Arabic, Persian and Gujarati Manuscripts : the Hamdani Collection in the Library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies /
The Muhammad Ali Hamdani Collection in the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies represents a large segment of the library collected over seven generations by an eminent family of scholars from the Da'udi Bohra community in India and the Yemen. The bulk of the manuscripts are Ismaili reli...
| Автор-организации: | Institute of Ismaili Studies. |
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| Други автори: | Blois, Francʹois de. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Arabic |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies ; distributed in the United States of America and in Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=380547 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Arabic, Persian and Gujarati Manuscripts. |
| Резюме: |
The Muhammad Ali Hamdani Collection in the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies represents a large segment of the library collected over seven generations by an eminent family of scholars from the Da'udi Bohra community in India and the Yemen. The bulk of the manuscripts are Ismaili religious writings, but there are also a good number of interesting books of general Islamic, or indeed secular content, and these give a rare insight into the whole cultural range of a learned family of Indian religious scholars. The overwhelming majority of the books are in Arabic, but there are also a sma. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 259 pages, 8 pages of plates) : facsimiles (some color), genealogical tables, portrait |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780857719751 0857719750 |