Concise Biographical Companion to Index Islamicus
Concise Biographical Companion to Index Islamicus

Author: Wolfgang Behn

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006-03-01

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13: 9047418093

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This Biographical Companion will be an indispensable reference tool for the serious student and scholar of Islamic Studies. It enables the user to quickly gain knowledge on the life, work, and professional background of almost every major and minor author, and thus to place each author in his/her proper perspective.

The Isma'ilis
The Isma'ilis

Author: Farhad Daftary

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-04-24

Total Pages: 824

ISBN-13: 9780521429740

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Scattered across the globe, the Isma'ilis constitute the second largest Shi'i community in the Muslim World. This study traces their history and doctrinal developments from their origins to the present day over a period of twelve centuries.

Shi'ism
Shi'ism

Author: Heinz Halm

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780231135863

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Heinz Halm's work presents a thorough discussion of the history, theology, and current state of this branch of Islam. Newly revised, Shi'ism includes updated information on the fate of the Shi'ite revolution in Iran as well as a new chapter on Iraq. Halm explores how Shi'ism differs from the rest of Islam, discussing the prominence of its authorities, the Imams, as well as its legal system, practices of worship, places of pilgrimages, and a religious ethos characterized by a fervor to suffer for the cause.

The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire
The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire

Author: Selcuk Aksin Somel

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2010-03-23

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1461731763

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The Ottoman Empire was the last great Muslim political entity, emerging in the later Middle Ages and continuing its existence until the early 20th century and the creation of the modern state of Turkey. The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire is an in-depth treatise covering the political, social, and economic history of the Ottoman Empire, the last member of the lineage of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean empires and the only one that reached the modern times both in terms of internal structure and world history. Key Features: o Historical maps o A detailed chronology o A list of Ottoman sultans and grand viziers o A dictionary consisting of 781 entries o An analytical bibliography o Details where original Turkish documents can be located

Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire
Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire

Author: Selcuk Aksin Somel

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2003-02-13

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 0810866064

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Here you will find an in-depth treatise covering the political social, and economic history of the Ottoman Empire, the last member of the lineage of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean empires and the only one that reached the modern times both in terms of internal structure and world history.

Islamic History
Islamic History

Author: R. Stephen Humphreys

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2020-06-16

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 0691214239

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This book will be immensely helpful to those who wish to orient themselves to what has become a very large body of literature on medieval Islamic history. Combining a bibliographic study with an inquiry into method, it opens with a survey of the principal reference tools available to historians of Islam and a systematic review of the sources they will confront. Problems of method are then examined in a series of chapters, each exploring a broad topic in the social and political history of the Middle East and North Africa between A.D. 600 and 1500. The topics selected represent a cross-section of Islamic historical studies, and range from the struggles for power within the early Islamic community to the life of the peasantry. Each chapter pursues four questions. What concrete research problems are likely to be most challenging and productive? What resources do we possess for dealing with these problems? What strategies can we devise to exploit our resources most effectively? What is the current state of the scholarly literature for the topic under study?

Ismaili Literature
Ismaili Literature

Author: Farhad Daftary

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2005-03-23

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 0857739948

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Ismaili Studies represents one of the most recent fields of Islamic Studies. Much new research has taken place in this field as a result of the recovery of a large number of Ismaili texts. Ismaili Literature contains a complete listing of the sources and secondary studies, including theses, written by Ismailis or about them in all major Islamic and European languages. It also contains chapters surveying Ismaili history and developments in modern Ismaili Studies.