A History of Muslim Philosophy Volume 2, Book 4
Published on Books on Islam and Muslims | Al-Islam.org (http://www.al-islam.org) Home > A History of Muslim Philosophy Volume 2, Book 4 A History of Muslim Philosophy Volume 2, Book 4 Log in [1] or register [2] to post comments Later Centuries (From the Fall of Baghdad [656/1258] TO 1111/1700) A Compendium of articles on the History of Muslim Philosophy. In this book: Later Centuries (From the Fall of Baghdad [656/1258] TO 1111/1700). Publisher(s): ● Pakistan Philosophical Congress [3] Category: ● General [4] ● Philosophy [5] Topic Tags: ● Islamic History [6] ● history [7] ● Philosophy [8] Miscellaneous information: A History of Muslim Philosophy Volume 2, Book 4. Edited and Introduced by: M. M. SHARIF. Director of the Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore Pakistan http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/hmp/index.html Part 1. The Fall of Baghdad Chapter 40: Fall of The ‘Abbasid Caliphate The Mongol invasion, which shook the world of Islam to its very foundations in the seventh/13th century was an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of mankind. A people, hitherto unknown even to their neighbours, poured forth from the bare and bleak plateau of Karakorum (Mongolia) and with lightning speed overran the Asian and European continents from China to Hungary and East Prussia, and built up the largest empire know to man. These people were the Mongols1 or Tartars as called by their contemporaries. Their invasion inflicted more suffering on the human race than any other incident recorded in history. They lived in a wild and primitive state of society. “They are,” says Matthew Paris, “inhuman and beastly, rather monsters than men, thirsty for and drinking blood, tearing and devouring the flesh of dogs and men...They are without human laws.”2 The Mongol storm burst on the Muslim world in two separate waves.
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