History of the Arab Conquests – Shakib Arslan

About the Author of A History of the Arab Raids

Shakib Arslan (25 December 1869 – 9 December 1946) was a Druze emir in Lebanon and an influential writer, poet and historian, as well as a politician. He was born in the village of Choueifat near Beirut and was famously known as “Amir al-Bayan” (the Prince of Eloquence) for his excellence in literature and poetry alongside his political work. He was fluent in Arabic, Turkish, French and German

Among his most famous works are “al-Hulal al-Sundusiyya” (The Silken Robes), “Why Did the Muslims Fall Behind While Others Advanced?”, “al-Irtisamat al-Litaf” (Gentle Impressions) and “A History of the Arab Raids

Description of A History of the Arab Raids

“In 889 AD, the Arabs seized Provence and launched raids on Savoy, Piedmont and Switzerland before being driven out of France. In his book the author gives a general description of these Arab raids and their consequences, and concludes the work with a chapter containing information from the book The Arab Invasion of Switzerland in the Mid-Tenth Century, a German-language book published by the “Antiquarian Society” in Zurich in 1856 and researched by the eminent scholar “Professor Hess,” who taught history and oriental languages at the University of Zurich

Key Topics of A History of the Arab Raids

A foreword on tracing Arab traces in Western lands / Traces of writing in the Church of Saint Peter / Arabic names in the region: walls, roads, caves and more / Arab clothing / The Muslim conquest of Malta / Arabic inscriptions on Islamic tombs in Malta