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The new encyclopedia of Islam / Cyril Glassé ; introduction by Huston Smith
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TextPublication details: Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2001Edition: Rev. edDescription: 534 pages, xxiv pages of color plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cmISBN: - 0759101892
- 9780759101890
- 0759101906
- 9780759101906
- ARCH YNDC 297.03 G549N 22
- BP40 .G42 2001
- Also issued online
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Summary: THe New Encyclopedia of Islam is written by a scholar for the general reader and researcher, without assuming any prior knowledge of the subject. Detailed cross-references lead the reader into deeper knowledge of Islam, whatever his strarting point. Many quotations, and hitherto untranslated prayers, support the religious and philosophical entries
Author's preface -- Introduction to the first edition / by Professor Huston Smith -- Notes to the first edition -- The encyclopedia -- Appendix A: Reference maps. Historical synopsis of the Islamic world ; Historical synopsis of the Middle East ; Arabia and its neighbours at the time of the prophet's birth ; Islam in the modern world -- Appendix B: Mecca and the Ḥajj. Chart of the Ḥajj ; Map of Mecca ; Plan of the Grand Mosque -- Appendix C: Branches of Islam -- Appendix D: Genealogical tables. The Quraysh ; The Umayyads ; The 'Abbāsids ; The 'Alids -- Chronology
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"Revised edition of the Concise encyclopedia of Islam."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-534)
Author's preface -- Introduction to the first edition / by Professor Huston Smith -- Notes to the first edition -- The encyclopedia -- Appendix A: Reference maps. Historical synopsis of the Islamic world ; Historical synopsis of the Middle East ; Arabia and its neighbours at the time of the prophet's birth ; Islam in the modern world -- Appendix B: Mecca and the Ḥajj. Chart of the Ḥajj ; Map of Mecca ; Plan of the Grand Mosque -- Appendix C: Branches of Islam -- Appendix D: Genealogical tables. The Quraysh ; The Umayyads ; The 'Abbāsids ; The 'Alids -- Chronology
THe New Encyclopedia of Islam is written by a scholar for the general reader and researcher, without assuming any prior knowledge of the subject. Detailed cross-references lead the reader into deeper knowledge of Islam, whatever his strarting point. Many quotations, and hitherto untranslated prayers, support the religious and philosophical entries
Also issued online
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