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The construction of knowledge in Islamic civilization : Qudāma b. Jaʻfar and his Kitāb al-Kharāj wa-ṣināʻat al-kitāba / by Paul L. Heck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heck, Paul L.
- Series:
- Islamic history and civilization ; v. 42.
- Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 42
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qudāmah ibn Jaʻfar, -922? Kitāb al-kharāj.
- Qudāmah ibn Jaʻfar.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Arabic.
- Classification.
- Islam and state--History--To 1500.
- Islam and state.
- Islamic civilization.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 283 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
- Contents:
- Chapter 2 Language And Administration 26
- Epistles 39
- The Grammatical Category 44
- Ibn Qutayba 45
- Qudama and the Grammatical Category: I 48
- al-Nahhas 51
- Qudama and the Grammatical Category: II 58
- The Bureaucratic Category 60
- al-Baghdadi 60
- al-Suli 65
- Qudama and the Bureaucratic Category 72
- The Linguistic Category 79
- Qudama and the Linguistic Category 85
- Qudama's Category 89
- Chapter 3 Georgraphy 94
- The Ptolemaic Approach 103
- The Administrative Approach 111
- The Descriptive Approach 123
- The Literary Approach 136
- Chapter 4 Fiscal Jurisprudence 146
- Kitaba-consciousness 157
- Sharia-consciousness 179
- Chapter 5 Political Thought 194
- The Philosophical Strand 205
- The Administrative Strand 213
- Furstenspiegel 225.
- Notes:
- Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004123407
- OCLC:
- 47831622
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