Glossary of Chinese Islamic Terms

Zusatztext 'Students of Islam in China will be grateful to Jianping Wang for this labour of love which will make reading the sources so much easier and should help to introduce more researchers to this fascinating subject of study where the Chinese and Islamic worlds overlap.' - Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Informationen zum Autor Jiangping Wang Klappentext The most comprehensive glossary to date of Hui Muslim terms and the first to fully match the Chinese term (stated in Chinese script and pinyin) to its Arabic or Persian counterpart (stated in Arabic script with Latin transcription). Zusammenfassung The most comprehensive glossary to date of Hui Muslim terms and the first to fully match the Chinese term (stated in Chinese script and pinyin) to its Arabic or Persian counterpart (stated in Arabic script with Latin transcription). Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Note on Transcription; Islam in China: an Introduction; Glossary; Select Bibliography of Chinese Sources; Chinese Index; Arabic Index

Product details

• Authors: Jiangping Wang, Jianping Wang, Wang Jiangping
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2001
• EAN: 9780700706204
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-0620-4
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Nordic Institute of Asian Stud
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General