Cultural Geography

Das alte Vietnam

Auf den Spuren des Abbé Charles-Thomas de Saint-Phalle in Tunkin

In 1779, the German scholar Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard translated the French book “Histoire naturelle, civile et politique du Tonquin” of Jérôme Richard, which had been...

Cristoforo Buondelmonti. Liber insularum (ULBD Ms. G 13)

Transkription des Düsseldorfer Exemplars, Übersetzung und Kommentar

This volume contains a transliteration of "Liber insularum Archipelagi", the Düsseldorfer Manuscript Ms. G 13, that was already published as facsimile in 2005. The book also...

Kulturland Georgien

Kurzführer für Touristen

The Georgians are one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Caucasus, which during their history have created many splendid works of art and culture. This compilation lists all kinds...

Buddhism and Violence

One of the aims of this volume is to provide material, based on critical, unbiased research illustrating the fact that, at particular moments in their history and in certain...

Das tibetische Fürstentum La stod lHo (um 1265 bis 1642)

Die Geschichte der Herrschaftsbildung nebst einer Edition der Chronik Shel dkar chos ‘byung

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Die Untersuchung über das Fürstentum La stod lHo erschließt anhand des gesamten zur Verfügung stehenden...

Arms and Armour as Indicators of Cultural Transfer

The Steppes and the Ancient World from Hellenistic Times to the Early Middle Ages

The contributions in this volume give an impression of contemporary archaeological, art historical, and historical research in military equipment of and under the influence of...

Die Figur des Beduinen in der arabischen Literatur

9. bis 12. Jahrhundert

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Im Zentrum der Studie steht die Beduinenfigur, die im Kontext nomadisch-sesshafter Beziehungen untersucht wird....

Shukrullo: Die ohne Leichentuch Begrabenen

Politische Verfolgung an der sowjetischen Peripherie, erzählt und erinnert durch den uzbekischen Dichter Shukrullo

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Kaum war in Uzbekistan die Perestroika angekommen, veröffentlichte der bekannte Schriftsteller Shukrullo 1991...

Shifts and Drifts in Nomad-Sedentary Relations

Historians of the Ancient and Roman Middle East, Anthropologists, and specialists of the Islamic Middle East explore changing conceptions of nomadic and sedentary life, and...

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...

Kategorien der Wirklichkeit im frühen Yogacara

Der Fünf-vastu-Abschnitt in der Viniscayasamgrahani der Yogacarabhumi

This book investigates the concept of the five “categories” (vastu) in the Buddhist Yogacara tradition. The five vastus may be understood as an attempt at categorizing all aspects...

Osmanismus, Nationalismus und der Kaukasus

Muslime und Christen, Türken und Armenier im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert

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Die Beiträge dieses Bandes behandeln unterschiedliche Probleme und Aspekte der Geschichte des „Krisenherd...

Verwandtschaft, Religion und Geschlecht im Aserbaidschan

The book relies on a 15months field research in an Azerbaijan village and treats gender spe-cific ideologies in the two domains of kinship and religion. It is shown, that the...

Jaghnob 1970

Erinnerungen an eine Zwangsumsiedlung in der Tadschikischen SSR

On the basis of archive material, press releases and recollections the history of the forced migration of the Jaghnobi in Soviet Tajikistan in the 1970ies is reconstructed. The...

Die Taliban im Land der Mittagssonne

Geschichten aus der afghanischen Provinz. Erinnerungen und Notizen von Abdurrahman Pahwal

The book presents the German translation of a Persian manuscript from Afghanistan with personal memories and notes of the reign of the Taliban which were written down by a local...

Minstrel Poetry from the Pamir Mountains

A Study on the Songs and Poems of the Ismailis of Tajik Badakhshan

This book is a description and an analysis of the sung poetry of the Ismailis from Tajik Badakhshan and is based on material collected during fieldwork in the Pamir Mountains, in...

Die Statue und der Tempel des Arya Va-ti bzang-po

Ein Beitrag zu Geschichte und Geographie des tibetischen Buddhismus

Study of the cult of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara in Mang-yul sKyid-grong in south-western Tibet based on the pilgrimage guidebook written by Brag-dkar rta-so sPrul-sku Chos-kyi...

Governing the Holy City

The Interaction of Social Groups in Jerusalem between the Fatimid and the Ottoman Period

The history of Jerusalem during the Islamic Middle Ages was not confined to the foundation of sanctuaries, and the struggle over their control – even if these aspects could not be...

Catalogue des manuscrits conservés dans la bibliothèque de l’archevêché grec-catholique d’Alep (Syrie)

Manuscrits arabes-chrétiens de l’archevêché grec-catholique d’Alep

This catalogue is typical of an ecclesiastic library belonging to a theological institution devoted to the training of priests. It is an invaluable testimony for the study of the...

Dating Tibetan Art

Essays on the Possibilities and Impossibilities of Chronology from the Lempertz Symposium, Cologne

During the past twelve years, international trade in Tibetan art has enjoyed an unprecedented upswing, as buyer demand has confronted limited supply. Prices have risen to dizzying...