A Narrative Across Peoples, Geographies and States
Mirza Asmer Beg
LOST ISLAMIC HISTORY: RECLAIMING MUSLIM CIVILIZATION FROM THE PAST by By Firas Alkhateeb Westland Books, 2023, 247 pp., INR 499.00
January 2024, volume 1, No January 2024, volume 48, No 1

This book is an attempt to give an overview of the history of Muslim civilization from its inception to the present times. It is based on the author’s notes prepared for teaching his students at the high school level in the US. Starting with the time of Prophet Muhammad when monotheism challenged the existing belief system of the Arabs, he talks of the rise of Islam from the Arabian Peninsula.

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