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Author : R. Khanam
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Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Middle-East and Central Asia written by R. Khanam and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. Khanam
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ISBN 13 : 9788182200654
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Middle-East and Central Asia written by R. Khanam and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. Khanam
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Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Middle-East and Central Asia written by R. Khanam and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : compiled form Wikipedia entries and published by Dr Googelberg
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291215212
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Islam written by compiled form Wikipedia entries and published by Dr Googelberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barry Dov Walfish
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004214720
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Bibliographia Karaitica written by Barry Dov Walfish and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Association for Jewish Libraries 2012 Judaica Bibliography Award! This is the first comprehensive bibliography on the Karaites and Karaism. Including over 8,000 items in twenty languages, this bibliography, with its extensive annotations, thoroughly documents the present state of Karaite Studies and provides a solid foundation for future research. Special attention has been given to the organizational structure of the bibliography. A detailed table of contents and a complete set of indices enable the reader to easily navigate through the material. Translations of items from non-Western languages increase the bibliography’s utility for the English-speaking reader. Especially noteworthy are the listings of obscure eastern European publications and the analysis of many periodical publications which enable unprecedented access to this material. It is an essential reference tool for Karaite and Jewish Studies. ̋This is an essential guide to any serious study of Karaism or of medieval (and to a large extent, also modern) Jewry. ̋ Shaul Stampfer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem "Bibliographia Karaitica is a major reference work that will remain of great use for Jewish studies scholars working in many areas of specialization long into the future." Fred Astren, San Francisco State University
Author : Kaveh Niazi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400769997
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī and the Configuration of the Heavens written by Kaveh Niazi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a leading scientist of the 13th century C. E. Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī wrote three substantial works on hay’a (or the configuration of the celestial orbs): Nihāyat al-idrāk fī dirāyat al-aflāk (“The Limits of Attainment in the Understanding of the Heavens”), al-Tuḥfa al-shāhīya fī ‘ilm al-hay’a (“The Royal Offering Regarding the Knowledge of the Configuration of the Heavens”), and Ikhtīyārāt-i Muẓaffarī (“The Muẓaffarī Elections”). Completed in less than four years and written in two of the classical languages of the Islamic world, Arabic and Persian, these works provide a fascinating window to the astronomical research carried out in Ilkhanid Persia. Shīrāzī and his colleagues were driven by their desire to rid Ptolemaic astronomy from its perceived shortcomings. An intriguing trail of revisions and emendations in Shīrāzī’s hay’a texts serves to highlight both those features of Shīrāzī's astronomy that were inherited from his predecessors, as well as his original contributions to this branch of astronomical research. As a renowned savant, Shīrāzī spent a large portion of his career near centers of political power in Persia and Anatolia. A study of his scientific output and career as a scholar is an opportunity, therefore, for an examination of the patronage of science and of scientific works within the Ilkhanid realms. Not only was this patronage important to the work of scholars such as Shīrāzī but it was critical to the founding and operation of one of the foremost scientific institutions of the medieval Islamic world, the Marāgha observatory. The astronomical tradition in which Shīrāzī carried out his research has many links, as well, to the astronomy of Early Modern Europe, as can be seen in the astronomical models of Copernicus.
Author : Rudolf Erik De Jong
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004201017
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of Central and Southern Sinai written by Rudolf Erik De Jong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book complements A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral: Bridging the Linguistic Gap between the Eastern and Western Arab World (Brill: 2000) thus completing the author's description of Bedouin dialects of Sinai. Earlier and new data are synthesized in a dialectometrical approach for a subdivision into eight groups.
Author : Syafiq Hasyim
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900453489X
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book The Shariatisation of Indonesia written by Syafiq Hasyim and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-01-09 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a succinct and critical account on the shariatisation of Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world. It comes with an important conclusion that the change of such a non-theocratic state like Indonesia into a theocratic state is highly possible when its law is penetrated by those who want to change the state system.
Author : Scott Savran
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317749081
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative written by Scott Savran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative analyzes how early Muslim historians merged the pre-Islamic histories of the Arab and Iranian peoples into a didactic narrative culminating with the Arab conquest of Iran. This book provides an in-depth examination of Islamic historical accounts of the encounters between representatives of these two peoples that took place in the centuries prior to the coming of Islam. By doing this, it uncovers anachronistic projections of dynamic identity and political discourses within the contemporaneous Islamic world. It shows how the formulaic placement of such embellishment within the context of the narrative served to justify the Arabs’ rise to power, whilst also explaining the fall of the Iranian Sasanian empire. The objective of this book is not simply to mine Islamic historical chronicles for the factual data they contain about the pre-Islamic period, but rather to understand how the authors of these works thought about this era. By investigating the intersection between early Islamic memory, identity construction, and power discourses, this book will benefit researchers and students of Islamic history and literature and Middle Eastern Studies.
