Table of Contents

Introduction Francis Robinson; Part I. The Onset of Western Domination: 1. The Ottoman lands to the post-First World War settlement Carter Vaughn Findley; 2. Egypt to c. 1919 Kenneth M. Cuno; 3. Sudan, Somalia and the Maghreb to the end of the First World War Knut S. Vikor; 4. Arabia to the end of the First World War Paul Dresch; 5. Iran to 1919 Ali M. Ansari; 6. Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus to 1917 Adeeb Khalid; 7. Afghanistan to 1919 Nazif M. Shahrani; 8. South Asia to 1919 Francis Robinson; 9. Southeast Asia and China to 1910 William Gervase Clarence-Smith; 10. Africa south of the Sahara to the First World War Roman Loimeier; Part II. Independence and Revival: 11. Turkey from the rise of Ataturk Reşat Kasaba; 12. West Asia from the First World War Charles Tripp; 13. Egypt from 1919 Joel Gordon; 14. Sudan from 1919 Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban and Richard A. Lobban, Jr.; 15. North Africa from the First World War Kenneth J. Perkins; 16. Saudi Arabia, southern Arabia and the gulf states from the First World War David Commins; 17. Iran from 1919 Misagh Parsa; 18. Central Asia and the Caucasus from the First World War Muriel Atkin; 19. Afghanistan from 1919 Nazif M. Shahrani; 20. South Asia from 1919 Vali Nasr; 21. Southeast Asia from 1910 Robert W. Hefner; 22. Africa south of the Sahara from the First World War John H. Hanson; 23. Islam in China from the First World War Dru C. Gladney; 24. Islam in the West Humayun Ansari.

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About the Author

Francis Robinson is Professor of the History of South Asia in the Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London. His previous publications include The Mughals and the Islamic Dynasties of Iran and Central Asia 1206–1925 (June 2007), Islam and Muslim History in South Asia (2000) and, as editor, The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World (1996).