A Neo-Fatimid treasury of books : : Arabic manuscripts among the Alawi Bohras of South Asia / / Olly Akkerman.
This book tells the story of a manuscript repository found all over the pre-modern Muslim world: the khizanat al-kutub, or treasury of books. The focus is on the undisclosed Arabic manuscript culture of a small but vibrant South Asian Shi'i Muslim community, the Bohras. It looks at how books th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 382 pages) :; illustrations |
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