Al-Hind: the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Vol 3: Indo-Islamic Society, 14th-15th Centuries: 003

Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World series gives the most comprehensive presentation of Islam's origins and long history in the sub-continent. Contrary to popular imagination the introduction of Islam first appeared in the south and south west of india (earliest reports suggest present day Kerala) and independently in the Island of Sri Lanka primarily by arab traders. This was a full century before skirmishes in the north west (present day pakistan and north india) between muslim troops sent to pacify pirate states to protect trade routes. Al three volumes provide the most comprehensive information about the history of half of the world muslims, one that is often ignored in todays sensationalist and monolithic view of Islam.