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Averroes: A Rationalist in Islam [Hardback]
Roger Arnaldez (Author); David Streight (Author)
$34.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780268020071
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
Averros was Grand Cadi (judge) in Cordoba during the 12th century, one of the most brilliant periods in the Muslim West. Once a favourite of the court, he fell out of favour in 1195; his writings were burned and he died in exile soon after. Arnald... .... Learn More -
History and Historiography in Early Islamic Times [Paperback]
Lawrence I. Conrad (Author)
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Ismailis in the Middle Ages [Hardback]
Shafique N. Virani (Author)
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What is Islam? [Hardback]
W. M. Watt (Author)
$50.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781900988674
Published by : Stacey International
Series: Series of Arab and Islamic Studies
What is Islam? Now more than ever, people are clamouring for an answer to this question. W. Montgomery Watt's book is reaching a new audience, recently awakened to the strength and significance of the Muslim faith. This study provides a clear u... .... Learn More -
Die Autobiographie des Dolmetschers 'Osman Aga aus Temeschwar [Hardback]
Richard F. Kreutel (Author)
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ISBN: 9780906094075
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Turkish Studies
'Osman Aga was the son of an Ottoman officer settled in the town of Temeschwar, in the West of present-day Rumania. Entering the army in his turn he was taken prisoner by the Austrians and most of his autobiography is concerned with the eleven yea... .... Learn More -
Ta'rikh-i Jahan-Gusha [Hardback]
Mirza Muhammad (Author)
$48.00ISBN: 9780718902360
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
The Ta'rikh-i-Jahan-Gusha or History of the World-Conqueror is one of the most valuable sources for the life of Chingiz Khan and the establishment of the Mongol Empire. The Juwaynis, an established secretarial family of North-East Persia, made t... .... Learn More -
Tadhkirat al-Muluk: A Manual of Safavid Administration [Paperback]
V. V. Minorsky (Author); John F. Richards (Author)
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ISBN: 9780906094129
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
This work dates from about AD 1725; it was composed a few years after the damage and deaths caused by the Afghan conquest had effectively destroyed the system by which Persia had been administered since the 16th century. Persian text with tran... .... Learn More -
Law and education in medieval Islam: Studies in Memory of George Makdisi [Hardback]
Shawkat M. Toorawa (Author); Joseph Lowry (Author); Devin J. Stewart (Author); Shawkat Toorawa (Author)
$30.00ISBN: 9780906094518
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
This volume, focusing on legal education and its place in classical and medieval Islamic civilisation, comprises eight articles written in honour of Professor George Makdisi (1925-2002), seven of them by his former students at the University o... .... Learn More -
Ibn Daniyal: Three Arabic Medieval Shadow Plays [Hardback]
Paul Kahle (Author)
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ISBN: 9780906094419
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
Very few examples of medieval Arabic drama have survived, a fact which constitutes a serious loss to our knowledge of Arab literary history. However, we can form some idea of the kind of work of which we have been deprived by examining the thre... .... Learn More