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The Arab Conquests  7th-9th Centuries
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Ibn Abd el Hakem- The Islamic Conquest of Spain- Internet History Sourcebooks
Dr. Fred Donner: The Early Islamic Conquests Internet History Sourcebooks Link to this website's section on the Koran and War
Link to this website's section on the Reconquista
Anonymous Arab Chronicler: The Battle of Poitiers (Tours) 732 Internet History Sourcebooks
Dr. Steve Muhlberger The Seventh Century: The Wars of Heraclius ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Link to this website's section on Concepts of Jihad
Al Baladhuri The Battle of the Yarmuk 636 Internet History Sourcebooks
Secondary Sources
J.D.C. Frendo Religion and Politics in Byzantium on the Eve of the Arab Conquests Florilegium [PDF]
Alfred J. Butler [Full Text] The Arab Conquest of Egypt and the Last Thirty Years of the Roman Dominion (Oxford University Press) Available from CopticChurch.net [PDF]
Collected Accounts The Arab Conquests of Egypt (642) Internet History Sourcebooks
Dr. Patricia Crone- Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam- Internet History Sourcebooks
The Pact of Umar, 7th Century Internet History Sourcebooks
Al Maggari Tarik's Address to His Soldiers 711 C.E. From the Breath of Perfumes Internet History Sourcebooks
Dr. Judith Herrin Byzantium Confronted by Islam Internet History Sourcebooks
W.N. Arafat New Light on the Story of Banu Qurayza and the Jews of Medina Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Ahimaaz ben Paltiel The Arab Invasions of Southern Italy according to the Chronicle of Ahimaaz DeReMilitary.Org