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مؤلّفات يوسف بن حسن بن عبد الهادي ومساهمته…
On the basis of a newly discovered manuscript this book offers the most comprehensive bibliography of the enormous output of the fifteenth-century scholar Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī – enlarging our view of his scholarly contribution and correcting numerous mistakes in this regard. This book is thus essential reading for all those interested in the writerly world of Damascus and the scholarly world o…
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- 9789004462922
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- 580 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- الحضارة العربية والإسلامية, Volume: 02
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The Teaching and Learning of Arabic in Early Modern Europe
This volume brings together the leading experts in the history of European Oriental Studies. Their essays present a comprehensive history of the teaching and learning of Arabic in early modern Europe, covering a wide geographical area from southern to northern Europe and discussing the many ways and purposes for which the Arabic language was taught and studied by scholars, theologians, merchant…
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- 9789004338623
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- 366 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- The History of Oriental Studies, Volume: 3
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The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856)
The Crimean War was a defining event in both European and Ottoman history, but it has principally been studied from the Europeans’ point of view. This study analyzes the role of the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War and the War’s impact on the Ottoman state and Ottoman society. Based on hitherto unused Ottoman and Russian sources, it offers new insights into the Crimean War’s financial, s…
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- 9789004190962
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- 448 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- Middle East, Islamic & African Studies The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Volume: 44 Brill's Paperback Collection
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The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Ant…
Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion covers the intellectual achievements of a remarkable man: Adriaan Reland, professor of Oriental languages (1701) and Hebrew Antiquities (1713) at the University of Utrecht from 1701 to 1718. Although he never travelled beyond the borders of his home country, he had an astonishingly broad worldview…
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- 9789004462175
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- 532 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- The History of Oriental Studies, Volume: 10
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On the Way to the (Un)Known?: The Ottoman Empire in Travelogues (c. 1450-1900)
Twenty-two authors from various countries analyze travelogues on the Ottoman Empire between the fifteenth and the nineteenth centuries. The volume discusses questions of perceptions of "otherness", the circulation of knowledge, intermedial relations, gender roles, and explores possibilities and limits of digital analysis.
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- 9783110698046, 9783110697605
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- 420
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- Studies on Modern Orient, 36
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- 297 ONT o
Al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, Vol. V, Section 4: Persia and Its…
Al-Maqrīzī's (d. 845/1442) last work, al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, was completed a year before his death. This volume, edited by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, covers the history of pre-Islamic Iran from the Creation to the Parthians. Readership: All interested in Mamluk historiography or pre-Islamic history of Iran.
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- 9789004355996
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Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, rulers from different regions aspired to an idea of imperial hegemony. On the other hand, there were rulers who deliberately refused to be «emperors», although their reign showed characteristics of imperial rule. The contributions in this volume ask for the reasons why some rulers such as Charlemagne strove for imperial titles, whereas others voluntarily shrank from th…
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