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class="first_toc_column"><div class="first_toc_pad"><table><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Introduction</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>1</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>1 The Warrior Prophet</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>9</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>2 The Rise and Fall of Islams First Empire</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>21</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>3 The Best of Times the Worst of Times</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>40</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>4 The House of Islam and the House of War</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>62</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>5 The Last Great Islamic Empire</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>84</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>6 The Price of Empire</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>104</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>7 Mishandling the Great Game</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>114</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="second_toc_column"><div class="second_toc_pad"><table><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>9 An Arab Caesar</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>144</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>10 A Reckoning of Sorts</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>165</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>11 The Tail That Wags the Dog</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>186</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>12 Renewing the Quest for Allahs Empire</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>207</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>13 Bin Ladens Holy War</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>220</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Epilogue</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>229</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Notes</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>235</td></tr><tr><td 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href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=crusaders&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>crusaders</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=Damascus&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Damascus</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=death&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>death</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=dynasty&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>dynasty</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=early&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>early</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=economic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>economic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=Egypt&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" 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href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=forces&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>forces</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=foreign&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>foreign</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=Hashemite&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Hashemite</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=History&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>History</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=holy&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>holy</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=House+of+Islam&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>House of Islam</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LmZP3mixescC&q=Hussein&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" 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dir=ltr>Western</span></a></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="about_author_anchor"></a>About the author <span style="color:#666; font-weight:normal">(2007)</span></h3><div id=about_author class=about_content><div id=about_author_v><div class=textmodulecontent><b>Efraim Karsh</b> is professor and head of the Mediterranean Studies Programme, King's College, University of London. He has published extensively and often served as a consultant on Middle Eastern affairs, Soviet foreign policy, and European neutrality. His books include <i>Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923</i> and <i>Saddam Hussein: A Political Biography.</i></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Islamic Imperialism: A History</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Author</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Efraim+Karsh%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=6"><span dir=ltr>Efraim Karsh</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Edition</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>unabridged</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Yale University Press, 2007</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>0300122632, 9780300122633</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>284 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22History%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">History</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22History+Middle+East%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Middle East</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22History+Middle+East+General%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">General</span></a></div><br><br><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22History+/+Middle+East+/+General%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=6"><span dir=ltr>History / Middle East / General</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td>&nbsp</td><td>&nbsp</td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Export Citation</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="gb-button " href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/download/Islamic_Imperialism.bibtex?id=LmZP3mixescC&output=bibtex"><span dir=ltr>BiBTeX</span></a> <a class="gb-button " href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/download/Islamic_Imperialism.enw?id=LmZP3mixescC&output=enw"><span dir=ltr>EndNote</span></a> <a class="gb-button " href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/download/Islamic_Imperialism.ris?id=LmZP3mixescC&output=ris"><span dir=ltr>RefMan</span></a></td></tr></table></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><script>_OC_addFlags({Host:"https://books.google.com.sg/", IsBooksUnifiedLeftNavEnabled:1, IsBooksRentalEnabled:1, IsBrowsingHistoryEnabled:1, IsZipitFolderCollectionEnabled:1});_OC_Run({"is_cobrand":false,"sign_in_url":"https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print\u0026continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fid%3DLmZP3mixescC%26redir_esc%3Dy%26hl%3Den\u0026hl=en"}, {"volume_id":"LmZP3mixescC","is_ebook":false,"volumeresult":{"has_flowing_text":true,"has_scanned_text":false,"can_download_pdf":false,"can_download_epub":false,"is_pdf_drm_enabled":false,"is_epub_drm_enabled":false},"sample_url":"https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=LmZP3mixescC\u0026source=gbs_atb_hover","is_browsable":true,"is_public_domain":false}, {});</script><div id="footer_table" style="font-size:83%;text-align:center;position:relative;top:20px;height:4.5em;margin-top:2em"><div style="margin-bottom:8px"><a href="/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html"><nobr><nobr>About Google Books</nobr></nobr></a> - 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