The Islamic funerary inscriptions of Bahrain : pre-1317 AH/1900 AD / by Timothy Insoll, Salman Almahari, Rachel MacLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Insoll, Timothy, author.

Nadiputra, 1946- author.

Maclean, Rachel, author.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East (2014) ; Section 1, v. 126.

Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section one, The Near and Middle East ; volume 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic cemeteries--Bahrain.

Islamic cemeteries.

Inscriptions--Bahrain.

Inscriptions.

Bahrain.

Physical Description:

xxi, 490 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

"In The Islamic Funerary Inscriptions of Bahrain, Pre-1317 AH/1900 AD, the authors present a study of the funerary inscriptions based upon fieldwork completed in Bahrain between 2013-2015. A comprehensive illustrated catalogue of 150 gravestones in 26 locations is provided with transcription of the inscriptions into modern Arabic and translation into English. Subjects considered include: the history of Islamic burial, gravestone, and cemetery research on Bahrain, gravestone chronology, gravestone and cemetery types, stone sources and gravestone manufacture, the gravestone inscriptions, content, iconography and decoration, and the archaeology of the shrines and cemeteries in which some of the gravestones were found, contemporary practices relating to cemeteries, graves, and gravestones, the threats facing the gravestones, and management options for protecting and presenting the gravestones."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Insoll, Timothy, author. Islamic Funerary Inscriptions of Bahrain Pre-1317 AH1900 AD

ISBN:

9789004380783

9004380787

OCLC:

1049575683