Arabia and the Arabs

Robert G Hoyland

• Hardcover | Engels | Peoples of the Ancient World
• Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both mercha... Lees meer

Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle and the Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

• Hardcover | Engels | Translated Texts for Historians | nr. 57
• Theophilus of Edessa was an astrologer in the court of the Muslim caliphs from the 750s to the 780s, a time when their capital, Baghdad, was a thrivin... Lees meer

Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking

Robert G Hoyland, Brian Gilmour

• Paperback | Engels | Gibb Memorial Trust
• One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed dow... Lees meer

The History of the Kings of the Persians in Three Arabic Chronicles

• Paperback | Engels | Translated Texts for Historians | nr. 69
• This book translates the sections on pre-Islamic Persia in three Muslim Arabic chronicles, those of Ahmad al-Ya'qubi (d. ca. 910), 'Ali al-Mas'udi (d.... Lees meer

In God's Path

Robert G Hoyland

• Hardcover | Engels | Ancient Warfare and Civilization
• In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750--the followers of the Prophet swept a... Lees meer

The History of the Kings of the Persians in Three Arabic Chronicles

• Hardcover | Engels | Translated Texts for Historians | nr. 69
• This book translates the sections on pre-Islamic Persia in three Muslim Arabic chronicles, those of Ahmad al-Ya'qubi (d. ca. 910), 'Ali al-Mas'udi (d.... Lees meer

Arabia and the Arabs

Robert G Hoyland

• Paperback | Engels | Peoples of the Ancient World
• Using a wide range of sources - inscriptions, poetry, histories, and archaeological evidence - Robert G. Hoyland explores the main cultural areas of A... Lees meer

In Gods Path Awc P

Robert G Hoyland

• Paperback | Engels | Ancient Warfare and Civilization
• In just over a hundred years--from the death of the Mohammed in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750--the followers of the Prophet swe... Lees meer

Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle and the Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

• Paperback | Engels | Translated Texts for Historians | nr. 57
• Theophilus of Edessa was an astrologer in the court of the Muslim caliphs from the 750s to the 780s, a time when their capital, Baghdad, was a thrivin... Lees meer

Islamic Reflections, Arabic Musings

Robert G Hoyland, Philip F Kennedy

• Hardcover | Engels | Gibb Memorial Trust
• Fifteen essays on literature, linguistics, history and epigraphy. Contents include: Maysir-gambling in early Arabic poetry (N Jamil); the Qu'ran as a ... Lees meer