Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World / Alexander T. Schubert, Petra Sijpesteijn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schubert, Alexander T., editor.

Sijpesteijn, Petra, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Historians have long lamented the lack of contemporary documentary sources for the Islamic middle ages and the inhibiting effect this has had on our understanding of this critically important period. Although the field is richly served by surviving evidence, much of it is hard to locate, difficult to access, and philologically intractable. Presenting a mixture of historical studies and new editions of Greek, Arabic and Coptic material from the seventh to the fifteenth century C.E. from Egypt and Palestine, Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World explores the untapped wealth of documentary sources available in collections around the world and shows how this exciting material can be used for historical analysis.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Hugh Kennedy Kennedy, Hugh 1

Administration & Government

2 A Late Ayyubid Report of Death Found at Qusayr al-Qadim / Anne Regourd Regourd, Anne 11

3 On the Identity of Shahralanyozan in the Greek and Middle Persian Papyri from Egypt / Jairus Banaji Banaji, Jairus 27

4 Le monistère de Baouît et l'administration arabe / Alain Detattre Detattre, Alain 43

5 Fiscal Evidence from the Nessana Papyri / Shaun O'Sullivan O'Sullivan, Shaun 50

Commerce & Travel

6 Travel in Coptic Documentary Texts / Anna Selander Selander, Anna 77

7 Le transport de marchandises et de personnes sur le Nil en 823A.H./1420 È.C. / Frédéric Bauden Bauden, Frédéric 100

Language & Culture

8 P.Cair.Arab. III 167: A Discussion of the Akhmim Declaration / Mostafa El-Abbadi El-Abbadi, Mostafa 133

9 Greek and Arabic in Nessana / Rachel Stroumsa Stroumsa, Rachel 143

10 The Master Spoke: "Take One of 'the Sun' and One Unit of Almulgam." Hitherto Unnoticed Coptic Papyrological Evidence for Early Arabic Alchemy / Tonlo Sebastian Richter Richter, Tonlo Sebastian 158

11 Terms for Vessels in Arabic and Coptic Documentary Texts and Their Archaeological and Ethnographic Correlates / Tasha Vorderstrasse Vorderstrasse, Tasha 195

12 A Quranic Amulet on Papyrus: P.Utah.Ar. 342 / Matt Malczycki Malczycki, Matt 235

New Editions & Collections

13 Les papyrus arabes de Heidelberg disparus. Essai de reconstruction et d' analyse / R.G. Khoury Khoury, R.G. 249

14 Two New Arabic Editions: A Land Survey from Ihnas and Hadiths Concerning Funerary Practice / Alia Hanafi Hanafi, Alia 261

15 Sunshine Wine on the Nile / Nicole Hansen Hansen, Nicole 291.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 102235

ISBN:

9789004249592

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access