The history of Arab Muslims in Spain

Author: Stanley Lane-Poole Number of pages: 230 pages Category: History Overview: In a manner of objectivity and avoiding bias towards any religion or nationality, the British orientalist Stanley Lane-Poole was able to draw a clear and concise picture of the history of Al-Andalus from the Arab Islamic conquest until its fall. He directed his critical arrows at both sides, and also mentioned their positive aspects. In this book, he collected the history of Al-Andalus objectively, and did not rely on annual chronology in a brief but comprehensive treatment written by a man who is neither Arab nor Muslim, but who excelled and benefited. He limited the history of Al-Andalus to what has lasted between us and it through time, from its conquest, passing through its periods of prosperity and the different rulers over it, until the fall of its last kingdoms. He shed light on many aspects of the history of Arab Muslims in Spain—religiously, socially, culturally, and politically—pointing to the Christian religious voices opposing Muslim rule, and how the Muslims dealt with them. He identified the true reasons for the fall of Al-Andalus. This book, with its fair author and distinguished translator Ali Al-Jarim, deserves to be a reference in the history of an important era in Europe and North Africa, and a guide for any reader seeking only the truth.