Histories of the Middle East studies in Middle Eastern society, economy and law in honor of A.L. Udovitch /

Histories of the Middle East studies in Middle Eastern society, economy and law in honor of A.L. Udovitch /

For four decades Abraham L. Udovitch has been a leading scholar of the medieval Islamic world, its economic institutions, social structures, and legal theory and practice. In pursuing his quest to understand and explain the complex phenomena that these broad rubrics entail, he has published widely,...

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Other Authors: Margariti, Roxani Eleni, 1969-, Sabra, Adam Abdelhamid, 1968-, Sijpesteijn, Petra., Udovitch, Abraham L.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 79.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004223066.

Subjects:

Civilization, Arab.
Civilization, Medieval.
Islamic civilization.
Middle East > Civilization.

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Call Number: DS57 .H57 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • M. Eleni Roxani , A. . Sabra and P. M. Sijpesteijn
  • 1. Introduction /
  • Mark R. Cohen
  • 2. "There Are 'ulamā', and Then There Are 'ulamā' ": MinorReligious Institutions And Minor Religious Functionariesin Medieval Cairo /
  • Jonathan P. Berkey
  • 3. The Arabian Silent Trade: Profit And Nobility In The "Markets Of The Arabs" /
  • Michael Bonner
  • 4. Ringing Bells In Ḥafṣid Tunis: Religious Concessions Tochristian Fondacos In The Later Thirteenth Century /
  • Olivia Remie Constable
  • 5. An Overview Of The Slaves' Juridical Status At Sea Inromano-Byzantine, And Islamic Laws /
  • Hassan S. Khalilieh
  • 6. Maritime Cityscapes: Lessons From Real And Imaginedtopo Graphies Of Western Indian Ocean Ports /
  • Roxani Eleni Margariti
  • 7. Demonizing Zenobia: The Legend of al-Zabbā' In Islamic Sources /
  • David S. Powers
  • 8. The View From The South: The Maps Of The Book Of Curiosities And The Commercial Revolution Of The Eleventh Century /
  • Yossef Rapoport
  • 9. From Artisan To Courtier: Sufism And Social Mobility In Fifteenth-Century Egypt /
  • Adam Sabra
  • 10. Mini-Dramas By The Water: On Irrigation Rights And Disputes In Fifteenth-Century Damascus /
  • Boaz Shoshan
  • 11. Army Economics: An Early Papyrus Letter Related to 'Aā'Payments /
  • Petra M. Sijpesteijn
  • Index /
  • M. Eleni Roxani , A. . Sabra and P. M. Sijpesteijn
  • Illustrations /
  • M. Eleni Roxani , A. . Sabra and P. M. Sijpesteijn.