This dissertation is a bio-bibliographical study of Twelver Shīʿism in southern Iraq in the sixth/twelfth and seventh/thirteenth centuries, a period that has been called the "school of Ḥillah." This was an extraordinary stage in the evolution of Twelver Shīʿism because it produced outstanding and seminal works in nearly every field of Islamic scholarship, and hosted several disparate intellectual trends in one city. I utilize state-of-the-art electronic databases to study the transmission of knowledge and networks of kinship, learning and patronage in Ḥillah. Based on an examination of nearly two hundred individuals affiliated with the city in this period and their writings, I establish correlations between these networks and particular mod...
From the tenth century onwards, the Middle East saw the rise of specialised educational institutions...
This is a study of two compilations that originated in western Iran before the Mongol conquest. The ...
Scholars constitute the most fully documented social group of pre-modern Islamic societies. Cities w...
The first chapter, "Current Status and Issues of Āzar Kayvān School Study," comprises two sections. ...
This dissertation explores the Islamic origins of the Ghuris in medieval Afghanistan between the ten...
The object of this thesis is a) to examine the importance of the "Compendium of Histories" as a work...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2013The Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (Collected histories) of Rashīd ...
The main focus of this study is to examine the development of the theory of the institution of ḥisb...
This book explores the causes and consequences of Chinggis Khan's invasion of Khorasan in the 13th c...
One distinct character of education in medieval Islam is the fact that teaching and learning activit...
Nurit Tsafrir, The history of an Islamic school of law (2004), traces the spread of Ḥanafi law from ...
This dissertation explores the Islamic origins of the Ghuris in medieval Afghanistan between the ten...
This dissertation explores the ways in which religious knowledge was produced and transmitted in Saf...
This dissertation focuses on the fashioning of new discourses on authority and sacral kingship in th...
This dissertation analyzes local and regional histories written during the 10th to 13th centuries in...
From the tenth century onwards, the Middle East saw the rise of specialised educational institutions...
This is a study of two compilations that originated in western Iran before the Mongol conquest. The ...
Scholars constitute the most fully documented social group of pre-modern Islamic societies. Cities w...
The first chapter, "Current Status and Issues of Āzar Kayvān School Study," comprises two sections. ...
This dissertation explores the Islamic origins of the Ghuris in medieval Afghanistan between the ten...
The object of this thesis is a) to examine the importance of the "Compendium of Histories" as a work...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2013The Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (Collected histories) of Rashīd ...
The main focus of this study is to examine the development of the theory of the institution of ḥisb...
This book explores the causes and consequences of Chinggis Khan's invasion of Khorasan in the 13th c...
One distinct character of education in medieval Islam is the fact that teaching and learning activit...
Nurit Tsafrir, The history of an Islamic school of law (2004), traces the spread of Ḥanafi law from ...
This dissertation explores the Islamic origins of the Ghuris in medieval Afghanistan between the ten...
This dissertation explores the ways in which religious knowledge was produced and transmitted in Saf...
This dissertation focuses on the fashioning of new discourses on authority and sacral kingship in th...
This dissertation analyzes local and regional histories written during the 10th to 13th centuries in...
From the tenth century onwards, the Middle East saw the rise of specialised educational institutions...
This is a study of two compilations that originated in western Iran before the Mongol conquest. The ...
Scholars constitute the most fully documented social group of pre-modern Islamic societies. Cities w...