The Historian of Islam at Work
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 694 |
Release | : 2022-10-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004525245 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004525246 |
Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Historian of Islam at Work is a volume in honor of Hugh N. Kennedy. It offers thirty contributions by three generations of prominent scholars in the field of pre-modern Middle Eastern studies, covering the many areas of Islamic historical inquiry in which Hugh Kennedy has been active throughout his career. Grouped around four major themes - Caliphate and power, economy and society, Abbasids, and frontiers and the others - the contributions deal with the history, archaeology, architecture and literature of the Middle East, North Africa and beyond, from the time of the Prophet until the fifteenth century.