The Majesty That Was Islam: The Islamic World 661-1100

Sidgwick & Jackson Great Civilizations Series

by William Montgomery Watt

Surveys the history of the Middle East from 661 to 1100 and the expansion of Islam, stressing the relationship between religion and politics and the transformation of the area's Christian culture into an Islamic one

Genres: History

Paperback

First published September 19, 1974

About the author

William Montgomery Watt was a Scottish historian, an Emeritus Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Watt was one of the foremost non-Muslim interpreters of Islam in the West, was an enormously influential scholar in the field of Islamic studies and a much-revered name for many Muslims all over the world." Watt's comprehensive biography of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, Muhammad at Mecca (1953) and Muhammad at Medina (1956), are considered to be classics in the field .

Watt held visiting professorships at the University of Toronto, the Collège de France, and Georgetown University, and received the American Giorgio Levi Della Vida Medal and won, as its first recipient, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies award for outstanding scholarship.

Reviews

[Maximilian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not especially interestingly written to someone who is already not well versed in its topic. It mainly presents itself by listing dates, named, and events. Within there it there are sections that are more interesting.
This is the kind of book which make people think history is boring.