and brings the story up to the present day. He emphasises the factors which led to the adoption of Islam by practically the entire population, the geographical position of the area, which made it the main trade link between the Mediterranean world and the Sudan and led to its involvement in the confrontation between the Christian and Islamic worlds. In Morocco, this confrontation led to the emergence of a distinct religio-political community ruled by sharifian dynasties and, in the rest of the Maghrib, to integration in the Ottoman empire. The political and economic developments of the 'piratical' regencies of Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, the establishment of European colonial rule, the nationalist movements and Islamic religious reform are all treated in detail. The balance between factual account and interpretation makes the book especially useful to students of African and Islamic history. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of maps Preface Glossary Introduction The Maghrib: land and people Centrifugal and centripetal forces in Maghribi history The call of the minaret in the ‘West’: the establishment of Islam in the Maghrib and Spain The Arab conquest of the Maghrib Arab-caliphial rule and the Berbers Kharijite Berber rebellion against Arab domination The Rustamids The Banu Midrar The Idrisids The Aghlabids The Fatimids and Zirids Relations between the Andalus and the Maghrib, eighth to eleventh centuries The Maghrib under Berber dynasties The Almoravids The Almohads The Marinids The Hafsids The Zayyanids Ottoman rule in the Central and Eastern Maghrib Spanish expansion and Ottoman intervention The regency of Algiers Tunisia under the deys and the Husaynids Libya under Ottoman and Qaramanli rule (1551–1835) Morocco consolidates her national identity, 1510–1822 The Saʿdiyans, 1510–1603 Morocco dismembered, 1603–68 The ʿAlawites, 1668–1822 The Maghrib in the age of aggressive European colonialism, 1830—1914 The emergence of French Algeria The Algerian settlers' path to victory, 1848–1914 Tunisia: beys, consuls, and financiers, 1837–78 Tunisia: the establishment of the French protectorate Morocco at the crossroads, 1822–1912 Libya: an Ottoman advance post, 1835–1912 The Maghrib, 1919 to independence Algeria between the two world wars Algeria: the nationalism of the élvolués The Algerian revolution and independence Tunisia: from anti-colonialism to nationalism; 1919–34 Tunisia: the Neo-Destour and independence Morocco: the French and Spanish protectorates Morocco: traditional elite and new aspirations Libya: three entities in one nation, 1912–51 Epilogue: the Maghrib after independence Bibliography Index