Arabic Ismaili Manuscripts

Informationen zum Autor Delia Cortese is Lecturer in Religious and Islamic Studies at Middlesex University and is affiliated to The Institute of Ismaili Studies. She obtained her doctorate in Islamic Studies at the University of London's SOAS and was subsequently awarded a post-doctoral research fellowship by the Istituto Universitario Orientale in Naples. Vorwort This work represents a significant corpus of Islamic manuscripts devoted to the theological, philosophical and historical traditions of the Fatimid, post-Fatimid Yemeni and Indian Ismaili literature. The catalogue features 179 annotated entries from the Zahid Ali Collection. Zusammenfassung This work represents a significant corpus of Islamic manuscripts devoted to the theological, philosophical and historical traditions of the Fatimid, post-Fatimid Yemeni and Indian Ismaili literature. The catalogue features 179 annotated entries from the Zahid Ali Collection. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xix Abbreviations xxi Introduction 1 The Catalogue 15 Appendix 197 Index of Authors 206 Index of Titles in Arabic 208

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• Authors: Delia Cortese
• Assisted by: Delia Cortese (Editor)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.2003
• EAN: 9781860648601
• ISBN: 978-1-86064-860-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern