Islam & the Middle East

ISBN: 9781921394508
Published by : Macmillan Art Publishing
Jointly published by Macmillan and the State Library of Victoria in association with the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this book accompanies an exhibition of original manuscripts relating to Persian poetry and its milieu to be held at the State Librar... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780957106000
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Since Antiquity the natural pearls of the Gulf have been famed as the finest, most lustrous and most plentiful that the world can offer. From the beginnings of trade until the 1930s, these pearls were a major product of the Gulf's coastal peoples.... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094532
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: 9781842175026
Published by : Council for British Research in the Levant
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 12
As one of the five pillars of Islam the pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) is central to the life of all Muslims. A network of roads radiates from the Hijaz like a giant spider's web, connecting Mecca to all parts of the Muslim world. Historically ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789491431043
Published by : Barkhuis
Series: Ancient Narrative Supplementum
Volume: 15
Alexander the Great of Macedon was no stranger to controversy in his own time. Conqueror of the Greek states, of Egypt and of the Persian Empire as well as many of the principalities of the Indus Valley, he nevertheless became revered as well as v... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780718902223
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

ISBN: 9780906094839
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: EJW GIBB MEMORIAL SERIES (NEW)
Volume: 21
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

ISBN: 9780906094570
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, h... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780955889493
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Long before European empires came to dominate the Middle East, Britain was brought face to face with Islam through the activities of the Barbary corsairs. For three centuries after 1500, Muslim ships based in North African ports terrorized Europea... .... Learn More