The adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler of the 14th century /
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A retelling of a great traveler's remarkable career, presented within the cultural and social context of Islamic society as both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times.
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xx, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-343) and index. :
9780520243859
0520243854
Pour un humanisme vécu : Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī : essai sur la personnalité morale, intellectuelle et littéraire d'un grand prosateur et humaniste arabe engagé dans la société de l'...
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At head of title : Institut français de Damas.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Université de Paris IV) under the title : Essai sur le personnalité morale et intellectuelle d'Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī. :
xlii, 471 pages ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxiii]-xlii) and index.
Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature /
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Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman. Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila is an in-depth study of the eighth-century Umayyad and early Abbasid orator and courtier Khālid ibn Ṣafwān and the development of his character in adab literature. The book collects and translates all his sayings and stories about him culled from a wide range of Arabic and Persian texts. In the book, Hämeen-Anttila studies the mechanisms of change in early narratives, showing how Arabic anecdotes developed and were modified by a series of authors during both their oral and literary transmission, changing a historical person into a literary character. Detailed chapters discuss Khālid in his various roles and analyse the literary techniques of the stories.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004433977
9789004433960
Majd al-Din al-Firuzabadi (1329-1415) : a polymath on the eve of the early modern period /
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In Majd al-Dīn al-Fīrūzābādī (1329-1415): A Polymath on the Eve of the Early Modern Period , Vivian Strotmann provides a detailed reconstruction of the famous lexicographer's and travelling scholar's life and works. The 'author of the Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ ' is widely known for his Arabic lexicon, which overshadows the astounding breadth of his writing. This polymathic aspect is elucidated through detailed reconstruction of al-Fīrūzābādī's corpus, including examination of works that were considered lost and misapprehensions concerning ascriptions of authorship. Through minute analysis of biographical sources, the book shows al-Fīrūzābādī's development as a scholar, his central role in the defence of Ibn al-ʿArabī's teachings and thereby his importance as a powerful intellectual in Timurid times and for developments during the Early Modern Period.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004305403 :
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