Islam & the Middle East
The world of Islam from its seventh century beginnings expanding westwards to Spain and eastwards throughout the Near East to India and central Asia, covering art and architecture, history, archaeology, religion and philosophy
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Archaeology in the 'Land of Tells and Ruins': A History of Excavations in the Holy Land Inspired by the Photographs and Accounts of Leo Boer [Hardback]
Bart Wagemakers (Editor)
Regular Price: £49.95
Special Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9781782972457
Published by : Oxbow Books
Recently, a travel account and 700 photographs came to light by the hand of Leo Boer, a former student of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem who, at the age of 26 in 1953–4 visite... .... Learn More -
Studies in the Decorative Arts of the Muslim World [Hardback]
Ernst Grube (Author)
£250.00ISBN: 9780907132790
Published by : Pindar Press
A selection of twelve previously published papers by Ernst Grube which examine specific materials used in Islamic decorative arts. Six papers examine pottery and tiles, one considers Ilkhanis stucco work as represented in the mausoleum of the ... .... Learn More -
Studies in the Islamic Decorative Arts [Hardback]
Robert Hillenbrand (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597506
Published by : Pindar Press
Islamic artists channeled their energies not into easel painting and large-scale sculpture, but rather into what Western scholars, obeying a very different hierarchy of art forms, rather disparagingly termed the "decorative arts" or even "the mino... .... Learn More -
Abbasid Studies IV [Hardback]
Monique Bernards (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9780906094983
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Soon after their successful revolution in 750 AD, the Abbāsids supplanted the Umayyad dynasty, built the new city of Baghdad, Iraq which became the capital of the Islamic Empire. The civilization that the Abbāsids helped... .... Learn More -
Libertinism in Medieval Muslim Society and Literature [Hardback]
Zoltan Szombathy (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780906094617
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
This book is about an aspect of mediaeval Arabic culture and literature known in Arabic as mujùn (roughly 'libertinism, licentiousness, frivolity, indecency, profligacy, shamelessness, impertinence', etc.), a concept that s... .... Learn More -
Georgio Scala and the Moorish Slaves: The Inquisition Malta 1598 [Hardback]
Dionisius A. Agius (Editor)
£39.50ISBN: 9789993274155
Published by : Midsea Books
Georgio Scala, a young man of humble origins, from Damiata, was captured on a trading vessel by the Knights of Malta in 1590 not far from his home town. He was enslaved in spite of his protestations that he was a Christian and so ... .... Learn More -
Yes, The Arabs Can Too [Hardback]
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (Author); Michael Worton (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9780957106093
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Much has been written about the role and presence of the Arabs in the world at the beginning of this millennium, and their ability to meet the challenges overwhelming our planet, bristling as it is with science, technology and lat... .... Learn More -
The Hajj: Collected Essays [Paperback]
Liana Saif (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861591930
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 193
Following on the British Museum’s critically acclaimed exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, this volume provides over thirty papers on the history ... .... Learn More -
A History of Ottoman Poetry: The Complete Set [Paperback]
E. J. W. Gibb (Editor)
£120.00ISBN: 9781909724266
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time of his early death in 1901 only the first vo... .... Learn More -
The Art of Adornment: Jewellery of the Islamic Lands, Parts 1 and 2, 2013 [Hardback]
Michael Spink (Author); Jack Ogden (Author); J. M. Rogers (Author); Mark G. Kramarovsky (Author); Pedro Moura Carvalho (Author); Manijeh Bayani (Author)
£125.00ISBN: 9781874780861
Published by : Khalili Collections
Series: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
Volume: XVII
The Collection provides an unrivalled resource for the study of Islamic jewellery, with nearly 600 catalogued pieces in gold, silver and copper alloys, of all periods from the 7th to the 20th centuries and from throughout the Isla... .... Learn More