Classical Islam : : Collected Essays / / Carole Hillenbrand.

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• VerfasserIn: Hillenbrand, Carole,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (480 p.) :; 16 B/W illustrations; 36 colour illustrations

Collects 21 papers on Classical Islam by one of the world’s leading experts on medieval Islamic historyTraces the evolution of scholarship in the area over several decadesGathers many papers located in out-of-print or hard-to-find worksIncludes a preface that outlines the trajectory of Professor Hillenbrand's research in the field of Classical Islam over the course of her career, and an index of names, places and termsClassical Islam presents studies of the career of the Prophet Muhammad and the environment from which he sprang; the evolution of Islamic mysticism; political thought; and philosophical themes. It also includes investigations into the development of the late ‘Abbasid caliphate; analyses of the Mirror for Princes literature; and studies of the minor dynasties of Iraq and Anatolia, and of the major cities in the region.Classical Islam is publishing alongside two further volumes of Carole Hillenbrand's collected papers: Islam and the Crusades and The Medieval Turks.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Islamic Orthodoxy or Realpolitik? Al-Ghazali’s Views on Government -- 2 Al-Mustanjid -- 3 Al-Mustansir -- 4 Al-Mustarshid -- 5 Al-Mustazhir -- 6 Some Aspects of al-Ghazali’s Views on Beauty -- 7 New Introduction to Nasir al-Din Shah, The Diary of HM the Shah of Persia during His Tour through Europe in ad 1873 -- 8 A Little-known Mirror for Princes of al-Ghazali* -- 9 Muhammad and the Rise of Islam -- 10 Sources in Arabic -- 11 Some Medieval Muslim Views of Constantinople -- 12 Gardens beneath which Rivers Flow: The Significance of Water in Classical Islamic Culture -- 13 Sayf al-Dawla, al-Mutanabbi and Byzantium: The Evidence of a Textile -- 14 The Kimiya-yi sa‘adat (The Alchemy of Happiness) of al-Ghazali: A Misunderstood Work? -- 15 A Neglected Source on the Life of Hasan-i Sabbah, the Founder of the Nizari ‘Assassin’ Sect -- 16 The Impact of a Sixteenth-century Jihad Treatise on Colonial and Modern India -- 17 Ancient Iranian Kings in the World History of Rashid al-Din -- 18 Al-Ghazali: In Praise of Sufism -- 19 Life in Pre-Mongol Marv According to the Medieval Muslim Geographers -- 20 Bernard Lewis: 31 May 1916–19 May 2018 -- 21 ‘Seek Ye Knowledge, Even Unto China’: The Literature of Travel in the Lands of Islam -- Original Sources of the Items in this Volume -- Index