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Ethics and Poetry in Sixth-Century Arabia (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A much-needed study of pre-Islamic poetry from Arabia, that fills a key gap in understanding not only the history of Arabian poetry, but also of Arabian ethos and ideology. What emerges is a complex, stylized discourse which reflects a distinctive cosmology.
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The 1820 Russian Survey of the Khanate of Shirvan: A Primary Source on the Demography and Economy of an Iranian Province prior to its Annexation by Russia (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Translation and analysis of a rare Russian survey of the khanate of Shirvan, now Azerbaijan, after its annexation by Russia in 1820.
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Abbasid Studies IV (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This volume explores the immense achievements of the 'Abbasid age through the lens of Mediterranean history.
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Ayyubids and Early Rasulids in the Yemen (567-694 AH 1173-1295 AD) (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
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... Læs mere
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Document Forms for Official Orders of Appointment in the Mughal Empire (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Professor Richard's work is based on part of a manuscript in the British Library concerned with the revenues and administration of the later Mughal Empire, and datable to the reign of the Emperor Bahadur Shah I (AD 1708-1712).
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Domenico's Istanbul (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Domenico was the name taken by a rabbi and doctor from Safed in Palestine on his conversion to Catholicism in 1593. For some ten years he served as Third Physician to Sultan Murad... Læs mere
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Books and Bibliophiles: Studies in honour of Paul Auchterlonie on the Bio-Bibliography of the Muslim World (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The diverse studies presented in this volume recount the production, understanding and organisation of Muslim literature, both in the Muslim world and Western Europe.
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Die Autobiographie des Dolmetschers 'Osman Aga aus Temeschwar (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
'Osman Aga was the son of an Ottoman officer settled in the town of Temeschwar, in the West of present-day Rumania. Entering the army in his... Læs mere
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The Diwans of 'Abid ibn al-Abras of Asad and 'Amir ibn at-Tufail of 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
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.
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Identification and Identity in Classical Arab Poetry (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In early Arabic poetry, poets mostly speak in the first person - a point which sets their tradition apart from most other civilisations.
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The manuscript of al-Malik al-Afdal (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
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.
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The Rude, the Bad and the Bawdy (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Throughout his distinguished career devoted to the study of Arabic language and literature, Geert Jan van Gelder sustained a particular interest in humour and irreverence:... Læs mere
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