Islam Websites

A joint project of the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain and the University of Central Arkansas; makes available a range of online academic books, basic texts and sources in translation.

An overview of the Muslim presence in Spain.

An account of the Moorish civilization in Spain, from an online book by Joseph McCabe.

Information about their events, research activities, conferences and publications.

A history of Islam and Muslim culture in Spain; from the BBC.

An account of the life of a famous Jewish notable of Moslem Spain, Samuel Ha­Levi or Samuel HaNagid, who became chief minister at the court of Granada. From the Medieval Sourcebook.

Translations of selections of Moorish poetry which survived the fall of Granada.

Translations of three accounts of the Battle of Tours in 732.

A translated excerpt from the "History of the Conquest of Spain" by the Egyptian, Ibn Abd-el-Hakem (870 or 871 CE); from the Medieval Sourcebook.