| Hadithic Islam Mysticism Chapter 5 Islam (No.  B7_5) Religious  History to the Birth of Islam	   
	    Arab Beliefs Tribal Dispositions  and Power The Rise of  Islam  The Arabs in  Islam and Later Doctrines Expansion and  Syncretism  
	    Early Conquests Islam in ChinaThe Abbasids 
	    BaghdadOverthrow of the Umayyads 
	    Loss of TerritoryEconomic Resources
 Literature
 Islamic  Anthropomorphic Puritanism Decline of the  Abbasids Later  Indo-Aryan Influence on Islamic Theology 
	    Sufi MysticismThe Emergence of Mystical Syncretism in Islam The Rise of SufismThe Sufi Orders Introduction  to the Commentary on the Koran (Q1) see also Purification  and Circumcision (No. 251) |