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The New Cambridge History of Islam - Vol 4

Buku terbitan Cambridge University Press tahun 2011 'The New Cambridge History of Islam Vol 4 - Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century'. Buku edited by Robert Irwin.

Robert Irwin is senior research associate of the history department, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His previous publications include For lust of knowing: The Orientalists and their enemies(2006), Night and horses and the desert: An anthology of classical Arabic literature (1999) and The Arabian Nights: A Companion (1994).


Contents:

Part 1 Religion and Law
Islam [Jonathan Berkey]; Sufism; Varieties of Islam [Farhad Daftary]; Islamic law - history and transformation; Conversion and the ahl al dhimma; Muslim societies and the natural world [Richard W Bulliet].

Part 2 Societies, Politics and Economies
Legitimacy and political organisation: caliphs, kings and regimes; The city and the nomad [Hugh Kennedy]; Rural life and economy until 1800; Demography and migration; The mechanisms of commerce; Women, gender and sexuality.

Part 3 Literature
Arabic literature; Persian literature; Turkish literature; Urdu literature; History writing; Biographical literature; Muslim accounts of the dar al harb.

Part 4 Learnings, Arts and Culture
Education [Francis Robinson]; Philosophy; The sciences in Islamic societies: 750-1800; Occult sciences and medicine; Literary and oral cultures; Islamic art and architecture; Music; Cookery.

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