Turkish incursion into the lands of Islam 10 & 13 Centuries

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• "A History of Medieval Islam", by J.J. Saunders (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965), xv, 219. Review by Dr. Paul-Thomas Ferguson.

  Saunders' "A History of Medieval Islam" falls solidly into the latter category.