Classical Arabic Biography

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008; Rprt of 2000 1st edition. Pp. 244. Paperback . Condition: Near fine, unread

Paperback / softback. New. In this 2000 study exploring the origins of classical Arabic biography, the author demonstrates how Muslim scholars used notions of heirship and transmission to document the activities of political, scholarly and religious communities. The author illustrates his argument by analysing four figures whose biographies exemplify a particular tradition.

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. first edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in fine DJ with one crease along lower edge; tight and clean copy. Like new./fine. Octavo in brown cloth boards in gold dust jacket; 217 p., 24 cm. In English. || Series: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.

Cambridge (Cambridge University Press), 2000.. xxii, 217, (1)pp. 4to. Cloth. D.j.

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of Al-Ma'mun.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of Al-Ma'mun.

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