The historical topography of Samarra /
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The Historical Topography of Samarra sets out to explain the second capital of the Abbasid caliphs at Samarra, on the Tigris above Baghdad, in the period 836 to 892 AD, by an analysis of the archaeological site and the medieval Arabic texts which describe it. The volume defines for the first time the nature of city construction by the Abbasid caliphs, one of the world powers of the time, and the foundation of modern Iraq. It is the first of a series of Samarra Studies." -- BOOK JACKET.
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"1st published in 2005"--T.p. verso. :
375 pages, [48] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9780903472227
The breaking of a thousand swords : a history of the Turkish military of Samarra, A.H. 200-275/815-889 C.E. /
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xx, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-291) and index. :
0791447952 (alk. paper)
0791447960 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791447956
Muqarnas : an annual on the visual culture of the Islamic world.
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Muqarnas is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Muqarnas articles are being published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.
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"The Aga Khan Program for Islamic architecture, thirtieth anniversary special volume." :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789047426745 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
L'Empire islamique : VIIe-XIe siècle /
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"L'histoire des cinq siècles de l'Empire islamique, de la mort du Prophète en 632 à l'éviction des Arabes des structures de pouvoir et à l'émergence des sultanats turcs au XIe siècle, en passant par les conquêtes, la mise en place du califat, l'éclosion et la chute des dynasties abbasside, omeyyade ou fatimide, tel est le propos de Gabriel Martinez-Gros. Mais pour éviter le biais d'une histoire de l'Islam vue d'Occident - ou l'essor de l'un est inévitablement le déclin de l'autre - l'auteur convoque les quelques rares voix qui nous parviennent encore du fond de l'histoire islamique. Ces voix, ce sont celles des historiens arabes médiévaux, dont Ibn Khaldûn. Ainsi émerge une tout autre perception de l'Empire islamique, où les dynasties se consolident dans la première génération de leur existence, atteignent leur floraison dans la deuxième, vieillissent et agonisent dans la dernière. C'est donc à une triple réflexion que nous invite ce livre admirable et singulier : d'abord sur l'histoire de l'Islam médiéval, ensuite sur la dynamique impériale, enfin sur l'écriture de l'histoire."--Page 4 of cover.
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334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-320) and index. :
9782379331961
When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty /
: Originally published in the United Kingdom under as The Court of the Caliphs. : xxv, 326 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-316) and index. : 0306814358
ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī: The Indian Books : A new edition of the Arabic text and first-time English translation /
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ʿAlī ibn Sahl aṭ-Ṭabarī's Indian Books, completed in Samarra in 850 CE, offer a unique, interpretative summary of Ayurvedic medicine, as he understood it on the basis of now lost Arabic translations from Sanskrit.
ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī's Indian Books , completed in the year 850 CE as an appendix to his medico-philosophical chef-d'œuvre "Paradise of Wisdom", belong to the most remarkable texts in Arabic scientific literature. The Indian Books offer a unique, interpretative summary of the main tenets of Ayurvedic medicine, as understood by Arabic-speaking scholars on the basis of now lost translations from Sanskrit. The present book centres around a critical edition and annotated translation of this crucial text, framed by a detailed introduction and extensive glossaries of terms. Ṭabarī's learned exposé of Ayurveda also throws a more nuanced light on the allegedly uncontested supremacy of Greek humoralism in 9th-century Arabic medicine.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004523302
9789004523296