Islamisation

Contributions by an international team of leading scholars; Wide-ranging chronological and geographical coverage, stretching across the breadth of the Muslim world. Covers Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Balkans, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. Brings together research from different disciplines: history, archaeology, literature, religious studies. Unique comparative attempt to study phenomenon of Islamisation in history.

This volume aims to address this lacuna by providing a comparative perspective through studies of Islamisation that address both its historical trajectory and the methodological problems in its study from across the Islamic world, from Africa to China, from the 7th century until c. 1800.The spread of Islam and the process of Islamisation has attracted the attention of scholars working on many diverse parts of the Islamic world. However, such research has often been carried out in isolation, and our understanding of these major historical phenomena remains quite rudimentary. This volume aims to address this lacuna by providing a comparative perspective through studies of Islamisation that address both its historical trajectory and the methodological problems in its study from across the Islamic world, from Africa to China, from the 7th century until c. 1800.