Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo, Paperback - James Baldwin

James E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law religious scholarship and royal justice undergirded legal pract...

An observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy...

DescriptionFrom the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the eighteenth century, many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almos...

Cairo's Islamic monuments are part of an uninterrupted tradition that spans over a thousand years of building activity. No other Islamic city can e...

Twice a princess, twice exiled, Neslishah Sultan had an eventful life. When she was born in Istanbul in 1921, cannons were fired in the four corner...

Reducere. From its birth in 1839, photography has participated in modernity as much as it has symbolized it. Its capacity to record and display and its claim...

Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa examines Islamic legal responses to Muslims living under Christian rule in ...

Reducere. Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone or marginal frontier, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first M...

Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War in late October 1914, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Were its leaders '...

Reducere. If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of the Ottoman Empire then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one boo...

DescriptionA leading historian argues that in the empire we know as Byzantium, the Greek-speaking population was actually Roman, and scholars have ...

Women and Slavery in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Design of Difference - Madeline Zilfi

This book examines the legal conundrum of reconciling international human rights law in a Muslim majority country and identifies a trajectory for n...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Explore the Captivating History of the Safavid EmpireThe Safavid dynasty was one of the most notable ruling dynasties of Iran. This Islamic Empire ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Saraiya FaroqhiAuthor: Suraiya FaroqhiIn a concise and colorful style, Suraiya Faroqhi lays out the history of one of the m...

Reducere. „Alta tara este in primul rand critica lui Baldwin la adresa societatii americane a vremii; este romanul unui expatriat (de culoare, gay, inainte d...

Reducere. A rigorous study of the problem of evil in Islamic theology Like their Jewish and Christian co-religionists, Muslims have grappled with how God, wh...

Examines the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. This work captures the mult...

This book argues that the periodic ceremonial intrusion into the everyday lives of people across the Ottoman Empire, which the annual royal birthda...

Reducere. Publicat in 1963 si devenit imediat bestseller, Va veni focul a galvanizat Statele Unite si a dat o voce puternica miscarii drepturilor civile, in ...

Reducere. Publicat in 1956 si abordand subiecte-tabu la acea vreme, romanul Camera lui Giovanni a declansat numeroase controverse. Nominalizata la National B...

Reducere. How Christendom defeated the Ottoman Turks. Historian Diane Moczar pulls back the curtain on one of the most important acts in the drama of Muslim ...

This book examines the rise of the early English utopia in the context of emergent capitalism, one that foreshadows the Enlightenment discourse of ...

Reducere. The Romans depicted the civil law as a body of rules crafted through communal deliberation for the purpose of self-government. Yet, as Clifford And...

Reducere. Without the labor of the captives and slaves, the Ottoman empire could not have attained and maintained its strength in early modern times. With An...

In his internationally acclaimed novels, short stories, plays and essays, James Baldwin was and remains a powerfully prophetic voice in the America...

In this pioneering research, Hassan S. Khalilieh sheds light on the often ignored Islamic law of the sea, and customary practices that were influen...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 165 x 241 x 23Cover type: Har...

Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of 'modernity' that took place in the Eas...

Publisher: The Islamic Texts SocietyAuthor(s): Mohammad Hashim KamaliNumber of pages: 196Collection: Fundamental Rights and Liberties in Islam Seri...

Publisher: Syracuse University PressAuthor(s): Nazan MaksudyanIllustration(s): 16 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 264Collection: Gend...