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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Faḍāʾil-i Balkh, or The Merits of Balkh: Annotated translation with commentary and introduction of the oldest surviving history of Balkh in Afghanistan [Hardback]
Arezou Azad (Author); Edmund Herzig (Author); Ali Mir-Ansari (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781913604004
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
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This is a critical edition and translation of the medieval local history of Balkh, known as Faḍāʾil-i Balkh ("The Merits of Balkh"), which was completed in 610 Hijrī (1214 CE) in Arabic by Shaykh al-Islām Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh al-Wāʿiẓ and translate... .... Learn More -
Charles Masson: Collections from Begram and Kabul Bazaar, Afghanistan 1833–1838 [Paperback]
Elizabeth Errington (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592197
Published by : British Museum Press
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The book discusses and catalogues Charles Masson’s 1833–8 collections from the urban site of Begram and Kabul bazaar. It utilises Masson archival material which appears as a supplementary BM online publication The Charles Masson Archive: British L... .... Learn More -
Iranian Copper, Brass and Bronze: Of the late 14th to the mid-18th centuries in the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum [Hardback]
Anatoli Ivanov (Author)
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ISBN: 9781898592372
Published by : Azimuth Editions
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In Western Europe the Golden Age of Islamic metalwork in Iran was (and is) generally considered to be the earlier period, and later metalwork was collected almost by accident and has been correspondingly little studied and poorly published, though... .... Learn More -
Islamic Origins, Arabian Custom, and the Documents of the Prophet [Hardback]
Sarah Z. Mirza (Author)
£140.00ISBN: 9781463206444
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Islamic History and Thought
Volume: 17
Along with the Qurʾān and ḥadīth, pragmatic documents negotiating land, taxes, and tribal relations are attributed to the Prophet Muḥammad (~570-632 CE) in early Islamic historiography. These are often viewed as relics reflecting the Prophet’s rel... .... Learn More -
The Quran: Word List (Volume 1): Adjectives, Nouns, Proper Nouns and Verbs [Hardback]
Elie Wardini (Author)
£117.00ISBN: 9781463241735
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Islamic Studies
Volume: 14
The aim with the present series, The Quran: Word List, is to present every word form in the Quran as raw data with as little interpretation as possible. The digital text used for this purpose is the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Quran Text. In volume... .... Learn More -
The Quran: Word List (Volume 2): Adjectives, Nouns, Proper Nouns and Verbs [Hardback]
Elie Wardini (Author)
£117.00ISBN: 9781463241759
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Islamic Studies
Volume: 14
The aim with the present series, The Quran: Word List, is to present every word form in the Quran as raw data with as little interpretation as possible. The digital text used for this purpose is the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Quran Text. In volume... .... Learn More -
The Quran: Word List (Volume 3): Adjectives, Nouns, Proper Nouns and Verbs [Hardback]
Elie Wardini (Author)
£98.00ISBN: 9781463241773
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Islamic Studies
Volume: 14
The aim with the present series, The Quran: Word List, is to present every word form in the Quran as raw data with as little interpretation as possible. The digital text used for this purpose is the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Quran Text. In volume... .... Learn More -
Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam [Paperback]
Patricia Crone (Author)
£59.00ISBN: 9781463241728
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Islamic Studies
Volume: 6
Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam: the supposition that Mecca was a trading center. In addition, she seeks to elucidate sources on which we should reconstruct our p... .... Learn More -
Further Studies in Islamic Painting [Hardback]
Ernst Grube (Author)
£200.00ISBN: 9781899828500
Published by : Pindar Press
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A collection of Professor Grube's essays on Islamic paintings of the late 14th and 15th century in the Timurid empire and Ottoman Turkey. This is a new revised edition of the 1968 exhibition catalogue The Classical Style of Islamic Painting , ... .... Learn More -
An Early Christian Reaction to Islam: Išū‘yahb III and the Muslim Arabs [Hardback]
Iskandar Bcheiry (Author)
£111.00ISBN: 9781463240981
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
Volume: 57
The year 652 marked a fundamental political change in the Middle East and the surrounding region. An important and contemporary source of the state of the Christian Church at this time is to be found in the correspondence of the patriarch of the C... .... Learn More
