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# In the Shadow of the Sword

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In the Shadow of the Sword : Holland, Tom: desertcart.in: Books

Review: BRILLIANCE IMPERSONIFIED - If I were to surmise this magisterial work in a single verse, there is no denying i would term it "monumental" , a erudition that intertwine and conjoin the epochs- that Islamist term as Jahilliya or ignorance to the iapooge of their civilisation, steered initially by Ummayads, ulemas and later on by Abbasids, and during this narrative criss-crossing and swirling cogently and lucidly through the eras epitomised by the grandeur of the ancient Romans of the east, the spiffy Sasanids of the Persia, the greatgame in the fertile cresecent and the eventual rise of the illiterare loonies from the deep deserts of Arabia. How is it that Arabs who were not even a derided as barbarians for that too was a word too generous for these dwellers of desert coalesced into a congregation, moulded into mighty armies , guided solely by the enlightened words of their prophet and undoubtedly aided by the vicissitudes of the the times, that grizzly 'death game' played between the Sasanids and Romans coupled with series of scourges like Plague that decimated not the men but also the inherent powers of these superpowers , leading to a hollowed vacuum which these raucous, uncouth, violent Arabs filled defeating each of the contemporary superpower piecemeal and unfortunately also fatally. How they rose and the speed of their conquest is beyond doubt a mysterious shibboleth of history, an idiosyncravcy which only the creator may answer for these Arabs had never been anything beyond a nuisance till than but what they impacted is something that concern us till today. As author correctly synopsizes in the last para , perfectly elucidating the gist of the 430 pages" Pen is mightier than a sword and neither the Caesars, shanshahs or caliphs survived but it is the teachings of rabbis of Sura, the bishops that met at Nicea and the work of ulema at Kufa is what is timeless and still shape this world of ours even in the twenty first century.
Review: Great - Loved it.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #200,965 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #207 in Islamic Social Studies #405 in Middle Eastern History (Books) #1,277 in European History (Books) |
| Country of Origin  | India |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,551) |
| Dimensions  | 13.13 x 2.97 x 20.27 cm |
| ISBN-10  | 0307473651 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0307473653 |
| Importer  | Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd |
| Item Weight  | 1 kg 50 g |
| Language  | English |
| Net Quantity  | 2.20 Kilograms |
| Packer  | Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd |
| Paperback  | 560 pages |
| Publisher  | Anchor; Reprint edition (12 February 2013) |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ BRILLIANCE IMPERSONIFIED
*by S***D on 19 October 2018*

If I were to surmise this magisterial work in a single verse, there is no denying i would term it "monumental" , a erudition that intertwine and conjoin the epochs- that Islamist term as Jahilliya or ignorance to the iapooge of their civilisation, steered initially by Ummayads, ulemas and later on by Abbasids, and during this narrative criss-crossing and swirling cogently and lucidly through the eras epitomised by the grandeur of the ancient Romans of the east, the spiffy Sasanids of the Persia, the greatgame in the fertile cresecent and the eventual rise of the illiterare loonies from the deep deserts of Arabia. How is it that Arabs who were not even a derided as barbarians for that too was a word too generous for these dwellers of desert coalesced into a congregation, moulded into mighty armies , guided solely by the enlightened words of their prophet and undoubtedly aided by the vicissitudes of the the times, that grizzly 'death game' played between the Sasanids and Romans coupled with series of scourges like Plague that decimated not the men but also the inherent powers of these superpowers , leading to a hollowed vacuum which these raucous, uncouth, violent Arabs filled defeating each of the contemporary superpower piecemeal and unfortunately also fatally. How they rose and the speed of their conquest is beyond doubt a mysterious shibboleth of history, an idiosyncravcy which only the creator may answer for these Arabs had never been anything beyond a nuisance till than but what they impacted is something that concern us till today. As author correctly synopsizes in the last para , perfectly elucidating the gist of the 430 pages" Pen is mightier than a sword and neither the Caesars, shanshahs or caliphs survived but it is the teachings of rabbis of Sura, the bishops that met at Nicea and the work of ulema at Kufa is what is timeless and still shape this world of ours even in the twenty first century.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great
*by A***T on 30 October 2019*

Loved it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Required reading for those who want to know more about Islam
*by M***D on 12 January 2023*

This book will open your worldview about what you thought you knew about Islam. Derisively called the 'Revisionist school', this way of looking at the origins of the Arab world and hence Islam shouldn't really upset the apple cart in the Islamic world. What it proves is that like all religions and Ideologies, Islam too is a mythology (in the positive sense of the word). This should be an essential reading especially for the muslims of the Indian subcontinent.

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