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Medieval Islamic swords and swordmaking : Kindi's treatise "On swords and their kinds" (edition, translation, and commentary) / Robert G. Hoyland and Brian Gilmour ; introduction by James Allan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoyland, Robert G., 1966- author.
- Gilmour, Brian J. J., author.
- Series:
- Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kindī, -approximately 873. Risālah fī jawāhir al-suyūf--English.
- Kindī.
- Islamic swords--History.
- Islamic swords.
- Swords--Islamic Empire.
- Swords.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (438 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Cambridge, England] : E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, however, occasional treatises do exist. The treatise ""On swords and their kinds"" was written by the 9th century Muslim philosopher Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi. This work was commissioned by a powerful patron of scholarship, the Abbasid caliph Mu'tasim, and the content of the treatise presumably reflects the ruler's general interest in his army and its equi
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Kindi and Islamic Swords; 2. Kindi's "On swords and their kinds": edition and translation; 3. Kindi's "On swords and their kinds": commentary; 4. Swords in Arabic Poetry; Appendix 1: Jābir ibn Hạyyān's Book on Iron; Appendix 2: Bīrūnī on Iron; Appendix 3: The manuscripts of Leiden, Istanbul, Turin and Chester Beatty; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780906094877
- 0906094879
- 9780906094976
- 0906094976
- OCLC:
- 1481790962
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