Scholars from a number of countries explore various facets of the dynasty that ruled Islam from 750 to 1258. Their 16 papers discuss such topics as the 'Abbasid Barid, the grave of al-Ma'mun in Tarsus
Made up of a number of seminal articles that are translated for the first time in English, this prestigious book from Gregor Schoeler gives a reasoned, informed and comprehensive overflow of how the w
This book considers the Arabic biographies of Prophet Muhammad, the earliest of which dates from two centuries after his life. These biographies, prized by Muslims, have been approached in the Western
Over the last few decades a number of books have appeared on aspects of the written and the oral within pre-modern Islamic societies and their intellectual ideas. Traditionally, these books have focus
