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This volume is a translation from Chaghatay (medieval Turkic literary language of Central Asia) of a work written by Uzbek historians Mūnis and Āgahī in the early 19th century. It contains the history of Khorezm, especially detailed for the 18th and early 19th centuries, and it is an outstanding example of Central Asian historiography. The book is the first Western translation of this historical work and the first such translation of a major Chaghatay source for the history of Central Asia in the 18th-19th centuries. Besides the translation, the book includes extensive historical and philological notes and detailed introduction discussing the historical background of the period when the work was written, the biographies of the authors, the history of the text, and its sources.
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Fourth Edition Based on the Sīra and Fiqh of ‘Umar bin Khaṯṯāb, 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ūd, Āli ibn Abī Ṭālib and 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (R.A.). This fourth edition aptly sub-titled "Gateway to Firdaws" and released in Muḥarram 1438, is a response to the deficiencies by Western Muslim scholars and writers on this most important Pillar of Islām in their attempt and sincere desire to explain it to that Muslim yet to learn 'Arabic language and prepare for his final abode. It is because of my quest to know the truth and be sure that I will enter Paradise, for which I made research on the actual Sunnah of the Holy Apostle on this sole Sunnah, the stepping stone to paradise. The manner the...
Tabbaa argues that the intense palatial and religious architectural activity of the period was intended to create a royal image of the Ayyubid state while also fostering links between it and the urban population. His study is based on an entirely new evaluation of the architectural and epigraphic aspects of the standing monuments of the period. It presents for the first time full photographic coverage of these monuments, as well as many new plans and other renderings, and pays close attention to monumental inscriptions, correcting and augmenting previous studies. The book utilizes the full panoply of the available literary sources, including topographies, chronicles, travel accounts, and poetry.
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