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Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives : the First 1000 Years.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Thames & Hudson, Limited,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; About the Author; Other titles of interest; Contents; Preface; Conventions, abbreviations & equivocations; Introduction; Part 1: Islam & Empire 600-850; 1. Muhammad, the Prophet (632); 2. 'Ali, cousin, caliph and forefather of Shi'ism (661); 3. 'A'isha, wife of the Prophet (678); 4. 'Abd al-Malik, engineer of the caliphate (705); 5. Ibn al-Muqaffa', translator and essayist (759); 6. Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, renunciant and saint (801); 7. al-Ma'mun, caliph-patron (833); Part 2: The Islamic Commonwealth 850-1050; 8. 'Arib, courtesan of caliphs (890)
- 9. al-Hallaj, 'the Truth' (922)10. al-Tabari, traditionalist rationalist (923); 11. Abu Bakr al-Razi, free-thinking physician (925 or 935); 12. Ibn Fadlan, intrepid envoy (fl. tenth century); 13. Ibn Muqla, vizier, scribe, calligrapher? (940); 14. Mahmud of Ghazna, conqueror and patron (1030); 15. al-Biruni, cataloguer of nature and culture (c. 1050); Part 3: A Provisional Synthesis 1050-1250; 16. Ibn Hazm, polemicist, polymath (1064); 17. Karima al-Marwaziyya, hadith scholar (1070); 18. al-Ghazali, 'Renewer' of Islam (1111); 19. Abu al-Qasim Ramisht, merchant millionaire (c. 1150)
- 20. al-Idrisi, cosmopolitan cartographer (1165)21. Saladin, anti-Crusader hero (1193); 22. Ibn Rushd (Averroes), Aristotelian monotheist (1198); Part 4: Disruption & Integration 1250-1525; 23. Rumi, Sufi 'poet' (1273); 24. Rashid al-Din, physician, courtier and global historian (1318); 25. al-Hilli, paragon of Shi'ism ascendant (1325); 26. Ibn Taymiyya, stubborn reactionary (1328); 27. Timur, sheep-rustler, world-conqueror (1405); 28. Ibn Khaldun, social theorist and historian (1406); 29. Mehmed II, conqueror and renaissance man (1481); 30. Shah Isma'il, esoteric charismatic (1524); Glossary
- Suggestions for Further ReadingNotes; Bibliography; Sources of Illustrations; Index; Copyright