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This collection of articles is concerned with the cultural aspects, such as language, intellect and art, theology and mysticism, history and geography, literature and science of al-Andalus.

Hadith is understood here in its broader meaning as the bulk of the texts which contain information on the prophet Muhammad and his Companions, having the form of transmissions from them. The reliability of this material as a source for early Islam is still a highly debated issue. This selection of articles presents the different points of view in this debate and the varying methodological approaches with which scholars trained in modern secular sciences have tried to find a solution to the problem.

Presents a selection of the key studies in which scholars since the beginning of the 20th century attempt to explain the phenomenally rapid expansion of the early Islamic state during the 7th century CE. This work also debates the causes for the conquest movement or expansion, the reasons for its success, and the nature of the movement itself.

This volume is concerned with the origins, development and character of ritual in Islam. The focus is upon the rituals associated with the five "pillars of Islam": the credal formula, prayer, alms, fasting and pilgrimage.

This volume brings together 17 articles reflecting the wide range of scholarly interest in early Shi'ism. The studies have been selected because they represent contemporary scholarship, or are classic works with continuing significance. All major branches of Shi'ism are covered.

This volume contains a collection articles that cover the manufacturing and labour in the early Islamic world. The articles cover Iraq, Egypt and Ifriqiyya; while Iran, Syria, Arabia and the western Maghrib and Andulas are largely unrepresented.

Essays examining the background to the rise of Islam. Topics considered include nomad-sedentary relations in the Near East, the Arabian peninsula, the history of the Arab peoples, the political and economic structures of the pre-Islamic period and the evolution of religious beliefs in the area.

Magic and divination in early Islam encompassed a wide range of practices. The studies here are concerned with the pre-Islamic antecedents of such practices and with the theory of magic in healing, the nature and use of amulets and the arts of astrometeorology and geomancy, amongst other things.

Presents articles that deal with the formation of the first Islamic state under the 'rightly-guided' and Umayyad caliphs (632-750 CE), trace the crystallization of key institutions of the growing empire, and treat such fundamental issues as taxation, military institutions, administrative organization and practices, and questions of legitimation.

Brings together a set of key articles, along with an introduction to contextualize them, on the role of Turkish peoples in the Western Asiatic world up to the 11th century. This work covers such topics as the geographical and environmental original milieux of these peoples in the forest zone and steppelands of Inner Asia.

In the 3rd and 4th centuries AD the Middle East saw the empires of the Romans and Parthians give way to the the Byzantines and the Sasanians. This book follows the subsequent development of Islamic political control and examines the interactions between Muslim and non-Muslim communities.

This volume deals with the formative period of Islamic art (to c. 950), and the different approaches to studying it. Individual essays deal with architecture, ceramics, coins, textiles, and manuscripts, as well as with such broad questions as the supposed prohibition of images.

This collection of articles focuses on the period between the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula and the formation of the Islamic society of al-Andalus. Subjects dealt with include the transformations in cities and countryside, patterns of settlement and ethnic and religious affiliations.

These essays provide a general - if not wholly systematic - coverage of the emergence and evolution of law during the first three and a half centuries of Islam. On another level, they reflect the different and, at times, widely divergent scholarly approaches to this subject matter.

This volume reflects the huge upsurge of interest in the Near East and early Islam currently taking place among historians of late antiquity. At the same time, Islamicists and Qur'anic scholars are also increasingly seeking to place the life of Muhammad and the Qur'an in a late antique background. Averil Cameron.

Presents a set of key studies on classical Arabic poetry (ca 500-1000 CE). This book focuses on interpretations of the form and function of the pre-eminent classical poetic genre, the polythematic qasida, or Arabic ode, particularly explorations of its ritual, ceremonial and performance dimensions.

This volume reveals the approaches followed within the study of the Qur'an. From Noldeke's examination of style through Arkoun's project for the future, it reflects the historical development of the discipline, whilst providing overviews of key elements for the understanding of the Qur'an.

Presents studies that are arranged under five headings: the pedagogical tradition; scholarship and attestation; orality and literacy; authorship and transmission; and libraries. This work presents a picture of the beginnings and evolution of education and learning in the Islamic world.

Features sixteen studies that highlight the themes which occupy modern scholarship and the problems which face it. This book contains an introductory essay, which analyses these themes within the wider context of early Islamic activity in philology as well as related areas of religious studies and philosophy.

"Hadith" is understood here as the bulk of the texts which contain information on Muhammad and his Companions, having the form of transmissions from them. The reliability of this material as a source for Islam is a highly debated issue. This text presents the different perspectives in this debate.