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Travels of Ibn Jubayr
Av William Wright, M. J. de Goeje
Inbunden, 2007
627 kr
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Ibn Jubayr, originally from an Arab family in Spain, is best known for the account he wrote of his journey to the East. The main part of the book covers eight months spent in Mecca and gives one of the fullest early descriptions of the city and its ritual activities. A short preface in English is …
Averroes
On the harmony of religion and philosophy
Häftad, 2012
494 kr
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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 capacity for "demonstrative" or scientific reasoning. …
The Life, Personality and Writings of al-Junayd
Häftad, 2014
695 kr
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Al-Junayd (d. 910) was one of the most significant figures of the formative period of Islamic mystical thought and practice in the third to ninth centuries. This volume contains an account of his life, personality and writings; his doctrine; and both Arabic text and translation of his Rasa'il .
Ta'rikh-i Jahan-Gusha
Inbunden, 1952
1329 kr
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The Ta'rikh-i-Jahan-Gusha or History of the World-Conqueror is one of the most valuable sources for the life of Chingiz Khan and the establishment of the Mongol Empire. The Juwaynis, an established secretarial family of North-East Persia, made the transition to Mongol service and long prospered in …
Diwans of 'Abid ibn al-Abras of Asad and 'Amir ibn at-Tufail of 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah
Av Charles Lyall, Charles Lyall
Inbunden, 1980
1452 kr
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Poems of 'Abid and 'Amir are found in other works but the 11th-century MS in the British Library on which this edition is based is unique. Both are tribal poets of the Jahiliyyah, the period before Islam. 'Abd ibn al-Abras, regarded as one of the best pre-Islamic poets, was contemporary with the …
Ayyubids and Early Rasulids in the Yemen (567-694 AH 1173-1295 AD)
Av G. R. Smith
Inbunden, 1974
1864 kr
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This chronicle is the fullest and best historical source for the conquest of Yemen to the end of the 13th century.In two volumes: Vol. I contains a critical edition of the Arabic text of Kitab al-Simt al-Ghali al-Thaman fi Akhbar al-Muluk min al-Ghuzz bi'l-Yaman, Badr al-Din Muhammad b. Hatim …
manuscript of al-Malik al-Afdal
Av Daniel Martin Varisco, G. R. Smith
Inbunden, 1998
1870 kr
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The author's talents spanned many disciplines and this is a collection of works on agriculture, animals, astrology, astronomy, biography, calendars, crops, genealogies, geography, grammar, lexicography, mathematics, medicine, taxes, timekeeping, warfare and weapons. It is reproduced here in …
Theory and Practice of Market Law in Medieval Islam
Av M. Izzi Dien
Inbunden, 1998
1414 kr
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This book represents an explanation of the institution of hisba in medieval Islam, through one of the most used texts in the field. It includes a thorough translation of the text, written by a practising muhtasib, scholar and judge, together with accompanying biographical and bibliographical notes. …
Identification and Identity in Classical Arab Poetry
Av M. C. Lyons
Inbunden, 1999
1554 kr
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In early Arabic poetry, poets mostly speak in the first person - a point which sets their tradition apart from most other civilisations. This study investigates the characteristic poetic roles found in the works of thirty seven poets dating from the pre-Islamic to the Abbasid period, to which are …
Al-Farabi's Philosophical Lexicon
Av Ilai Alon, Shukri Abed
Inbunden, 2002
1273 kr
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Al-Farabi (d. 950 AD), was perhaps the most original and influential of all Muslim philosophers of the Middle Ages. His intellectual activity spanned over areas as different as music, medicine, political theory, linguistics, logic, metaphysics, religion and philosophy at large. Great thinkers …
Islamic Reflections, Arabic Musings
Studies in Honour of Alan Jones
Av Robert G. Hoyland, Philip F. Kennedy
Inbunden, 2004
1901 kr
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Fifteen essays on literature, linguistics, history and epigraphy. Contents include: Maysir-gambling in early Arabic poetry ( N Jamil ); the Qu'ran as a source of law: the case of zakat (alms-tax) ( Y Dutton ); On the difficulty of knowing mediaeval Arab authors: the case of Abu I-Faraj and …
Medieval Islamic swords and swordmaking
Av Robert G. Hoyland, Brian Gilmour
Häftad, 2012
284 kr
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One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, however, occasional treatises do exist. The treatise "On …
World of Murtada al-Zabidi
Inbunden, 2009
2119 kr
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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 Muslim empires to the Western world, reflected in the …
Takhyil
The Imaginary in Classical Arabic Poetics
Av G. J. Van Gelder, M. Hammond
Inbunden, 2008
2437 kr
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Takhyil is a term from Arabic poetics denoting the evocation of images. It has a broad spectrum of connotations throughout classical philosophical poetics and rhetoric, and it is closely linked to the Greek concept of phantasia. This volume is comprised of annotated translations of key texts on …
Kitab al-Tashbihat of Ibn Abi 'Aun
The Book of Similes
Inbunden, 1950
666 kr
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Kitab al-Tashbihat of Ibn Abi 'Aun: The Book of SimilesEdited by M Abdul Mu'id KhanThis 9th Century treatise demonstrates an attempt to systematise existing Arab poetry by grouping the works of 476 poets by the objects of comparison they use. After a short introduction the text is entirely in …
