The Venture of Islam, Volume 3: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times (Venture of Islam Vol. 3)

The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago. In this concluding volume of The Venture of Islam , Hodgson describes the second flowering of Islam: the Safavi, Timuri, and Ottoman empires. The final part of the volume analyzes the widespread Islamic heritage in today's world. "This is a nonpareil work, not only because of its command of its subject but also because it demonstrates how, ideally, history should be written."— The New Yorker CONTENTS 6 List of Charts 7 List of Maps 7 BOOK FIVE: Second Flowering: The Empires of Gunpowder Times 8 Prologue to Book Five 10 I. The Safavi Empire: Triumph of the Shi'ah, 1503-1722 23 II. The Indian Timuri Empire: Coexistence of Muslims and Hindus, 1526- 1707 66 III. The Ottoman Empire: Shari'ah-Military Alliance, 1517-1718 106 IV. Before the Deluge: The Eighteenth Century 141 BOOK SIX: The Islamic Heritage in the Modern World 170 Prologue to Book Six 172 I. The Impact of the Great Western Transmutation: TheGeneration of 1789 183 II. European World Hegemony: The Nineteenth Century 230 III. Modernism in Turkey: Westernization 256 IV. Egypt and East Arab Lands: Revival of the Heritage 279 V. Iran and the Russian Empire: The Dream of Revolution 310 VI. Muslim India: Communalism and Universalism 340 VII. The Drive for Independence: The Twentieth Century 364 Epilogue: The Islamic Heritage and the Modern Conscience 418 A Selective Bibliography for Further Reading 450 Glossary of Selected Terms and Names 456 Index to Volume III 462 The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago. In this concluding volume of The Venture of Islam , Hodgson describes the second flowering of the Safavi, Timuri, and Ottoman empires. The final part of the volume analyzes the widespread Islamic heritage in today's world. "This is a nonpareil work, not only because of its command of its subject but also because it demonstrates how, ideally, history should be written." The New Yorker Presents and analyzes the world history of Islam from 625 A.D. to the second flowering of Islam during the Safari, Iimuri, and Ottoman empires v. 1. The classical age of Islam v. 2. The expansion of Islam in the middle periods v. 3. The gunpowder empires and modern times.