HIS 256 The Islamic World to 1683

A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi'Is by John McHugo

A history of the Muslim world to 1750 : the making of a civilization by Vernon O. Egger

The Crucible of Islam by G. W. Bowersock

Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century by Ira M. Lapidus

After the prophet : the epic story of the Shia-Sunni split in Islam by Lesley Hazleton

Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam by Fred McGraw Donner

A history of the Middle East by Peter Mansfield, Nicolas. Pelham

The formation of Islam : religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800 by Jonathan P. Berkey; Patricia Crone (Contribution by)

Islam: religion, history, and civilization by Seyyed Hossein Nasr