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The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire

Introduction: Historiographical Bias

Part I: The Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 CE)

1 The Spread of Buddhism in Central Asia and Adjacent Regions before the Advent of the Arabs chapter eBook
2 Sogdia and Bactria on the Eve of the Umayyad Period chapter eBook
3 The First Encounter of the Muslims and Buddhist Asia chapter eBook
4 The First Muslim Incursion into the Indian Subcontinent chapter eBook
5 Tibet on the Eve of the Arrival of the First Muslim Teacher chapter eBook
6 Further Umayyad Expansion in West Turkistan chapter eBook

Part II: The Early Abbasid Period (750 - Mid-Ninth Century CE)

7 The Rise of the Abbasids and Decline of Tang China chapter eBook
8 The Religious Conversions of the Eastern Turks chapter eBook
9 The Religious Conversions of the Uighurs chapter eBook
10 Islamic Sectarian Disputes and the Declaration of Jihads chapter eBook
11 Tibetan Politico-Religious Maneuverings at the End of the Eighth Century chapter eBook
12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs chapter eBook

Part III: The Spread of Islam among and by the Turkic Peoples (840 - 1206 CE)

13 The Establishment of New Empires in Central Asia chapter eBook
14 The Founding of the First Two Turkic Islamic States chapter eBook
15 The Qarakhanid Campaign against Khotan chapter eBook
16 Analysis of the Siege of Khotan chapter eBook
17 Tangut, Tibet, and Northern Song China in the Eleventh Century chapter eBook
18 The Ghaznavids and Seljuqs chapter eBook
19 Twelfth-Century Developments in Central Asia chapter eBook
20 The Ghurid Campaigns on the Indian Subcontinent chapter eBook
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