--- product_id: 52259361 title: "Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes" brand: "tamim ansary" price: "¥3863" currency: JPY in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/52259361-destiny-disrupted-a-history-of-the-world-through-islamic-eyes store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Mint condition guaranteed Same-day dispatch before noon No-quibble returns Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes **Brand:** tamim ansary **Price:** ¥3863 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock the untold story of history’s crossroads—don’t miss the narrative that’s reshaping perspectives! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by tamim ansary - **How much does it cost?** ¥3863 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/52259361-destiny-disrupted-a-history-of-the-world-through-islamic-eyes) ## Best For - tamim ansary enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted tamim ansary brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Risk-Free Purchase:** No quibbles returns ensure you shop with confidence and zero hassle. - • **Top-Ranked Insight:** Join thousands of readers who rated this essential read 4.6 stars, ranking #9 in Islamic Studies. - • **A Fresh Lens on History:** Discover world events through the rich Islamic perspective, rewriting the narrative you thought you knew. - • **Fast & Reliable Delivery:** Order before noon and get your copy dispatched the very same day—because knowledge waits for no one. - • **Pristine Quality, Guaranteed:** Receive your book in mint condition, perfectly packaged to preserve your reading experience. ## Overview Destiny Disrupted offers a compelling retelling of world history through Islamic eyes, spanning from Mohammed’s era to the Ottoman Empire’s fall. Authored by Tamim Ansary, this best-selling book blends storytelling with historical insight, illuminating the intertwined destinies of East and West. With fast dispatch, mint condition delivery, and a strong 4.6-star rating from over 2,000 readers, it’s a must-have for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of global history and current Middle Eastern dynamics. ## Description We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years. In Destiny Disrupted , Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed to the fall of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. He clarifies why our civilizations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe—a place it long perceived as primitive and disorganized—had somehow hijacked destiny. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Dimensions | 13.97 x 2.64 x 20.96 cm | | Isbn 10 | 1586488139 | | Isbn 13 | 978-1586488130 | | Item Weight | 1.05 kg | | Language | English | | Print Length | 416 pages | | Publication Date | 27 April 2010 | | Publisher | PublicAffairs | ## Images ![Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91JCGXuopHL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you want to understand the Middle East right now, this is an essential book *by on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 2 April 2026* An important and informative and very well written book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ History told by a master storyteller *by on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 28 February 2010* This is not a history book nor is it a novel and yet it reads much like a story, told in the ancient tradition of storytelling, and I could easily imagine our author talking aloud to a group. It's a tale lovingly told, a tale of passions, the tale of world history from a non-Western perspective. Like the storytellers of old, the author engages us, cajoles us, throws in little tit-bits of gossip but most of all informs the un-informed. So, be warned history buffs, although there is an extensive bibliography this is a one man's perspective of certain events he has chosen to include and he makes no excuse for that. The title also makes clear that this is a religious tale, so be prepared for explanations of Islam the religion and Islam the way of life, its tenants and rules, as well the details of what sometimes seemed to me obscure differences of opinion. There are also mystics and universities of learning and through the tales one learns their debut to our Classical world and their gift in return, to western civilization which allowed the Enlightment and Renaissance to flourish. Reading this I felt that the tragedy of the currently popular ''clash of civilizations'' is that sailing back and forth on the sea of time we are completely intertwined; learning, knowledge and culture seeping back and forth between, so ultimatey its a re-telling of bits of our culture that we seemed to have rubbed out of the history books.I thoroughly enjoyed, this unusual and personal telling of history as a story, its engaging, interesting and amusing - the author is just that a author not a historian, so he can give his view and get away with it. It also allows him to be emotional and passionate in highlighting the tragedy of the common man, women and child living in what we now call the Middle east, their failed aspirations and somewhat hidden tale. Be prepared it is also a political tale as despite the spices and characters on the way it's a tale of corruption and missed opportunities of golden ages and depths of despair. And it seemed to me that one of the main reasons for writing this book was for our author - an Afghan- to help the west understand the roots of those tears. Just like a good movie our storyteller knows how to tell a tale and at the end I felt enlightened, I learnt things I didn't know, I heard interesting stories and would recommend this as a enjoyable way to understand our shared past and what should be, if we can talk and argue openly about such stories our shared future. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ We need more of these kind of stories *by on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 1 March 2014* The first chapters of this book tell a familiar story, about the origins of the Islam, the development of the religion, the place Muhammed has in the story, the struggle between the first successors of the Prophet, and the civil wars that took place in the first decades AH. These familiar stories are well-known and Ansary tells nothing new about them in this book. Of course, he adds some nice details and appealing story twists, but nothing special. If you want to learn about this fascinating piece of history, you will find that this book has everything want. If you want to read another book telling basically the same story, but with more Shia (over against the Sunni) story lines, read "After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam" by Lesley Hazleton.The chapters in "Destiny Disrupted" about Europe and the way that Islamic countries were overpowered by the Europeans - economically, socially and politically - are very interesting and belong to the strongest parts of the book. In these chapters Ansary shines in describing how the (policy) choices of the Europeans impacted the Islamic countries, and what the effects were on the people living in those countries and their culture. In these chapters, this book proofs its subtitle - "A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes" - to be absolutely true. Europeans can write about this, but not in the same way that a Muslim can, simply because Europeans were - and still are (as is one of the theses of this book) - the guys who knew how others had to behave and develop.This book tries to be a history of the world, but it misses quite a number of historic developments, such as the Goths in Spain or the various Arabic tribes/clans in Nothern Africa. Basically, this book re-tells the history of Europe and the Middle East, and it does so in a very thorough and interesting way, and of course from a new perspective. But it's no history of the world."This book presents two mismatched world histories intersecting. Muslims were a crowd of people going somewhere. Europeans and their offspring were a crowd of people going somewhere. When the two crowds crossed paths, much bumping and crashing resulted, and the crashing is still going on." (p.353)"Destiny Disrupted" is a book written by a Sunni. For example, when Ansary describes how the Prophet Muhammed dies, he tells that the Prophet died in the lap of his wife Aisha. But that's not how Shia people tell this story; according to them, the Prophet died in the lap of his son-in-law Ali. Moreover, the first four Caliphs are described as the 'Rightly Guided'. But, Shia believers don't except the first three Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman), according to them Ali (the fourth Caliph) is the rightful successor of Muhammed. If the author is a Sunni and tells history from a Sunni perspective, he should tell the reader so, but he did not do that. This is unfortunate, because it sows doubt about his background and thus about his portrayal of Shia history in the larger perspective of Islamic history.In the introduction, the author mentions that he is not a professional historian, jurist or theologian, which might make the book not live up to professional historic quality standards. Indeed this is visible in the text, for example through sentences in the text in which the author writes in the I form and presents his own opinion and ideas, without substantive arguments or backing from sources. This might be a disadvantage, but I don't think it is. By telling the story this way, Ansary gives the reader the idea that he is speaking directly to you instead of through a book: in person-to-person discussion you have more liberty to present well-known common sense developments and correlations, because all the participants in the discussion know that they are true.All in all, this book is a welcome addition to my personal library on European and world history, because it presents a perspective that is so often lacking from discussion, the perspective from the overpowered ones. 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