Title: The course of empire : the Arabs and their successors /
Authors: Glubb, John Bagot, 1897-1986.
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton,
Year: 1965
Subjects: Arab countries History.
Contents: The imperial centuries -- Disintegration -- The Fatimids in Africa -- Andalusian glory -- Bukhara, the focus of splendour -- The Byzantine revival -- Through God victorious -- The hero of Ghazna -- A change of masters -- Nomad conquerors -- The debacle of Byzantium -- God wills it -- Antioch -- Jerusalem -- Sultans of anarchy -- Triumphs and disasters -- The Seljuq failure -- Those who say God is One -- The bursting of the dam -- The end of an era -- The course of empire.