| Encyclopaedia Islamica Volume 1: A - Abū Ḥanīfa Contributor(s): Daftary, Farhad (Editor), Madelung, Wilferd (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004168605 ISBN-13: 9789004168602 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $703.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2008 Annotation: The 16 volume Encyclopaedia Islamica is due to become one of the major comprehensive reference works on Islam and the Muslim world. A unique feature is the attention given to aspects of Islamic heritage-particularly Shi?ism-which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Business & Economics | Urban & Regional - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 297.03 |
| Series: Encyclopaedia Islamica |
| Physical Information: 848 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the first of a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. One unique feature of this work of reference lies in the attention it gives to Shiʿi Islam and its rich and diverse heritage, which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam generally, it offers the western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shiʿi Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilisation, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition. |