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Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: BRILL
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Pages: 361
Pages: 361
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-15 - Publisher: Lockwood Press
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Language: en
Pages: 377
Pages: 377
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
When the Umayyads, the first Islamic dynasty, rose to power shortly after the death of the Prophet Muhammad (d. 632), the polity of which they assumed control h
Language: en
Pages: 190
Pages: 190
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-07-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This book tests the hypothesis that Roman law was a formative influence on Islamic law.
Language: en
Pages: 669
Pages: 669
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-11-27 - Publisher: BRILL
This collected volume brings together a range of articles in honor of Professor Patricia Crone.