Islam

Die Dekorelemente der Elfenbeinskulpturen des Kalifats von Córdoba (Mitte 10. bis Anfang 11. Jahrhundert)

The life work of the architect and art historian Christian Ewert was the investigation and analysis of west Islamic architectural adornment, from its flowering in the 10th Century...

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Band 2

The subjects of volume 2 of the „Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie“ (BIKA, Contributions to Islamic Art History and Archaeology) include architecture, painting,...

Islam, State, and Society in Independent Azerbaijan

Between Historical Legacy and Post-Soviet Reality - with special reference to Baku and its environs

The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the appearance of new independent states in its place resulted in dramatic changes in geopolitics. Azerbaijan emerged as one of the new...

Die Geburt des Propheten Muhammad

Drei Dichtungen aus Mittelasien

This volume focuses on the veneration of the prophet Muhammad in Central Asia towards the end of the 19th century. It presents three text that praise the birth of the prophet: the...

Die Grenzen der Welt

Arabica et Iranica ad honorem Heinz Gaube

Applying different methods on a broad range of sources, the present book attempts to transcend the limits between disciplines of Oriental Studies in twenty articles dedicated to...

Der islamische Palast auf der Alcazaba von Almeria

In the Eleventh Century the Alcazaba of Almería served as the residence of an Islamic ruler. Based on a comprehensive documentation of the architectural remains and fragments of...

Catalogue des manuscrits de la fondation Georges et Mathilde Salem (Alep, Syrie)

The library of the George & Mathilde Salem Foundation (Aleppo, Syria) is one of the most important private collections of manuscripts in the Syrian Arab Republic. It contains 547...

Dschihad im Kaukasus

Antikolonialer Widerstand der Dagestaner und Tschetschenen gegen das Zarenreich (18. Jahrhundert bis 1859)

From an early stage the fight of the Muslim people of the Northern Caucasus against the advancing Russian empire coincided with religious reform movements. The study examines the...

Wandel durch Wahlen?

Wahlen, Demokratie und politischer Wandel in der arabischen Welt

In stark contrast to most other world regions democracy has not taken root as a form of government in the Arab World. Hardly any of the Arab states can be considered a democracy...

The Nouns of Koranic Arabic Arranged by Topics

A Companion Volume to the “Concise Dictionary of Koranic Arabic”

This dictionary undertakes, for the first time, to group the substantives and adjectives in the Arabic Koran by topics, with glosses in English. The categories are partly derived ...

Islamische Internationalisten

Strukturen und Aktivitäten der Muslimbruderschaft und der Islamischen Weltliga

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Sowohl die Muslimbruderschaft als auch die Islamische Weltliga unterhalten international aktive Netzwerke, die...

Länderkunde Jemen

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Im Süden der Arabischen Halbinsel gelegen rückt der Jemen zunehmend in den Fokus der Öffentlichkeit und gewinnt...

Islam und Bioethik

Eine kritische Analyse der modernen Diskussion im islamischen Recht

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Das Buch behandelt die Frage, wie moderne islamische Rechtsgelehrte darüber diskutieren, ab wann werdendes...

Herrschaft, Recht und Islam in Daghestan

Von den Khanaten und Gemeindebünden zum Dschihad-Staat

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Diese Arbeit stellt den Widerstand der Muslime des Nordkaukasus gegen das russische koloniale Vordringen und den...

A Concise Dictionary of Koranic Arabic

A ”Concise Dictionary of Koranic Arabic” is the first dictionary of its kind to appear in well over a century, i. e. after a stretch of time during which, thanks to the endeavors...

Muhammad Iqbal’s Romanticism of Power

A Post-Structural Approach to His Persian Lyrical Poetry

A study of the Persian poetry of Muḥammad Iqbāl (1877-1938), today Pakistan’s national poet, this work identifies the position his poems occupied between tradition and modernity,...

Martyrdom in Literature

Visions of Death and Meaningful Suffering in Europe and the Middle East from Antiquity to Modernity

This book aims to achieve a deeper understanding of the very human phenomenon of martyrdom by analysing in detail its highly varied re-enactments in European and Middle Eastern...

Historiographie als Sinnstiftung

Indo-persische Geschichtsschreibung während der Mogulzeit (932 bis 1118/1516 bis 1707)

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Diese Monographie stellt 23 ausgewählte historiographische Texte aus der Zeit der in Indien vom 16. bis zum 18....

Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey

This detailed handbook contents of a catalogue of ethnic groups, surveys, lists by villages and administrative districts, essays on selected groups by contributing authors, and...

Iranische Geistlichkeit zwischen Utopie und Realismus

Zum Diskurs über Herrschafts- und Staatsdenken im 20. Jahrhundert

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Ist die religiöse Vernunft in der Lage, der Herausforderung gerecht zu werden, die die Moderne für den Islam...