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The Abbasid Tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to 10th Centuries AD
by Francois Deroche
The Khalili Collection contains the largest and most comprehensive range of Qur'anic material in private hands. This, the first of four volumes devoted to the subject, covers the three major styles of Qur'anic calligraphy that came into existence before AD 1000.
The catalogue contains 98 items which are described and illustrated in colour. Included among these are a significant number of complete manuscripts, some with their original ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £135.00, Our Price GB £89.00
After Timur: Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th centuries AD
by David James
256p. (1992)
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Arabic Documents from Early Islamic Khurasan
by Geoffrey Khan
Thirty two legal and administrative documents from a private archive of a family from north-eastern Afghanistan, datable between AH 138 and AH 160 (AD 755-777).
The history of Eastern Iran (Khurasan) in the Abbasid period has so far been based on literary sources, which, regrettably, tell us practically nothing of its administration, and the documentary material in Arabic has related almost entirely to papyri from Egypt.
The ...
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The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th centuries AD
by Nabil F Safwat, with a contribution by Mohamed Zakariya
248p. (1996)
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The Art and Tradition of Zuloagas: Spanish Damascene from the Khalili Collection
by James D Lavin with a contribution by Ramiro Larranaga
The Zuloagas were the foremost craftsmen at damascening in their day. This volume contains an original history of Spanish damascening, and a complete catalogue of the collection together with an in-depth essay on the techniques of damascening by a local Basque artisan and historian, and an introduction by a memner of the Zuloaga family. 216p, colour illus. (Khalili Collections 1997)
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The Arts of War: Arms and Armour of the 7th to 19th centuries AD
by David Alexander
240p. (1992)
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Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I: Legal and Economic Documents. Revised edition
by Nicholas Sims-Williams
During the last twenty years, more than 150 documents in Bactrian, the language of pre-Islamic Afghanistan, have come to light. These documents provide unique information on the history of Afghanistan and neighbouring lands in the 4th to 8th centuries C.E., as well as revealing a Middle Iranian language which was hardly known before. The first volume of Nicholas Sims-Williams' edition, which was published in 2001, contained all the legal and ...
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Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan II: Letters and Buddist Texts
by Nicholas Sims-Williams
The second volume of Bactrian documets from Afghanistan of the 2nd to 9th cents AD. Bactrian, the ancient language of Afghanistan, which was used for administrative purposes by a succession of dynasties from the 2nd to the 9th century CE, was virtually unknown until the discovery during the 1990s of more than 150 documents written on leather, wood and cloth. In these two volumes, Nicholas Sims-Williams has for the first time deciphered and ...
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Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan III: Plates
by Nicholas Sims-Williams
During the last twenty years, more than 150 documents in Bactrian, the language of pre-Islamic Afghanistan, have come to light. These documents, which have been deciphered and published by Nicholas Sims-Williams, provide unique information on the history of Afghanistan and neighbouring lands in the 4th to 8th centuries C.E., as well as revealing a Middle Iranian language which was hardly known before. The purpose of the present volume is to ...
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Bills, Letters and Deeds: Arabic Papyri of the 7th-11th Centuries
by Geoffrey Khan
Dating mainly from the 8th and 9th centuries, the 258 papyri in this volume include official and legal documents, receipts, accounts and private letters. Together, they provide an invaluable source of information on scripts, grammar, and literary styles, as well as on social and economic life in the early Islamic period. 292p (Khalili Collections 1993)
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