A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate's robust culture of documentation
The lost archive of the Fatimid caliphate (909-1171) survived in an unexpected place: the storage room, or geniza, of a synagogue in Cairo, recycled as scrap paper and deposited there by medieval Jews. Marina Rustow tells the story of this extraordinary find, inviting us to reconsider the longstanding but mistaken consensus that before 1500 the dynasties of the Islamic Middle East produced few documents, and preserved even fewer.
Beginning with government documents before the Fatimids and paper's westward spread across Asia, Rustow reveals a millennial tradition of state record keeping whose very continuities suggest the strength of Middle Eastern institutions, not their weakness. Tracing the complex routes by which Arabic documents made their way from Fatimid palace officials to Jewish scribes, the book provides a rare window onto a robust culture of documentation and archiving not only comparable to that of medieval Europe, but, in many cases, surpassing it. Above all, Rustow argues that the problem of archives in the medieval Middle East lies not with the region's administrative culture, but with our failure to understand preindustrial documentary ecology.
Illustrated with stunning examples from the Cairo Geniza, this compelling book advances our understanding of documents as physical artifacts, showing how the records of the Fatimid caliphate, once recovered, deciphered, and studied, can help change our thinking about the medieval Islamicate world and about premodern polities more broadly.
Автор: Hawting, G. R. Название: The first dynasty of Islam : ISBN: 0415240735 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415240734 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6889.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The standard work on this complex period in Arab history is available once again with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field.
Автор: Arnold, Thomas W, Sir Название: Caliphate rle islam state socie ISBN: 1138215740 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138215740 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5817.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This title, first published in 1925, are based on a series of lectures delivered in the University of London. The chapters explore the nature of the caliphate, its origin and history, and the situation and trend of development in the early twentieth century. This title will be of interest to students of Middle Eastern studies, religion and history.
Автор: Judd, Steven Название: Religious Scholars and the Umayyads ISBN: 0367868318 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367868314 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6736.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Religious Scholars and the Umayyads analyzes legal and theological developments during the Marwanid period (64/684--132/750), focusing on religious scholars who supported the Umayyad caliphate. It includes a prosopographical study of Umayyad-era scholars and offers a new approach to using later Arabic historical sources to study
Автор: Ardic Название: Islam and the Politics of Secularism ISBN: 1138111198 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138111196 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines the process of secularisation in the Middle East in the late 19th century and early 20th century that transformed the Ottoman Empire and led to the abolition of the Caliphate.
Автор: Sulaiman, Ibraheem Название: African caliphate ISBN: 1842001124 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781842001127 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6897.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Arnold Название: The Caliphate ISBN: 1138215724 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138215726 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This title, first published in 1925, are based on a series of lectures delivered in the University of London. The chapters explore the nature of the caliphate, its origin and history, and the situation and trend of development in the early twentieth century. This title will be of interest to students of Middle Eastern studies, religion and history.
Автор: Kennedy Название: The Early Abbasid Caliphate ISBN: 1138953210 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138953215 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The early Abbasid Caliphate was an important period for Islam. The dynasty, based in Baghdad, ruled over a vast Empire, stretching from the Indus Valley and Southern Russia to the East to Tunisia in the West; and presided over an age of brilliant cultural achievements.
This study, first published in 1981, examines the Abbasid Caliphs from their coming to power in 750 AD, to the death of the Caliph al-Ma'mun in 833 AD, when the period of Turkish domination began. It looks at the political history of the period, and also considers the social and economic factors, showing how they developed and influenced political life.
The work is designed as a unique introduction to the period, and will prove invaluable to all students involved with Islamic, Byzantine and Mediterranean history and culture.
Автор: De Gifis, Vanessa Название: Shaping a Qur`anic Worldview ISBN: 036786911X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367869113 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Exploring the subjectivity of the Qur`an`s meaning in the world, this book analyses Qur`anic referencing in Muslim political rhetoric.
Автор: El-merheb, Mohamad Название: Political thought in the mamluk period ISBN: 1474479650 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474479653 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 3958.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Political Thought in the Mamluk Period covers the political thought produced by legal theorists, jurists, judges and administrators of the late Ayyubid and early Mamluk period as they tackled a central question: how best to govern their communities. It proposes a taxonomy of the main themes and concerns of this political thought under the three ideals of the rule of law, limited government and legitimate delegation of power. Further, it recommends a contextualist approach for interpreting Islamic political texts based on their narrow social, intellectual and political contexts.
Автор: Hadfield-Hyde James Название: Dawn of the Final Caliphate ISBN: 0957277032 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780957277038 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3677.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Many Muslims seek a modern, and more tolerant `Reformation,` but fear for the consequences if they speak out. The author illustrates the problems Islam faces within itself, without overburdening the reader with scriptural arguments.
Автор: Boyd, Jean Название: The Caliph`s Sister ISBN: 0714640670 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780714640679 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 9798.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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