Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia

This encyclopedia provides what the editor calls “a single title for the military and political history of the Islamic world”. It is available both as a two‐volume print reference work and in an e‐book version, as reviewed here. There are about 625 articles on various battles, conflicts, and military and political personalities in the Islamic world from the seventh century up to the present. The audience is high school and college students, as well as the general public interested in the history of Islam.

The content of this reference work is outstanding. Access is provided through an alphabetical as well...