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Arab Geographer's Knowledge of Southern India
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Centuries ago, the roaring sea was the only answer for the quest of the new.
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Paperback
ISBN:
9789380081106
$20.00
Centuries ago, the roaring sea was the only answer for the quest of the new. Voyages made landscapes and people. Each expedition constructed a new history of land and new versions of cultures. Some took the yoke of imperialism through these sea routes; some a mission of knowledge and cultural symbiosis.
Arab Geography is a construction of India from the narratives of famous Arab travellers. A fresh perception on the land of many cultures and some iconic navigators whose mission it was to pollinate knowledge and culture.
Sayyid Qutb: A Study of His Tafsir
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This work seeks to introduce both Sayyid Qutb and his tafsir, capturing his intellectual and
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Paperback
ISBN:
9789675062278
$20.00
On August 29, 1966, Sayyid Qutb was sent to the gallows by the Nasser regime of Egypt. The specific charge against him was based on his now-celebrated book, Milestones, which denounces the existing order in Muslim societies. His other works have been translated into virtually every language that Muslims read. But it was his multi-volume tafsir (exegesis) of the Qur'an, Fi Zilal al-Qur'an (In the Shade of the Qur'an), to which he owes his fame.
The Road to Mecca
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This autobiographical work by one of Europe's best known convert to Islam gives us
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Paperback
ISBN:
9789839154122
$12.00
This autobiographical work by one of Europe's best known convert to Islam gives us a rounded portrait of a man in search of adventure and truth. It is part spiritual autobiography, part summary of the author's intuitive insights into Islam and the Arabs, part an impressive travelogue. Punctuated with abundant adventure, moments of contemplation, colorful narrative, brilliant description and lively anecdote, it tells above all a human story, a story of a modern man's restlessness and loneliness, passions and ambitions, joys and sorrows, anxiety and commitment, vision and humaneness.
Searching for Solace
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This is the first detailed account of the life and ideas of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, whose
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Paperback
ISBN:
9789839154009
$12.00
This is the first detailed account of the life and ideas of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, whose 'The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary' is the most widely used English translation of the Qur'an. This is a candid and sympathetic study that draw on Yusuf Ali's writings and private papers, as well as unpublished sources.
Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
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This work first published in 1898 has become almost an authoritative account of the era of the Crusa
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Paperback
ISBN:
9789839541557
$18.00
This work first published in 1898 has become almost an authoritative account of the era of the Crusades and the life of one of Muslim world's best known leaders, Salahuddin al-Ayyubi, or Saladin. The author's objective and unbiassed research on Saladin, as well as extensive consultation of books by Muslim and European historians on the subjects, makes the book one of the best sources on the Crusades even more than a hundred years after its first edition.
