Description |
xxviii, 278 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map. |
Series |
Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 79 |
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Islamic history and civilization ; v. 79.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
"There are 'ulama', and then there are 'ulama" : minor religious institutions and minor religious functionaries in medieval Cairo / Jonathan P. Berkey -- The Arabian silent trade : profit and nobility in the "markets of the 'Arabs'" / Michael Bonner -- Ringing church bells in Hafsid Tunis : religious concessions to Christian fondacos in the later thirteenth century / Olivia Remie Constable -- An overview of the slaves' juridical status at sea in Romano-Byzantine, and Islamic laws / Hassan S. Khalilieh -- Maritime cityscapes : lessons from real and imagined topographies of western Indian Ocean ports / Roxani Eleni Margariti -- Demonizing zenobia : the legend of al-Zabba" in Islamic sources / David S. Powers -- The view from the south : the maps of the book of curiosities and the commercial revolution of the eleventh century / Yossef Rapoport -- From artisan to courtier : sufism and social mobility in fifteenth-century Egypt / Adam Sabra -- Mini-dramas by the water : on irrigation rights and disputes in fifteenth-century Damascus / Boaz Shoshan -- Army economics : an early papyrus letter related to 'ata' payments / Petra M. Sijpesteijn. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Civilization, Arab.
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Islamic civilization.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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Middle East -- Civilization.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Margariti, Roxani Eleni, 1969-
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Sabra, Adam Abdelhamid, 1968-
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Sijpesteijn, Petra.
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Udovitch, Abraham L.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9789004184275 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9789004214736 (electronic bk.) |
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