UID:
edocfu_9959240079002883
Format:
1 online resource (431 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-46705-3
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9786610467051
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1-4237-1818-6
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90-474-0179-4
Series Statement:
Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 45
Content:
A collection of 17 articles by Islamicists and Arabists, on a variety of topics in mediaeval and early modern times. It addresses the Qur'an Shi'ism, Abbasid historiography, the Crusaders, and Mamluk history.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Introduction; Bibliography of D.S. Richards; The word made visible: Arabic script and the committing of the Qur'ān to writing; Caliphs and their chroniclers in the Middle Abbasid period (third/ninth century); A new text on Ismailism at the Samanid court; A treatise on the Imamate of the Fatimid Caliph al-Mansūr bi-Allāh; The imprisonment of Reynald of Châtillon; A conversation on contemporary politics in the twelfth century: 'al-Maqāma al-Baghdādiyya' by al-Wahrānī (d. 575/1179); Les sources d'Ibn al-'Adīm sur le règne de Sayf al-Dawla en Syrie du Nord (333-356/944-967)
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An original Arabic document from Crusader Antioch (1213 AD)Yāqūt's interviewing technique: 'Sniffy'; ""Sirat al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh"" by Ibn Nāhid; Foot soldiers, militiamen and volunteers in the early Mamluk army; Tribal feuding and Mamluk factions in medieval Syria; The collapse of the Great Saljuqs; Mamluk Sgraffiato ware: the power of the new; De passage à Damas en 688/1286. Ibn al-Najīb et la transmission du savoir; When is a fake a fake and how much does it matter? On the authenticity of the letter of the descendants of Muhammad b. Sālih to the descendants ...
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Materials for the study of Arabic in the age of the early printed bookSelected Index of Persons
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-04-12864-6
Language:
English
