Arab and Islamic studies : in honor of Marsden Jones / edited by Thabit Abdullah ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abdullah, Thabit.

Jones, Marsden.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Arab.

Islamic civilization.

Physical Description:

xi, 124 pages, 124 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Dirāsāt ʻArabīyah wa-Islāmīyah.

Place of Publication:

Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, [1997]

Language Note:

Text in English and Arabic.

Summary:

Contains 16 articles which reflect the interests of the founder of the Center for Arabic Studies at the American University of Cairo. Written by Arabic, American, and European scholars, the contributions discuss aspects of art, architecture, history, literature, and Islamic jurisprudence. Only nine of the articles are in English, while the rest are presented in Arabic. The English articles discuss such topics as: medieval Egyptian wooden combs; the development of the domed octagon in Iran; the causes of the decline of Basra's trade in the late 1700s; the basis of authority of juristic opinion; and the work of Arab writer al-Muwaylihi. Distributed by Columbia U. Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Added t.p. in Arabic.

ISBN:

9774244028

OCLC:

38965779