Quarterly Progress Report of the USGS Mission, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the ...
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Saudi Arabian Mission
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 40
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The Unthought in Contemporary Islamic Thought
Author: Mohammed Arkoun
Publisher: Saqi Books
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMohammed Arkoun is one of the Muslim world`s foremost thinkers. His efforts to liberate Islamic history from dogmatic constructs have led him to a radical review of traditional history. Drawing on a combination of pertinent disciplines ? history, sociology, psychology and anthropology ? his approach subjects every system of belief and non-belief, every tradition of exegesis, theology and jurisprudence to a critique aimed at liberating reason from the grip of dogmatic postulates. By treating Islam as a religion as well as a time-honoured tradition of thought, Arkoun`s work aims at overcoming the limitations of descriptive, narrative and chronological modes in history by recommending that the entire development of Islamic thought ? from Quranic to present-day fundamentalist discourses ? be subjected to a critical analysis guided by these categories. The expected outcome of such a strategy is an emancipated political reason working hand in hand with a truly creative imagination for a radical re-construction of mind and society in the contemporary Muslim world.
The Trucial States
Author: Donald Hawley
Publisher: Ardent Media
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780049530058
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeneral study of the United Arab Emirates - covers historical aspects, demographic aspects, political aspects, geographical aspects, political problems, the role of European powers, treatys with britain and the role of UK foreign policy, the economy, the petroleum industry, economic development patterns, etc. Maps, references and statistical tables.
Sufi Martyrs of Love
Author: C. Ernst
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-30
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1137095814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSufism is a religion which emphasizes direct knowledge of the divine within each person, and meditation, music, song, and dance are seen as crucial spiritual strides toward attaining unity with God. Sufi paths of mysticism and devotion, motivated by Islamic ideals, are still chosen by men and women in countries from Morocco to China, and there are nearly one hundred orders around the world, eighty of which are present and thriving in the United States. The Chishti Sufi order has been the most widespread and popular of all Sufi traditions since the twelfth-century. Sufi Martyrs of Love offers a critical perspective on Western attitudes towards Islam and Sufism, clarifying its contemporary importance, both in the West and in traditional Sufi homelands. Finally, it provides access to the voices of Sufi authorities, through the translation of texts being offered in English for the first time.
A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind
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Published: 1876
Total Pages: 997
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Author: Adam Gacek
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2009-06-24
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9047443039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArranged alphabetically by subject and/or concept, the present handbook has been conceived, for convenience sake and quick reference, as an aid to students and researchers who are often puzzled or even sometimes intimidated by the ‘mysterious’ world of Arabic manuscripts and the technical language that goes with it. A companion volume to the recently published The Arabic Manuscript Tradition (2001) and its Supplement (2008), the vademecum comprises some 200 entries of varying lengths dealing with almost all aspects of Arabic manuscript studies (codicology and palaeography). It is richly illustrated with specimens from manuscripts and expertly executed drawings. The main sequence is followed by a number of appendices covering abbreviations, letterforms, sūrah-headings, major reference works and a guide to the description of manuscripts, as well as charts of major historical periods and dynasties.
Golden Age of the Moor
Author: Ivan Van Sertima
Publisher: Transaction Pub
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9781560005810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines the debt owed by Europe to the Moors for the Renaissance and the significant role played by the African in the Muslim invasions of the Iberian peninsula. While it focuses mainly on Spain and Portugal, it also examines the races and roots of the original North African before the later ethnic mix of the blackamoors and tawny Moors in the medieval period. The study ranges from the Moor in the literature of Cervantes and Shakespeare to his profound influence upon Europe's university system and the diffusion via this system of the ancient and medieval sciences. The Moors are shown to affect not only European mathematics and map-making, agriculture and architecture, but their markets, their music and their machines. The ethnicity of the Moor is re-examined, as is his unique contribution, both as creator and conduit, to the first seminal phase of the industrial revolution.
Classical Islam
Author: Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies Norman Calder
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-03
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1134551711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis sourcebook presents more than fifty new translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by three leading specialists it illustrates the growth of Islamic thought from its seventh-century origins to the end of the medieval period.
An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
Author: Lewis Spence
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Published: 2006-09-01
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 1596052376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis "compendium of information on the occult sciences, occult personalities, psychic science, demonology, spiritism, and mysticism" was one of a kind when it was first published in 1920 and is still considered the best in its field today. Spence organizes a world's worth of magic -- from "Ab" (a magical month in the ancient Semitic calendar) to "Zulu witch-finders" -- into 2,500 dictionary-style entries that explore concepts and personalities both familiar (Freemasonry, Morgan le Fay) and obscure: palingenesy (a process by which plants or vegetables are destroyed and then "resurrected"), Leonora Galigai (a 17th-century Italian aristocrat who was burned as a witch). A delight for devotees of the weird and the strange, and a valuable resource for students of mythology and the evolution of scientific thought, this important volume is at home in the libraries of all book lovers. Scottish journalist and folklorist LEWIS SPENCE (1874 -1955) was a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and Vice-President of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society. He published more than 40 works on mythology and the occult, including History of Atlantis, An Introduction to Mythology, and Myth and Ritual in Dance, Game and Rhyme.
Education and Learning in the Early Islamic World
Author: Claude Gilliot
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-05-15
Total Pages: 648
ISBN-13: 1351941593
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudying education and learning in the formative period of Islam is not immediately easy, since the sources for this are relatively late and frequently project backwards to the earlier period the assumptions and conditions of their own day. The studies in this volume have been selected for the critical approaches and methods of their authors, and are arranged under five headings: the pedagogical tradition; scholarship and attestation; orality and literacy; authorship and transmission; and libraries. Together with the editor’s introductory essay, they present a broad picture of the beginnings and evolution of education and learning in the Islamic world.
