History
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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 ... .... Learn More -
Ta'rikh-i Jahan-Gusha [Hardback]
Mirza Muhammad (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 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... .... 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)
£25.00ISBN: 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 -
Mission to the Lord Sophy of Persia (1539-1542) [Paperback]
Michel Membre (Author); A. H. Morton (Author)
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ISBN: 9780906094433
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies
The description of his mission to the court of the Shah Tahmasp I of Persia by the Venetian Michele Membre is one of the most informative as well as one of the most individual of the few European accounts of 16th century Persia. .... Learn More -
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Byzanz und die islamische Welt im fruheren 11. Jahrhundert [Paperback]
Wolfgang Felix (Author)
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Conflict and Cooperation: Zoroastrian Subalterns and Muslim Elites in Medieval Iranian Society [Hardback]
Jamsheed K. Choksy (Author)
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