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Alexander In The Himalayas: Competing Imperial Legacies In Medieval Islamic History And Literature, Anna Akasoy Jan 2009

Alexander In The Himalayas: Competing Imperial Legacies In Medieval Islamic History And Literature, Anna Akasoy

Publications and Research

In 1888, Rudyard Kipling published a collection of stories in a volume with the title The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales. The collection includes the short story The Man Who Would be King, in which Kipling's alter ego, a British journalist in India, makes the acquaintance of a pair of adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, who demand his help as a fellow Mason. The two shady characters have set out to take advantage of divisions among the natives and are determined to install themselves as kings in Kafiristan, a remote region inhabited by pagans in the north of the …


Ibn 'Arabi's Primacy Of Consciousness: Finding In Being Found By The Real, Reham Elnory Feb 2008

Ibn 'Arabi's Primacy Of Consciousness: Finding In Being Found By The Real, Reham Elnory

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Orientalisms In The Interpretation Of Islamic Philosophy, Muhammad Ali Khalidi Jan 2006

Orientalisms In The Interpretation Of Islamic Philosophy, Muhammad Ali Khalidi

Publications and Research

The recent death of Edward Said has reignited the debate as to whether his landmark work Orientalism still has something to teach us about the study of Arab-Islamic civilization. In this article, I will argue that Saidʼs central thesis in Orientalism has a direct explanatory role to play in our understanding of the work produced in at least one area of scholarship about the Arab and Islamic worlds, namely Arab-Islamic philosophy from the classical or medieval period. Moreover, I will claim that it continues to play this role not only for scholarship produced in the West by Western scholars but …


Islamic Revival And National Identity In Post Soviet Kazakhstan, Alima Bissenova Sep 2005

Islamic Revival And National Identity In Post Soviet Kazakhstan, Alima Bissenova

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Inscriptions Of Bahri Mamluk Sultans, Heba Abd-El-Aziz El-Toudy Feb 2005

Inscriptions Of Bahri Mamluk Sultans, Heba Abd-El-Aziz El-Toudy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Building In Egypt Between Craft And Industry, Ola Salah Said Jun 2003

Building In Egypt Between Craft And Industry, Ola Salah Said

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Islamic Design Influences On Spanish Architecture In The Twentieth Century, M Tarek Amin El-Akkad Feb 2002

Islamic Design Influences On Spanish Architecture In The Twentieth Century, M Tarek Amin El-Akkad

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Exoteric Vicegerency (Khilafat Al-Zahir) In The Thought Of Shaykh Muhyi 'L-Din Ibn Al-Arabi, Maha Abdel Megid Maamoun Jan 2002

The Exoteric Vicegerency (Khilafat Al-Zahir) In The Thought Of Shaykh Muhyi 'L-Din Ibn Al-Arabi, Maha Abdel Megid Maamoun

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Celestial Element, Loai Omran Jun 2001

The Celestial Element, Loai Omran

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Bahri Mamluk Wooden Ceilings, Jasmin Wardani Jun 2001

Bahri Mamluk Wooden Ceilings, Jasmin Wardani

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Monumental Quranic Inscriptions On Cairene Religious Monuments, Dina Mahmoud Hamdi Montasser Jan 2001

Monumental Quranic Inscriptions On Cairene Religious Monuments, Dina Mahmoud Hamdi Montasser

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Since Quranic inscriptions dominate the epigraphic decoration of Cairene Islamic religious monuments, the target of this thesis has been to investigate the Quranic inscriptions of some selected religious monuments of each main era of the Islamic history of Cairo: Fatimid, Mamluk and Ottoman. The questions examined are the following: what was the frequency of utilizing Quranic inscriptions compared to other types of inscriptions? What are the common architectural locations of Quranic quotations compared to other types of inscriptions? Regardless of the form of the script, whether naskhi or kufic, what were the common stylistic visual forms of inscriptions on religious …


Penguasaan Kata Ganti Nama Bahasa Arab Di Kalangan Pelajar-Pelajar Di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama, Tuan Rashid Tuan Mat Jan 2000

Penguasaan Kata Ganti Nama Bahasa Arab Di Kalangan Pelajar-Pelajar Di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama, Tuan Rashid Tuan Mat

Student Works (2000-2009)

Setiap bahasa mempunyai keistimewaan dan kelebihan serta peminatnya yang tersendiri. Bahasa Arab juga mempunyai keistimewaan ini. Ia adalah bahasa rasmi agama kepada Islam yang menjadi anutan ramai penduduk dunia. Uahasa Arab menjadi bahasa yang dibanggakan olch setiap orang yang mengaku dirinya Islam. Bahasa ini sentiasa digunakan oleh mereka sejak zaman permulaan Islam hingga ke hari ini, dan lnsya Allah ia akan kekal menjad i kebanggaan orang-orang Islam hingga ke akltir zaman. Salah satu keistimewaan bahasa Arab yang tiada pada bahasa lain ialah bahasa ini tidak mengalami banyak perubahan dan sentiasa difahami walau pun ia telah melalui tempoh masa yang lebih …


Naqshbandiyya In Damascus: Strategies To Establish And Strengthen The Order In A Changing Society, Leif Stenberg Dec 1999

Naqshbandiyya In Damascus: Strategies To Establish And Strengthen The Order In A Changing Society, Leif Stenberg

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

No abstract provided.


