Islamic World & Culture

ISBN: 9780906094686
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
Ibn Rushd, known to Christian Europe as Averroes, came from Córdoba in Spain and lived from 1126 to 1198. He is regarded as the last great Arab philosopher in the Classical tradition, and, under the patronage of the Almohad ruler Abu Ya'quib Yu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781909724068
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies
Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi is one of
the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism.
Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known
manuscripts, including the earliest, da... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781909724303
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
The Qur'an is the sacred book of Islam. For Muslims, it is the word of God revealed in Arabic by the archangel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad, and thence to mankind. Originally it was delivered orally: traditional sources indicate that Muhamma... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781909724327
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
The Qur'an is the sacred book of Islam. For Muslims, it is the word of God revealed in Arabic by the archangel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad, and thence to mankind. Originally it was delivered orally: traditional sources indicate that Muhamma... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094723
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
In the past four decades since the field of late antique studies began to gather real momentum, scholars have debated the place of early Islam within the late antique world, particularly in relation to the issue of where and when 'Late Antiquit... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094822
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
In the past four decades since the field of late antique studies began to gather real momentum, scholars have debated the place of early Islam within the late antique world, particularly in relation to the issue of where and when 'Late Antiquit... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094877
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, howev... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094976
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, howev... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094839
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
In this treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes) sets out to show that the Scriptural Law (shar') of Islam does not altogether prohibit the study of philosophy by Muslims, but, on the contrary, makes it a duty for a certain class of people, those with the... .... Learn More