The author is to be congratulated for producing a new and important view of the Arab world during these centuries and for making extensive use of scattered Byzantine, Syriac, Islamic, and other sources to illustrate his thesis.
   --American Historical Review

Irfan Shahîd is Oman Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Islamic Literature at Georgetown University.

Read More by Irfan Shahid:

• Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Volume 1,
• Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Volume 2, Part 1,
• Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century
• Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fifth Century
• Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century: Volume 2, Part 2