The Manzara: Its Form And Function In Fatimid Egypt, Jehan Ismail Reda Jan 1999

The Manzara: Its Form And Function In Fatimid Egypt, Jehan Ismail Reda

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Revealed Word And The Struggle For Authority: Interpretation And Use Of Islamic Terminology Among Algerian Islamists, Leif Stenberg Dec 1996

The Revealed Word And The Struggle For Authority: Interpretation And Use Of Islamic Terminology Among Algerian Islamists, Leif Stenberg

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

No abstract provided.


Isnad In Arabic Literary Works, William J Kopycki Jun 1996

Isnad In Arabic Literary Works, William J Kopycki

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Practical Apologetic Of Muhammad Abduh With A View Toward His Approach To Christianity, Michael F Kuhn Feb 1994

The Practical Apologetic Of Muhammad Abduh With A View Toward His Approach To Christianity, Michael F Kuhn

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Tiraz Fabrics In Islamic Collection: Textile Museum, Washington, D. C., Amal Abul-Hajj-Hull Jan 1994

Tiraz Fabrics In Islamic Collection: Textile Museum, Washington, D. C., Amal Abul-Hajj-Hull

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Section From The ʻUyūN Al-AkhbāR Wa FunūN Al-ĀThāR (Volume Vii) Of DāʻĪ IdrīS ʻImāD Al-Din̄ (D. 872/1468) ; And, The Succession Controversy Following The Death Of The Fatimid Caliph Al-MustansịR, Bazat Saifiyah Qutbuddin Jul 1992

A Section From The ʻUyūN Al-AkhbāR Wa FunūN Al-ĀThāR (Volume Vii) Of DāʻĪ IdrīS ʻImāD Al-Din̄ (D. 872/1468) ; And, The Succession Controversy Following The Death Of The Fatimid Caliph Al-MustansịR, Bazat Saifiyah Qutbuddin

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Ibn TaimīYa's Concept Of Heresy With Particular Reference To His Fatwa On JihāD, Lamia Ahmad Hosny Eid Jun 1992

Ibn TaimīYa's Concept Of Heresy With Particular Reference To His Fatwa On JihāD, Lamia Ahmad Hosny Eid

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Abbasid Luster Wares In The Egyptian Context, Rosalind A Wade Haddon Jan 1992

Abbasid Luster Wares In The Egyptian Context, Rosalind A Wade Haddon

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Islamic Cairene Architecture In The First Half Of The Twentieth Century, Tarek Mohamed Refaat Sakr Jan 1992

Islamic Cairene Architecture In The First Half Of The Twentieth Century, Tarek Mohamed Refaat Sakr

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Sultanabad Ware, Kristy L Mccoy Jun 1991

Sultanabad Ware, Kristy L Mccoy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Indo-Islamic Residential Garden, Aulani Margaret Mulford May 1991

The Indo-Islamic Residential Garden, Aulani Margaret Mulford

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Revival Of Damascene Tile Production In The Second Half Of The Sixteenth Century, Farida Mourad Sep 1990

The Revival Of Damascene Tile Production In The Second Half Of The Sixteenth Century, Farida Mourad

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Textual Analysis Of Quranic Stories, Sulieman Tarawneh Jan 1990

Textual Analysis Of Quranic Stories, Sulieman Tarawneh

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Critical Study Of Al-TạHṭẠ̄Wī'S NihāYat Al-ĪJāZ Fī SīRat SāKin Al-HịJāZ With Particular Emphasis On The Foundation Of The Islamic State, Lamiaa' Mahmoud Zaki Jan 1990

A Critical Study Of Al-TạHṭẠ̄Wī'S NihāYat Al-ĪJāZ Fī SīRat SāKin Al-HịJāZ With Particular Emphasis On The Foundation Of The Islamic State, Lamiaa' Mahmoud Zaki

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Concept Of Motherhood In Islam, Aliah Schleifer Jun 1985

The Concept Of Motherhood In Islam, Aliah Schleifer

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Qibla Orientation Versus Street Alignment In The Mosques And Madrasas From Qaytbay To The End Of The Mamluk Period, Injy Roy Shediac Jan 1984

Qibla Orientation Versus Street Alignment In The Mosques And Madrasas From Qaytbay To The End Of The Mamluk Period, Injy Roy Shediac

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study And A Translation Of Nine Stories By Majid Tubia With Special Reference To The Element Of The Fantastic, Nadia Gohar Jul 1980

A Study And A Translation Of Nine Stories By Majid Tubia With Special Reference To The Element Of The Fantastic, Nadia Gohar

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.