Islam in the Baltic: Europe's Early Muslim Community

by Harry Norris

Arriving in Europe in the 14th century, the Qipchq Tatars are the longest surviving Muslim people in Europe. They form the historical core of the Muslim community in the Baltic States, Belarus and Poland where Muslims are few in number compared with those in other parts of the European Union and in Russia. In the first historical study of this important community, Harry Norris investigates the earliest contacts between the Baltic peoples and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845115872
• ISBN13: 9781845115876
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"