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With subjects ranging from mediaeval metalwork to early 20th-century architecture and a geographic horizon spanning between Europe and China, the essays in this volume reflect not only the multifarious scholarly interests of its dedicate but also the ...
I. Szántó
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ABSTRACT The Sadd al‐Bint is one of the largest known ancient dams in Saudi Arabia, and yet, its construction date, function and collapse remained uncertain. This study presents the first numerical chronology for the dam, integrating radiocarbon dating, Bayesian modelling, geomorphological analysis and hydrological modelling to reconstruct its history.
Bruno Depreux +13 more
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Mahdawiyyah from the Viewpoint of the Isma‘iliyyah and the Gharamitah [PDF]
The Isma‘iliyyah sect was established in the second half of the 2nd century A.H. based on the belief in the imamah (Shi‘ah leadership) of Imam Ja‘far as-Sadigh’s son, Isma‘il.
Ali Reza Ruhi-ye Mir-abadi
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The Features of Fatimid's Historiography in Islamic Historiography Discourse [PDF]
Researchs on the historiography of the Ismâilis has been less successful among scholars in this field due to the loss of a significant amount of their works.
Ali Babaei Siab +2 more
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Byzantium and the Crusades: Constantine X's Embassy to Honorius II in 1062
Abstract The Byzantine emperor Alexios I's 1095 embassy to Pope Urban II has been characterized in three different ways: as a request for troops that inadvertently triggered the First Crusade, as a manipulation of western reverence for the Holy Sepulchre and as active Byzantine–papal collaboration.
JONATHAN HARRIS
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The ‘Alawites and Shi‘i Thought in Andalusia [PDF]
The presence of ‘Alawites and Shi‘i thought in distant regions all over the world has had a major role in the expansion and establishment of Islam in those areas.
Seyyed Mahdi-ye Javadi
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Ceramics with metallic lustre decoration. A detailed knowledge of Islamic productions from 9th century until Renaissance [PDF]
Cette publication a fait l'objet d'un article publié en 2012 dans la revue "Matériaux and Techniques" 100, 1 Pages 47-68, disponible sur : http://hal-ensmp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00686405This paper describes research on the technological evolution of ...
Aucouturier, Marc +7 more
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Qalāwūnid discourse, elite communication and the Mamluk cultural matrix: interpreting a 14th-century panegyric [PDF]
This article analyses a brief panegyric text from mid-14th-century Egypt, authored by the court scribe Ibrāhīm b. al- Qaysarānī (d. 1352) and dedicated to the Qalāwūnid Mamluk sultan al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Ismāʿīl (r. 1342-5).
Van Steenbergen, Jo
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Abstract This paper probes the relationship between nationalism and belonging. In the context of the enactment of the ‘Nation‐State Law’ in Israel, it addresses a twofold question: how do members of the Druze community articulate the minority group's sense of belonging to the national community, and what do their constructions of belonging suggest ...
Doron Eldar, Gay Young
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The Fatimids, the Buyids and Shi‘ah Missionary Activities [PDF]
In the history of Islam the Fatimids and the Buyids came to power almost at the same time. The most significant feature common between these two dynasties was the promotion of new Shi‘ah missionary activities throughout Muslim lands despite the numerical
Mahmood-e Khwajeh-Mirza
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