Bøger i Islamic History and Civilizati serien

Naẓar: Vision, Belief, and Perception in Islamic Cultures offers multiple perspectives on how the Islamic visual culture and aesthetic sensibility have been enabled and shaped by common conceptual tools, consistent socio-spatial practices, and unifying beliefs and moral parameters.

This volume contains annotated translations of anecdotes, on musicological and socio-cultural topics, from al-Iṣbahānī's The Grand Book of Songs. Includes music theory and treatises; instruments; composition techniques; education and transmission; vocal and instrumental performances; solo and ensemble music; improvisations; emotions; dances; social status.

In The Grey Falcon, Hamza Malik offers an account of the life and teaching of the twelfth century scholar and Sufi, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1066-1177), through a careful analysis of his most popular written works.

In Encounters with the Hidden Imam in Early and Pre- Modern Twelver Shīʿī Islam, Omid Ghaemmaghami traces the history of one of the core ideas that animate and form the highly influential and instrumental belief in the Hidden Imam, the central figure of Twelver Shīʿī messianic expectation.

"Teachers and Students: Reflections on Learning in Near and Middle Eastern Cultures. Collected Studies in Honour of Sebastian Gèunther contains essays on the developments, ideals, and practices of teaching and learning in the Islamicate world, past and present. The authors address topics that reflect - and thus honour - Sebastian Gèunther's academic achievements in this particular area. The volume offers fresh insights into key issues related to education and human development, including their shared characteristics as well as their influence on and interdependence with cultures of the Islamicate world, especially in the classical period of Islam (9th-15th century CE). The diverse spectrum of topics covered in the book, as well as the wide range of innovative interdisciplinary approaches and research tools employed, pay tribute to Sebastian Gèunther's research focus on Islamic education and ethics, through which he has inspired many of his students, colleagues, and friends"--

This book analyzes changes in religious groups in late antique Arabia, ca. 300-700 CE. It engages with contemporary and material evidence and suggests that the changes in Arabian social groups were more piecemeal than previously thought.

How widespread was authorship among rulers in the premodern Islamic world? The writings of different types of rulers in different regions and periods are analyzed, shedding light on the role that authorship had in the construction of the rulers' authority and legitimacy.