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From 'Alī to Dante's «Alì» : a Western Medieval Understanding of «Shī'a» [PDF]
, 2016 This paper focuses on the figure of Alì, found along with Maometto and sowers of scandal and schism in Dante's Divina Commedia (Inferno 28). While early commentators on the poem variously identify Alì as a companion or disciple of Maometto's, or his ...
Di Cesare, Michelina
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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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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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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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Yang Liangyao's Mission of 785 to the Caliph of Baġdād: evidence of an early Sino-Arabic power alliance? [PDF]
, 2015 The primary focus of this article is the information provided in a tomb stele (shendao zhi bei 神道之碑) of a Chinese eunuch, a certain Yang Liangyao 楊良瑤 (736–806), that will be comparatively analysed against the background of the political landscape under ...
Schottenhammer, Angela
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Modeling Strategic Decisions in the Formation of the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire [PDF]
, 2015 Understanding patterns of conflict and pathways in which political history became established is critical to understanding how large states and empires ultimately develop and come to rule given regions and influence subsequent events.
Altaweel, M +3 more
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Holy places that have played a role in the urban evolution of damascus [PDF]
, 2014 This study describes some of the shrines that contributed to the urban development of Damascus from the emergence of Islam to the middle ages. It also discusses the connection between the existence of holy places which attract pilgrims for religious and ...
Anabesh, Ghaleb
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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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Upheavals of Social Monitoring in Islamic Civilization [PDF]
Islām va ̒ulūm-i ijtimā̒īIn this paper, aiming at recognizing Muslim civilization, both culturally and socially, the author tries to consider the principle of "commanding right and forbidding wrong" -which is construed as one of the most important examples and methods of social ...
Abdol Hossein Rezayee Rad
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Acta Carsologica, 2019 An 86 cm thick sequence of bat guano layers in the Kolatarika Cave in Kurdistan province in the west of Iran was analysed. The sequence was radiocarbon dated and covers an age of approximately 4060 years.
Fariba Esfandiary Darabad +2 more
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