Tag: Islamic

Islamic Area Studies with Geographical Information Systems


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English | 2004 | pages: 310 | ISBN: 0415332508 | PDF | 9,1 mb
In this volume the contributors use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to reassess both historic and contemporary Asian countries and traditionally Islamic areas. This highly illustrated and comprehensive work highlights how GIS can be applied to the social sciences. With its description of how to process, construct and manage geographical data the book is ideal for the non-specialist looking for a new and refreshing way to approach Islamic area studies.

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History of the Islamic Republic of Iran Intriguing Insights into the Old Persian Society


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English | March 17, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CYCGTPJ7 | 134 pages | EPUB | 0.54 Mb
"History of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Intriguing Insights into the Old Persian Society" offers a captivating journey through the tumultuous yet fascinating history of Iran, tracing its evolution from ancient civilizations to the modern-day Islamic Republic.

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What Was the Islamic Conquest of Iberia Understanding the New Debate


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English | ISBN: 0367762137 | 2021 | 110 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
What Was the Islamic Conquest of Iberia? Understanding the New Debate brings together leading scholars to offer an introduction to a recent debate with far-reaching implications for the study of history, as well as our understanding of the present.

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Preserving Islamic Tradition Abu Nasr Qursawi and the Beginnings of Modern Reformism


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English | 2019 | pages: 353 | ISBN: 0190251786 | PDF | 36,0 mb
The end of the eighteenth century was a transformational period for the Muslim communities of the Russian Empire and their relationship with the tsarist state. Though they had been under Russian rule since the sixteenth century, it was at this time that they were incorporated into the imperial bureaucracy, most significantly through the founding of an official hierarchy for the Islamic religious scholars in 1788.

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Defending the People of Truth in the Early Islamic Period The Christian Apologies of Abu Ra’itah


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English | 2006 | pages: 387 | ISBN: 9004148019 | PDF | 1,1 mb
The apologetical writings of the Jacobite Christian, Abū Rā’iṭah al-Takrītī (+ c. 835) have remained relatively unknown in Western scholarship. Yet his engagement with Muslim questions about Christianity provides a significant insight into the theological debate between the two communities in the early ʿAbbāsid period.

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