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The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy
American Journal of Islam and Society, 2004 In The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy, Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych effectively debunks the myth that the classical Arabic panegyric ode (qasidat al-madh) is merely a descriptive, prescriptive, or sycophantic poetic genre by demonstrating its dynamic ...
Michelle Hartman
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“Our blood is becoming white”: Race, religion, and Siddi becoming in Hyderabad, India
American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 2, Page 194-203, June 2024.Abstract “Our blood is becoming white.” This was a constant lament I heard from siddis in contemporary Hyderabad, India—third‐ and fourth‐generation descendants of East African slaves and soldiers recruited by the local ruler or Nizam in the 1860s to form the African Cavalry Guard in his army.
Gayatri Reddy
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Two New Pahlavi Inscriptions from Fars Province, Iran [PDF]
, 2018 First edition of two previously unknown Middle Persian inscriptions from the region of Fars in ...
Asadi, Ali, Cereti, Carlo G.
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Journal of Mosaic Research, 2015 This paper will bring for the first time an in-depth study of the ship depicted in the mosaic on the east pier of the north colonnade of the courtyard in the Great Mosque at Damascus.
Zaraza Friedman
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Morphology of Iranian Ceramic Filter Vessels Based on Vladimir Propp’s Theory [PDF]
هنرهای زیبا. هنرهای تجسمیCeramic filter vessels in Iran are typically unglazed containers featuring a mesh filter integrated into their necks or openings. These vessels typically date back to the late 2nd millennium BCE and were used throughout the Islamic period, particularly ...
Vajihe Avay +2 more
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Composition and affinities of glass from the Ma'agan Mikhael B shipwreck, Israel
Archaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 340-351, April 2024.Abstract Material recovered from the Ma'agan Mikhael B shipwreck, off the coast of northern Israel, includes a significant assemblage of glass, which appears to represent waste workshop material (cullet) collected for recycling. Twenty‐three samples were selected for analysis for major and minor elements using SEM‐EDS, to provide insight into the ...
Agnese Benzonelli +3 more
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Sharing a Taste? Material Culture and Intellectual Curiosity around the Mediterranean, from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Century [PDF]
, 2013 Within the context of a research project that seeks to explore new concepts and, possibly, arrive at more productive paradigms, it is interesting to observe the degree to which the study of the transfer of artefacts between the Islamic Middle East and ...
Contadini, Anna
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The Hunt In Arabic Poetry: From Heroic to Lyric to Metapoetic
American Journal of Islam and Society, 2018 In his book, The Hunt in Arabic Poetry: from Heroic to Lyric to Metapoet- ic, Jaroslav Stetkevych traces the evolution of Arabic hunt poetry from its origins as an integral part of the heroic ode (qaṣῑda) to becoming a genre by itself (ṭardiyya) during ...
Gaby Semaan
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The Past, Present, and Future of Gulf Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments in China
Middle East Policy, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 66-87, Spring 2024.Abstract This article explores sovereign wealth fund investments by Gulf Cooperation Council member states in China's equity market. Using data from Chinese stock exchanges, we analyze patterns of shareholding over two decades, across different sectors and among distinct funds, and compare them to their non‐Gulf counterparts. We reveal a gradual upward
Mai Alfarhan, Mohammed Alsudairi
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Law, State Power, and Taxation in Islamic History [PDF]
This paper studies the unique nature, institutional roots, and economic consequences of the ruler’s political power in Islamic History. An influential interest group in Islamic societies has been the legal community, whose power could range from being ...
Metin Cosgel, Rasha Ahmed, Thomas Miceli
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