Medieval Arabic Historiography

Authors as Actors

By Konrad Hirschler

Medieval Arabic Historiography is concerned with social contexts and narrative structures of pre-modern Islamic historiography written in Arabic in seventh and thirteenth-century Syria and Eygpt....

Published April 13th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Power of Sovereignty

The Political and Ideological Philosophy of Sayyid Qutb

By Sayed Khatab

The Power of Sovereignty explores the religio-political and philosophical concepts of Sayyid Qutb, one of the most influential political thinkers for contemporary Islamists and who has...

Published January 11th 2006 by Routledge.

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Arabic Poetry

Trajectories of Modernity and Tradition

By Muhsin j. al-Musawi

Since the late 1940s, Arabic poetry has spoken for an Arab conscience, as much as it has debated positions and ideologies, nationally and worldwide. This...

Published January 11th 2006 by Routledge.

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Beyond the Arab Disease

New Perspectives in Politics and Culture

By Riad Nourallah

Presenting bold and original insights, this book examines the policies and diplomacies pursued by Arab and Western governments, while discussing both the political and cultural...

Published November 16th 2005 by Routledge.

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Jewish Travellers

Edited by Elkan Nathan Adler

First published in 1930. The wandering Jew is a very real character in the great drama of history. He has travelled as nomad and settler,...

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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Perspectives on Persian Painting

Illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah

By Dr Barbara Brend

This is a detailed study of the illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah, in which twenty discourses are followed by a brief parable, and four romances....

Published November 14th 2002 by Routledge.

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The Book of Government or Rules for Kings

The Siyar al Muluk or Siyasat-nama of Nizam al-Mulk

By Hubert Darke

A translation of a classic 11th-century Persian text on behaviour and conduct in government, written between 1086 and 1091 by Nizam al-Mulk, who for over...

Published December 21st 2001 by Routledge.

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Arabic Grammar and Linguistics

Edited by Yasir Suleiman

This book explores aspects of the Arabic Grammatical Tradition and Arabic Linguistics from both a theoretical and descriptive perspective. It also touches on issues of...

Published April 20th 1999 by Routledge.

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