A History of the Arab Peoples

"History of the Arab Peoples" redirects here. For the people themselves, see History of the Arabs.

A History of the Arab Peoples is a book written from 1991 by the British-born Lebanese historian Albert Hourani.

A History of the Arab Peoples

Author	Albert Hourani
Language	English
Subject	History of Arab countries
Publisher	Faber and Faber
Publication date	February 18, 1991
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	576
ISBN	978-0-674-39565-7
Dewey Decimal	909.0974927
LC Class	DS37.7.H67

The book presents the history of the Arabs from the advent of Islam (although some pre-Islamic history is included) to the late 20th Century. More recent editions contain an afterword by Malise Ruthven bringing the history up to the present day including the Invasion of Iraq.

See also

• History of the Arabs by Philip K. Hitti
• The Arabs in History by Bernard Lewis

External links

• Albert Hourani; Malise Ruthven (30 November 2010). A History of the Arab Peoples: With a New Afterword. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-05819-4. Retrieved 23 December 2011.