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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783480703321

Titolo

Texts, documents, and artefacts [[electronic resource] ] : Islamic studies in honour of D.S. Richards / / edited by Chase F. Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, MA, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46705-3

9786610467051

1-4237-1818-6

90-474-0179-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, , 0929-2403 ; ; v. 45

Altri autori (Persone)

RichardsD. S <1935-> (Donald Sidney)

RobinsonChase F

Disciplina

909/.09767101

Soggetti

Islamic civilization

Islamic Empire History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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)

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 ...



Materials for the study of Arabic in the age of the early printed bookSelected Index of Persons

Sommario/riassunto

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.