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How widespread was authorship among rulers in the premodern Islamic world? The writings of different types of rulers in different regions and periods are analyzed, shedding light on the role that authorship had in the construction of the rulers' authority and legitimacy.
This book analyzes changes in religious groups in late antique Arabia, ca. 300-700 CE. It engages with contemporary and material evidence and suggests that the changes in Arabian social groups were more piecemeal than previously thought.
Teachers and Students: Reflections on Learning in Near and Middle Eastern Cultures. Collected Studies in Honour of Sebastian Günther offers new insights into key issues related to education in the Islamicate world and beyond, including their influence on and interdependence with non-Muslim cultures.
In Encounters with the Hidden Imam in Early and Pre- Modern Twelver Shīʿī Islam, Omid Ghaemmaghami traces the history of one of the core ideas that animate and form the highly influential and instrumental belief in the Hidden Imam, the central figure of Twelver Shīʿī messianic expectation.
In The Grey Falcon, Hamza Malik offers an account of the life and teaching of the twelfth century scholar and Sufi, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1066-1177), through a careful analysis of his most popular written works.
This volume contains annotated translations of anecdotes, on musicological and socio-cultural topics, from al-Iṣbahānī's The Grand Book of Songs. Includes music theory and treatises; instruments; composition techniques; education and transmission; vocal and instrumental performances; solo and ensemble music; improvisations; emotions; dances; social status.
Naẓar: Vision, Belief, and Perception in Islamic Cultures offers multiple perspectives on how the Islamic visual culture and aesthetic sensibility have been enabled and shaped by common conceptual tools, consistent socio-spatial practices, and unifying beliefs and moral parameters.
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