صورة الفتوحات الإسلامية في صدر الإسلام عند المستشرقين الغربيين (1-132 هـ = 622-750 م)‎

Other Title(s)

The image of the Islamic Conqests during the beginnings of Islam among western Orentalists (1-132 AH 622-750 AD)‎

Dissertant

جبر، محمد توفيق محمد

Thesis advisor

وشاح، غسان محمود أحمد

University

Islamic University

Faculty

Faculty of Literature

Department

History & Archaelogy Department

University Country

Palestine (Gaza Strip)

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2018

English Abstract

This research entitled by “The Image of the Islamic Conquests during the Beginnings of Islam among Western Orientalists (1-132 / 632- 750 AD)” to reveal the picture that western orientalists portrayed these conquests in their writings about Islam.

These views varied between prejudice, neutral, and supportive of those conquests.

This research aims to show the reality of the Western view of Islam and its conquests that surprised the world during the Rashidi and Umayyad eras.

This research was divided into four chapters.

The first chapter discussed orientalism and orientalists in general, as well as the orientalism motives, objectives and means.

In another hand, it discussed with the most prominent western orientalists who dealt with the Islamic conquests issue in their writings.

The second chapter discussed the reality of Islamic conquests and showed the universality of Islamic religion and its rapid spread, in addition to the legitimacy of jihad in Islam and the most prominent Islamic conquests during the Rashidi and Umayyad era.

The third chapter dealt with the economical, religious, political, social and national motives of the Islamic conquests from the view of the orientalists, as well as the neutral orientalists' testimony about the Islamic conquests.

The fourth and final chapter dealt with the different religious, economical, architectural, political, administrative, social and scientific impact of Islamic conquests on the residents of the open areas.

The study concluded with a series of results.

The most prominent of which is that part of the western orientalist's charge accusations and lies on Islamic conquests in order to distort the facts and falsify the Islamic history in accordance to a policy planned by the West.

The study also found that the Islamic conquests had a significant and obvious impact on the progress of civilizations in the whole world in all fields.

The study also found that a large number of western orientalists equated Islam concerning the subject of Islamic conquests, attributed the credit for the delivery of civilization to Europe to it, and praised the unprecedented good treatment by the Muslims in their conquests like tolerance, justice, mercy and equality.

Main Subjects

History and Geography

Topics

• Early Islamic period
• Islamic conquests
• Orientalism

No. of Pages

189

Table of Contents

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Language

Arabic

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-894217