Language & Literature

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

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: 9780906094600
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
Murtada al-Zabidi was a Humanist scholar and a Muslim, whose twelfth-century writings are here examined in the context of their geographical and historical setting. The period when Zabidi was writing saw a shift in the balance of power from the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780754640790
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
The third and final volume of Richards' translation of Ibn al-Athir runs from 589-629/1193-1231, the years following the death of Saladin. From a frankish perspective the Crusade to Damietta represents the single most prominent event, but for I... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780754669524
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
The third and final volume of Richards' translation of Ibn al-Athir runs from 589-629/1193-1231, the years following the death of Saladin. From a frankish perspective the Crusade to Damietta represents the single most prominent event, but for I... .... Learn More