In Ishmael's house : a history of Jews in Muslim lands / Martin Gilbert.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-398) and index.

Before Islam -- The prophet Mohammed and the Jews -- The first four hundred years under Islam -- Jews and Muslims in the age of the Crusades -- The Ottoman sultans and other Muslim rulers, 1324-1699 -- The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Progress and peril : toward the twentieth century -- The first years of the twentieth century and the emergence of Zionism -- Jewish and Arab nationalism : the first world war and after -- The nineteen thirties -- The second world war : a time of danger -- Towards liberation, and an uncertain future -- The United Nations Palestine Partition resolution -- The creation of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948 -- Iraq, 1948-1952 -- Egypt, 1951-1961 -- The exodus continues, 1950-1967 -- The Six-Day War of 1967 and its aftermath -- A new life in new lands -- The search for recognition -- Jews who remain in Muslim lands.