Philosophers, sufis, and caliphs : politics and authority from Cordoba to Cairo and Baghdad / by Akhtar, Ali Humayun

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Politics, Law, and Authority in the Abbasid and Fatimid Eras -- Philosophical Caliphs in Baghdad and Cairo and the Debate about falsafa -- A New Caliph in Cordoba and a Theologian's Reform of Philosophy -- Political Reform in Baghdad and its Legacy in Seville -- Sufis among Scholars in the Almoravid Era -- A Sufi Revolt in Portugal and its Platonizing Political Leadership -- Almohad Political Culture and the Patronage of Philosophy and Mysticism.…”
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Ibn Khaldun : an intellectual biography / by Irwin, Robert, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Ibn Khaldun among the ruins -- The game of thrones in fourteenth-century North Africa -- The nomads, their virtues, and their place in history -- Underpinning the methodology of the Muqaddima : philosophy, theology, and jurisprudence -- Ibn Khaldun's sojourn among the Mamluks in Egypt -- The sufi mystic -- Messages from the dark side -- Economics before economics had been invented -- What Ibn Khaldun did for a living : teaching and writing -- The strange afterlife of the Muqaddima -- Ending up.…”

Ibn khaldun : an intellectual biography / by Irwin, Robert, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Ibn Khaldun among the ruins -- The game of thrones in fourteenth-century North Africa -- The nomads, their virtues and their place in history -- Underpinning the methodology of the Muqaddima: philosophy, theology and jurisprudence -- Ibn khaldun's sojourn among the Mamluks in Egypt -- The sufi mystic -- Messages from the dark side -- Economics before economics had been invented -- Teaching and writing: what Ibn Khaldun did for a living -- The strange afterlife of the Muqaddima -- Ending up.…”
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Sufi narratives of intimacy : Ibn 'Arabī, gender, and sexuality / by Shaikh, Sa'diyya

Table of Contents: “…Charting Ibn 'Arabī's religious anthropology -- 3. Mysticism and gender: a hermeneutic of experience -- 4. …”
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A history of Jewish-Muslim relations : from the origins to the present day /

Table of Contents: “…Founding books, mirror images ; Mirrored languages ; Two religions of the law ; Philosophy, science, and intellectual movements ; Mysticism ; Art and literature ; Memory and history.…”
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A history of Jewish-Muslim relations : from the origins to the present day /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter III: The Great Rupture in the Middle EastChapter IV: Spaces of Cohabitation; Chapter V: Tense Conversations; Chapter VI: Looking at the Other; Part Four: Transversalities; Prologue; Chapter I: Founding Books, Mirror Images; Chapter II: Mirrored Languages; Chapter III: Two Religions of the Law; Chapter IV: Philosophy, Science, and Intellectual Movements; Chapter V: Mysticism; Chapter VI: Art and Literature; Chapter VII: Memory and History; General Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Places; Illustration Credits.…”
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In the presence of power : court and performance in the pre-modern Middle East /

Table of Contents: “…The court cuisine of medieval Cyprus : food as table theater / William Woys Weaver -- Mystical poetics : courtly themes in early Sufi akhbār / Bilal Orfali -- Chaste lovers, Umayyad rulers, and Abbasid writers / Jocelyn Sharlet -- Epilogue / Evelyn Birge Vitz and Maurice A. …”

In the presence of power : court and performance in the pre-modern Middle East /

Table of Contents: “…The court cuisine of medieval Cyprus: food as table theater / William Woys Weaver -- Mystical poetics: courtly themes in early Sufi akhbar / Bilal Orfali -- Chaste lovers, Umayyard rulers, and Abbasid writers / Jocelyn Sharlet -- Epilogue.…”
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The politics of knowledge in premodern Islam : negotiating ideology and religious inquiry / by Safi, Omid, 1970-

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