Arabic Ismaili Manuscripts: The Zahid Ali Collection

Brand: Bloomsbury

Author: Cortese, Delia

Edition: Annotated

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Number Of Pages: 240

EAN: 9781860648601

Release Date: 13-11-2004

Languages: English

Binding: Hardcover

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches

Details: This work represents a brilliant corpus of Islamic manuscripts devoted to the theological, philosophical and historical traditions of the Fatimid, post-Fatimid Yemeni as well as Indian-Ismaili literature. The catalogue, with its 179 annotated entries which examine the literary and doctrinal aspects of these manuscripts, features incipits in Arabic for each entry and is supported by indices in both Arabic and Latin scripts. The work is fully illustrated and enriched by a comprehensive contextualising introduction. It will prove an invaluable tool for scholars and researchers interested in the study of key-texts from the early Islamic period.