Islamic Names : : An Introduction / / Anne-Marie Schimmel.
Guiding Western readers through the endlessly fascinating and complicated system of Islamic personal names, Annemarie Schimmel's directory touches upon almost every aspect of Islamic life.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (144 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- I The Structure of a 'Name'
- II 'Born on Friday'- the Naming of a Child
- III Help from God- Religious Name-Giving
- IV 'Mothers of the Faithful'The Naming of Girls
- v 'Lions, Moons and Roses' The Nickname or Laqab
- VI 'A Name too Heavy to Bear' Change and Transformation of Names
- Appendix Some Notes on Turkish family names
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of personal names
- Index of places? ethnic groups? and languages
- Index of the Qur' anic verses
- Glossary of technical terms