La conquête musulmane de l'espagne

by Agha Ali Ibrahim Akram

Genres: History, Islam, Religion

366 pages, Unknown Binding

First published February 1, 2004

About the author

Agha Ali Ibrahim Akram (Urdu: آغا ابراہیم اکرم), (1923-1989) better known as A. I. Akram was a Lieutenant-General in the Pakistan Army and a historian. He wrote books about early Muslim conquests. His most famous book The Sword of Allah is a biography on the Muslim general, Khalid ibn al-Walid. He retired from the Pakistan Army as Lieutenant-General in 1978. He also served as Pakistan's Ambassador to Spain. He founded the Institute of Regional Studies in 1982 and remained its president till his death in 1989.

His first book, The Sword of Allah, on the life and campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid, was published in 1970 after a five years effort, including visits to battle-fields in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It has two English editions, and has been translated into Urdu, Arabic, German and Bahasa. For several years it was compulsory reading in the Pakistan Army for entrance to the Staff College and has been on the leadership syllabus in the Malaysian Army. His second book The Muslim Conquest of Persia was published after four years, after visiting the battlefields in Iran and discussions with Iranian scholars. The Muslim Conquest of Egypt and North Africa was his third book, which also took four years of preparations and visits to Egypt and Tunisia. His last book was The Rise of Cordoba, which was published in 1986. To research for writing all these books he learned Arabic, Persian and Spanish and collected an impressive library of historical works.

Reviews

[Khwaja]

Hi,

Does anyone know where I can find this book? I cannot find it anywhere in the US. If anyone can comment and help me find this book it would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Asif Mahtab Utsha · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is unfortunately the least favourite book in the series by the author. Not in part due to the failings of the the author but rather it seems that there just instant enough information about what happened thus a lot of it was left black and left to the imagination of the author which is woefully unfullfilling for the reader.

The battle tactics was unavailable for the most part. Details of strategy was not given (unlike other books in the series)

It was merely a chronology of events that took place. I imagine that too required a lot of research and reading but as a whole, this is not a great book on military history.

[Kamran syed · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is mainly the hard work of the Retired Pakistani General who has been succeeded in compiling a comprehensive book on the events of Muslim Conquest of Spain under the then Omayyad Muslim dynasty.. The book describes in detail the events which lead to the conquest. Tariq bin Ziad was nominated as the Commander of Muslim Forces who conquered the sea shores of Spain with the help of a christian Governor, who wanted to revenge the ruling Christians. Tariq went deep into the Spain and conquered a large part of it, with a force numbering only ten thousands. He was followed by the Muslim Governor of Islamic Maghreb, Musa bin Nusair with a the main Muslim Army and continued the Conquests.
Rivalries increased between the Muslim Governor and his General. After following back to Syria, the Capital city of the dynasty, Musa bin Nusair was punished by the Muslim Ruler for violating the orders.
The book contains the complete information on the subject and the beauty is that there are no links given by the writer and has lessen the ambiguity by comparing modern and pas writers work on the subject.

[Shahbaz Aslam]

The Muslim Conquest of Spain

[Adnan]

Nice book by brave gen