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Document Type:Book
Title:History and culture in the medieval Muslim world / S.M. Stern.
Author: Stern, S.M. (Samuel Miklos), 1920-1969
Publisher: London : Variorum Reprints, 1984.
Pages:Variant page numbers. Contains a total of 344 p.
Language:English
ISBN:0860781488 (hbk.)
Notes:c1984 by Variorum Reprints.Contains 13 articles by S.M. Stern, previously publ. in articles and books, each retaining p. nos. of original sourceIncludes index
Contents:The constitution of the Islamic city -- Quotations from Apocryphal Gospels -- 'Abd al-Jabbar's account of how Christ's religion was falsified by the adoption of Roman Customs -- Shetar Abezarith -- Arabico-Persica -- Ya'qub the coppersmith and Persian national sentiment -- Ramisht of Siraf, a merchant millionaire of the twelfth century --
Author as Subject: Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri, 973-1057
Descriptors: Civilisation, Arabic Ancient poetry
Series: CS200
 

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