UID:
almahu_9949792867002882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 840 pages) :
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174 illustrations, 5 tables.
ISBN:
9781805112327
Serie:
Cambridge Semitic languages and cultures vol. 24
Inhalt:
"This volume presents an edition of a corpus of Arabic documents datable to the 11th and 12th centuries AD that were discovered by the Egypt Exploration Society at the site of the Nubian fortress Qaṣr Ibrīm (situated in the south of modern Egypt). The edition of the documents is accompanied by English translations and a detailed analysis of their contents and historical background. The documents throw new light on relations between Egypt and Nubia in the High Middle Ages, especially in the Fatimid period. They are of particular importance since previous historical studies from the perspective of Arabic sources have been almost entirely based on historiographical sources, often written a long time after the events described and distorted by tendentious points of view."--Publisher's website.
Anmerkung:
At foot of cover: University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
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At head of front cover: Cambridge Semitic languages and cultures.
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Available through Open Book Publishers.
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1. Introduction / Geoffrey Khan -- 2. The Arabic Documents from Qaṣr Ibrīm / Geoffrey Khan -- 3. The Correspondence with Eparchs / Geoffrey Khan -- 4. Other Correspondence and Accounts / Geoffrey Khan -- 5. Legal Documents / Geoffrey Khan -- 6. Coinage / Geoffrey Khan -- 7. Taxes / Geoffrey Khan -- 8. Lists of Commodities / Geoffrey Khan -- 9. Titles of Officials / Geoffrey Khan -- 10. Slaves and Servants / Geoffrey Khan -- 11. The Socio-Economic Situation Reflected by the Documents / Geoffrey Khan -- 12. Script and Layout / Geoffrey Khan -- 13. Language / Geoffrey Khan -- 14. Maps / Geoffrey Khan.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Contains English translations of the Arabic texts.
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
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