Author : Raj Kumar Sharma
Publisher : Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 819375915X
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (937 download)
Download or read book Food Security and Political Stability in Tajikistan written by Raj Kumar Sharma and published by Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are links between food security and political stability as was evident during the world food crisis of 2007-08. Food riots were witnessed in a number of countries contributing to political instability. There are a number of dimensions to the problem of food insecurity in Tajikistan. This book is an attempt to fill the academic void on Tajikistan, especially pertaining to its food security. This work traces the history of agriculture and food production in Tajikistan from mid-19th century when it came under Russian rule. From its inception, Tajikistan has been facing the ‘geographic handicap’ as it is a mountainous country and only 7 percent of the total land is arable which limits its food production. This book is a detailed study of how Soviet economic geography introduced intensive cotton cultivation in Tajikistan at the expense of food crops. Soviet economic planners felt that a region with hot climate and large water resources should not attempt to grow grains but cotton. In the contemporary context, this book focuses on how the state and international actors have responded to the food insecurity in Tajikistan. Most importantly, the book also analyses the relationship between food security and political stability in Tajikistan.
Author : Stéphane A. Dudoignon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190911360
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Baluch, Sunnism and the State in Iran written by Stéphane A. Dudoignon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating study explores the emergence of a significant Sunni community on the margins of Shia Iran and delineates a 'Sunni arc' stretching from Central Asia southwards through the Iranian provinces of Khorasan and Baluchistan.
Author : Ben Acheson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399069241
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Pashtun Tribes in Afghanistan written by Ben Acheson and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: âThe Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan is a tour de force â combining erudite analysis, historical research, atmospheric story-telling, page-turning prose and above all, profound passion.â - Sir Nicholas Kay, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan (2019-2020) & British Ambassador to Afghanistan (2017-2019) The abrupt withdrawal of US and NATO forces in 2021 ushered in a new era for Afghanistan. The subsequent Taliban takeover facilitated a reversion to some of the worst hallmarks of Afghanistanâs past, including bans on womenâs education and other rights-related roll-backs. Navigating this new reality necessitates that more constructive relationships are built between Westerners and Afghans, particularly with the majority ethnicity â the Pashtun tribes. The Pashtun Tribes in Afghanistan: Wolves Among Men is the toolkit for doing so. It provides the knowledge needed to navigate a complex tribal environment. Framed by first-hand experience and balancing in-depth analysis with engaging anecdotes, it sheds light on the Pashtun way of life still enshrined in the ancient âPashtunwaliâ honor code. It explains the tribal structure, tribal territories, historic battles, prominent figures and even Pashtun proverbs and poets. It also highlights how recent wars are destroying the tribal arena. Focusing on people rather than politics, this book unveils the layers, paradoxes and subtleties of the worldâs largest tribal society. On turning the final page, readers will understand the Pashtun brand of tribalism and how it influences Afghanistan today. They will be aware that tribal life has been permanently challenged but that the Pashtun identity remains intact â in psychology if not always in practice. They will recognize why Pashtuns are not a single entity and should not be treated as âoneâ. The need to understand the tribes as they understand themselves will also be clear, particularly their concept of honor. This book illuminates why, from Alexander the Great to Winston Churchill, and even with the Taliban today, Pashtuns are still stereotyped as primitive, violence-prone barbarians. But were men like Rudyard Kipling right to characterize tribesmen as being âas unaccountable as the grey Wolf, who is his blood brother?â This book has the answer.
Author : Oliver Leaman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134662513
Total Pages : 956 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film written by Oliver Leaman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film is a unique, one volume work which illuminates a fascinating variety of cinema which is little known outside its own area. The Encyclopedia is divided into nine chapters, each written by a leading scholar in the field. Each chapter covers the history and major issues of film within that area, as well as providing bibliographies of the leading films, directors and actors. The areas covered are: Central Asia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, The Magreb, Palestine, Turkey. This Encyclopedia will be an invaluable reference tool for students and scholars of Film and Media Studies. It contains more than 60 black and white photographs of featured films, includes references and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, and the volume concludes with comprehensive name, film and general indexes.
Author : Dr Alan Barnard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134450915
Total Pages : 1058 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology written by Dr Alan Barnard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Encyclopedia provides description and analysis of the terms, concepts and issues of social and cultural anthropology. International in authorship and coverage, this accessible work is fully indexed and cross-referenced.
Author : Narendra S. Bisht
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Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of the South-east Asian Ethnography: M-Z written by Narendra S. Bisht and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan Barnard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135236410
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology written by Alan Barnard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by leading scholars in the field, this comprehensive and readable resource gives anthropology students a unique guide to the ideas, arguments and history of the discipline. The fully revised and expanded second edition reflects major changes in anthropology in the past decade.
Author : Janet Sturman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483317749
Total Pages : 2730 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)
Download or read book The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture written by Janet Sturman and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 2730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture presents key concepts in the study of music in its cultural context and provides an introduction to the discipline of ethnomusicology, its methods, concerns, and its contributions to knowledge and understanding of the world's musical cultures, styles, and practices. The diverse voices of contributors to this encyclopedia confirm ethnomusicology's fundamental ethos of inclusion and respect for diversity. Combined, the multiplicity of topics and approaches are presented in an easy-to-search A-Z format and offer a fresh perspective on the field and the subject of music in culture. Key features include: Approximately 730 signed articles, authored by prominent scholars, are arranged A-to-Z and published in a choice of print or electronic editions Pedagogical elements include Further Readings and Cross References to conclude each article and a Reader’s Guide in the front matter organizing entries by broad topical or thematic areas Back matter includes an annotated Resource Guide to further research (journals, books, and associations), an appendix listing notable archives, libraries, and museums, and a detailed Index The Index, Reader’s Guide themes, and Cross References combine for thorough search-and-browse capabilities in the electronic edition
