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Averroes - On The Harmony Of Religion And Philosophy

by George F. Hourani

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 In this treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes) sets out to show that the Scriptural Law (shar') of Islam does not altogether prohibit the study of philosophy by Muslims, but, on the contrary, makes it a duty for a certain class of people, those with the capacity for "demonstrative" or scientific reasoning.
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Averroes' Tahafut Al-Tahafut - (The Incoherence Of The Incoherence)

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 Ibn Rushd, known to Christian Europe as Averroes, came from CÃ³rdoba in Spain and lived from 1126 to 1198. He is regarded as the last great Arab philosopher in the Classical tradition, and, under the patronage of the Almohad ruler Abu Ya'quib Yusuf, was a very prolific one.
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The Travels Of Ibn Jubayr

by M. J. De Goeje e William Wright

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 Ibn Jubayr, originally from an Arab family in Spain, is best known for the account he wrote of his journey to the East. The main part of the book covers eight months spent in Mecca and gives one of the fullest early descriptions of the city and its ritual activities. A short preface in English is followed by the Arabic text.
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Identification And Identity In Classical Arab Poetry

by M. C. Lyons

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 In early Arabic poetry, poets mostly speak in the first person - a point which sets their tradition apart from most other civilisations.
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The Diwans Of 'Abid Ibn Al-Abras Of Asad And 'Amir Ibn At-Tufail Of 'Amir Ibn Sa'Sa'Ah

by Charles Lyall

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 Poems of 'Abid and 'Amir are found in other works but the 11th-century MS in the British Library on which this edition is based is unique. Both are tribal poets of the Jahiliyyah, the period before Islam.
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The Manuscript Of Al-Malik Al-Afdal

by Daniel Martin Varisco e G. R. Smith

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 The author's talents spanned many disciplines and this is a collection of works on agriculture, animals, astrology, astronomy, biography, calendars, crops, genealogies, geography, grammar, lexicography, mathematics, medicine, taxes, timekeeping, warfare and weapons.
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Ayyubids And Early Rasulids In The Yemen (567-694 Ah 1173-1295 Ad)

by G. R. Smith

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 This chronicle is the fullest and best historical source for the conquest of Yemen to the end of the 13th century. In two volumes: Vol. I contains a critical edition of the Arabic text of Kitab al-Simt al-Ghali al-Thaman fi Akhbar al-Muluk min al-Ghuzz bi'l-Yaman, Badr al-Din Muhammad b. Hatim al-Yami al-Hamdani, Vol.
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Medieval Islamic Swords And Swordmaking - Kindi'S Treatise "On Swords And Their Kinds"

by Brian Gilmour e Robert G. Hoyland

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 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.
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Islamic Crosspollinations - Interactions In The Medieval Middle East

by Anna Akasoy, James Montgomery e Peter Pormann

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 Islam as a cultural, intellectual, and religious venture appears in the popular imagination as a monolithic entity.
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The World Of Murtada Al-Zabidi

by Stefan Reichmuth

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 Murtada al-Zabidi was a Humanist scholar and a Muslim, whose twelfth-century writings are here examined in the context of their geographical and historical setting.
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Theory And Practice Of Market Law In Medieval Islam - A Study Of Kitab Nisab Al-Ihtisab Of 'Umar B. Muhammad Al-Sunami (Fl. 7th8th/13th14th Century)

by M. Izzi Dien

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 This book represents an explanation of the institution of hisba in medieval Islam, through one of the most used texts in the field. It includes a thorough translation of the text, written by a practising muhtasib, scholar and judge, together with accompanying biographical and bibliographical notes.
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Averroes - On The Harmony Of Religion And Philosophy

by George F. Hourani

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 In this treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes) sets out to show that the Scriptural Law (shar') of Islam does not altogether prohibit the study of philosophy by Muslims, but, on the contrary, makes it a duty for a certain class of people, those with the capacity for "demonstrative" or scientific reasoning.
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Takhyil - The Imaginary In Classical Arabic Poetics

by G. J. Van Gelder e M. Hammond

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 Takhyil is a term from Arabic poetics denoting the evocation of images. It has a broad spectrum of connotations throughout classical philosophical poetics and rhetoric, and it is closely linked to the Greek concept of phantasia.
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Ibn Daniyal - The Arabic Medieval Shadow Plays

by Ibn Daniyal

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 An examination of the three shadow plays of the 13th-century poet and wit, Ibn Daniyal. The plays provide an example of the kind of entertainment popular in medieval Egypt.
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The Vagaries Of The Qasidah By J. E. Montgomery

by J. E. Montgomery

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 A study of the tradition and practice of early Arabic poetry, this book provides an investigation of the multiple versions of early poems that exist in various Abbasid collections.
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The Jaysh Al-Tawshih Of Lisan Al-Din Ibn Al-Khatib - An Anthology Of Andalusian Arabic Muwashshahat

by Alan Jones

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 Contains 182 poems, of which 111 survive only in this collection.
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One Last Summer

by Dick Sullivan

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The Vagaries Of The Qasidah

by J. E. Montgomery

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 A study of the tradition and practice of early Arabic poetry, this book provides an investigation of the multiple versions of early poems that exist in various Abbasid collections.
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Green Gold - Bananas And Dependency In The Eastern Caribbean

by Robert Thomson

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Tadhkirat Al-Muluk - A Manual Of Safavid Administration

by John F. Richards e V. V. Minorsky

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 This work dates from about AD 1725; it was composed a few years after the damage and deaths caused by the Afghan conquest had effectively destroyed the system by which Persia had been administered since the 16th century. Persian text with translation.
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Public - Poems

by Kevin Cadwallender

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The Fair Dinkum Cookbook: Aussie Food As - Aussie Food As It Used To Be

by Colin Heston

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Death Investor: Who Would Kill For Priva - Who Would Kill For Privacy

by Ian Lomond

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 AN AUSTRALIA MURDER MYSTERY OF A TECH STARTUP GENIUS TAKES THE READER ON AN INVESTIGATION WITH TWO DETECTIVES THROUGH THE STREETS OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. THIS CRIME NOVEL EXPLORES THE TECH STARTUP SCENE, OLD GRUDGES AND GREED THAT CAN BE DEADLY.
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Expositio Antiquae Liturgiae Gallicanae

by E. C. Ratcliff

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