Arabia: The Cradle of Islam

About this book

Samuel M. Zwemer's study of Arabia and the rise of Islam, published in 1900. Zwemer, a pioneering missionary to the Arab world, describes the land, its people, and their religion, and argues the church's calling to evangelize them. A primary document of the modern missionary movement to Muslims.

Contents

1. Preface
2. Dedicated
3. Introductory Note
4. Preface
5. I the Neglected Peninsula
6. II the Geographical Divisions of Arabia
7. III the Holy Land of Arabia—Mecca
8. IV the Holy Land of Arabia—Medina
9. V Aden and an Inland Journey 🔒
10. VI Yemen: the Switzerland of Arabia 🔒
11. VII the Unexplored Regions of Hadramaut 🔒
12. VIII Muscat and the Coastlands of Oman 🔒
13. IX the Land of the Camel 🔒
14. X the Pearl Islands of the Gulf 🔒
15. XI the Eastern Threshold of Arabia 🔒
16. XII the River-Country and the Date-Palm 🔒
17. XIII the Cities and Villages of Turkish-Arabia 🔒
18. XIV a Journey Down the Euphrates 🔒
19. XV the Interior—Known and Unknown 🔒
20. XVI “the Time of Ignorance” 🔒
21. XVII Islam in Its Cradle—the Moslem’S God 🔒
22. XVIII the Prophet and His Book 🔒
23. XIX the Wahabi Rulers and Reformers 🔒
24. XX the Rulers of Oman 🔒
25. XXI the Story of the Turks in Arabia 🔒
26. XXII British Influence in Arabia 🔒
27. XXIII Present Politics in Arabia 🔒
28. XXIV the Arabic Language 🔒
29. XXV the Literature of the Arabs 🔒
30. XXVI the Arab 🔒
31. XXVII Arabian Arts and Sciences 🔒
32. XXVIII the Star-Worshippers of Mesopotamia 🔒
33. XXIX Early Christianity in Arabia 🔒
34. XXX the Dawn of Modern Arabian Missions 🔒
35. XXXI Ion Keith Falconer and the Aden Mission 🔒
36. XXXII Bishop French the Veteran Missionary to Muscat 🔒
37. XXXIII the American Arabian Mission 🔒
38. XXXIV in Memoriam—Peter J. Zwemer and Geo. E. Stone 🔒
39. XXXV Problems of the Arabian Field 🔒
40. XXXVI Outlook for Missions to Moslems in Arabia 🔒
41. Appendix I A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 🔒
42. Appendix III KAAT AND COFFEE CULTURE IN ARABIA 🔒
43. Appendix IV AN ARABIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 🔒