Directory of Islam Resources

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For sites about the history of the period of Muslim/Moorish Spain.

Subcategories

• Almohad Dynasty
• Almoravid Dynasty
• Emirate of Granada
• Reconquista
• Ummayad Caliphate

Resources in This Category

• Abraham Ibd Daud: On Samuel Ha-Nagid, Vizier of Granada

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/ha-nagid.asp
  An account of the life of a famous Jewish notable of Moslem Spain, Samuel Ha­Levi or Samuel HaNagid, who became chief minister at the court of Granada. From the Medieval Sourcebook.

• Ibn Abd-el-Hakem: The Islamic Conquest of Spain

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/conqspain.asp
  A translated excerpt from the "History of the Conquest of Spain" by the Egyptian, Ibn Abd-el-Hakem (870 or 871 CE); from the Medieval Sourcebook.

• Islam in Spain

  http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/ihame/Sec5.htm
  An overview of the Muslim presence in Spain.

• Islamic Spain (711-1492)

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/spain_1.shtml
  A history of Islam and Muslim culture in Spain; from the BBC.

• Medieval Sourcebook: Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/732tours.asp
  Translations of three accounts of the Battle of Tours in 732.

• Medieval Sourcebook: Book of the Maghrib

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/maghrib.asp
  A translation of an excerpt from Ibn Said's "Book of the Maghrib" (13th century), describing Moorish culture and the divisions which were to allow Christian conquest of the area.

• Medieval Sourcebook: Selections From Poetry of the Spanish Moors

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/moorishpoetry.asp
  Translations of selections of Moorish poetry which survived the fall of Granada.

• The Library of Iberian Resources Online (LIBRO)

  http://libro.uca.edu/
  A joint project of the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain and the University of Central Arkansas; makes available a range of online academic books, basic texts and sources in translation.

• The Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies

  http://www.ku.edu/~iberia/ssphs/ssphs_main.html
  Information about their events, research activities, conferences and publications.

• The Story Of Religious Controversy: Chapter XXV

  http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/joseph_mccabe/religious_controversy/chapter_25.html
  An account of the Moorish civilization in Spain, from an online book by Joseph McCabe.

 

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