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- Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press, 2013.
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- Book — 1 online resource (vi, 370 pages) : illustrations.
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- 9783940924117; 9783940924117; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction;
- 1. Gulf-Asia Economic Relations, Pan-Gulf and Pan-Asia Perspectives;
- 2. The Growing Roles of Asian Powers in the Gulf: A Saudi Perspective;
- 3. Iranâ#x80; #x99; s Ties with Asia;
- 4. Turkey and the Gulf: An Evolving Economic Partnership;
- 5. Russia and the Gulf: the Main Principles of the Political andEconomic Dialogue;
- 6. Situating the Gulf in Indiaâ#x80; #x99; s Engagement with Emerging Asia;
- 7. India and the Emerging Gulf: Between â#x80; #x9C; Strategic Balancingâ#x80; #x9D; andâ#x80; #x9C; Soft Powerâ#x80; #x9D; Options
- 8. The Economic Relations Between China and the GCC Countriessince
- 20089. China and Iran: Special Economic Partners;
- 10. Mobilizing Muslim Minority, Targeting Arab Trade: Chinaâ#x80; #x99; s Ningxiaas the Islamic Hub for China-Arab Connections;
- 11. China and the Gulf: The Social and Cultural Implications ofTheir Rapidly Developing Economic Ties;
- 12. Beyond Food for Fuel: the Little Red Dot inGCC-ASEAN Relations;
- 13. What Determines Malaysiaâ#x80; #x99; s Interest in the GCC?;
- 14. Small is Beautiful: South Korean-Gulf Relations as an Example ofStrategic Engagement by Players in Different Arenas
- 15. Japanâ#x80; #x99; s Engagement in the Gulf16. Japan and the Gulf: Balancing the Business Relationship; List of Contributors
2. Studies on the civilization of Islam [1962]
- Gibb, H. A. R. (Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen), 1895-1971, author.
- Boston : Beacon Press, [1962]
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- Book — 1 online resource (384 pages). Digital: data file.
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- *FrontMatter, pg. i*Editors' Note, pg. v*Abbreviations Used In Footnotes And Bibliographies, pg. viii*Preface, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xiii*Part One. Medieval Islamic History, pg. 1*Part Two. Islamic Institutions, Philosophy And Religion, pg. 139*Part Three. Contemporary Intellectual Currents, pg. 243*Bibliography, pg. 345*Index, pg. 358.
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3. Studies on the civilization of Islam [1962]
- Gibb, H. A. R. (Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen), 1895-1971, author.
- Boston : Beacon Press, [1962]
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- Book — 1 online resource (384 pages). Digital: data file.
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- *FrontMatter, pg. i*Editors' Note, pg. v*Abbreviations Used In Footnotes And Bibliographies, pg. viii*Preface, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xiii*Part One. Medieval Islamic History, pg. 1*Part Two. Islamic Institutions, Philosophy And Religion, pg. 139*Part Three. Contemporary Intellectual Currents, pg. 243*Bibliography, pg. 345*Index, pg. 358.
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- Üngör, Uğur Ümit, 1980-
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2011.
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- Book — 1 online resource (xv, 226 pages)
- Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher's, ©2011.
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- Book — 1 online resource (viii, 163 pages)
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- Preface-- An Example of Distortion of the Historical Truth. On N Tokarski's Book "Architecture of Ancient Armenia".-- Remarks on the Article of P M Muradyan: "The Armenian Inscription of the Church Jvari"-- On the Inscriptions on the Djvari Cathedral in Mtskheta-- On political Interrelations of Medieval Armenia & Georgia-- Javakheti Akhalkalaki-- On the Status of Armenia as Part of the Medieval Georgian. Centralized Monarchy (12th-14th cc.)-- Concerning the Question of the Meaning of the Term "Vratsi Azgav" in the Armenian Written Sources-- Against the Distortion of the Georgian Toponymics-- History Teaches and Warns Us-- Index.
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- Cotterman, William W.
- First edition. - Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013.
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- Book — 1 online resource.
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- Augusta Zenobia: 241-275
- Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope: 1776-1839
- Lady Jane Elizabeth Digby el Mesrab: 1807-1881
- Isabel Arundell Burton: 1831-1896
- Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell: 1868-1926
- Freya Madeline Stark: 1893-1993.
Cotterman situates their lives against a backdrop of the Middle Eastern history that was the setting for their adventures. Divided into six sections, one devoted to Zenobia and one focused on each of the five women, Improbable Women is a fascinating glimpse into the experiences and characters of these intelligent, open-minded, and free-spirited explorers."--Pub. desc.
- Fluri, Jennifer L., author.
- Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]
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- Book — 1 online resource (xv, 165 pages) : illustrations.
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- The Carpetbaggers of Kabul
- Gender and Grief Currency
- "Conscientiously Chic" : The Production and Consumption of Afghan Women's Liberation
- "We Should Be Eating the Grant, but the Grant Eats Us"
- "Saving" Soraya
- "Our Hearts Break" : 9/11 Deaths, Afghan Lives, and Intimate Intervention
- Gender Currency and the Development of Wealth.
- McLean, Kevin, author.
- Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
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- Kabul airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, October 1980 : flight
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1980 : Behsood Bridge
- Abdien, Afghanistan, October 1980 : Nasir
- Somewhere near Afghanistan-Pakistan border, October 1980 : minefield
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1920 : the British
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1920 : General Nadir
- Paris, France, 1920 : Hélène
- Kabul, Afghanistan 1929 : Nadir Shah
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1933 : Zahir Shah
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1934 : Tajwar
- Kabul, Afghanistsan, 1947 : Pashtunistan
- Faizabad, Afghanistan 1955 : Badakhshan
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1959 : Baba Naeem
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1961 : kite flying
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1962 : the new great game
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1963 : the king acts
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, winter 1963 : duck hunting
- A farm north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1964 : Buzkashi
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1965 : lessons
- Ghazni, Afghanistan, 1967 : Sia
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1966 : the mystic
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1967 : basketball
- Jalabad, Afghanistan, 1969 : Afsana
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1970 : a Turkish bride
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1971 : Daoud
- Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1972 : the wind
- Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1973 : coup d'état
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1974 : sitar lessons
- Paghman, Afghanistan, 1974 : Shabir leaves for Japan
- Moscow, USSR, 1977 : Daoud and Brezhnev
- Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1978 : Russia invades
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1978 : Professor Wazir
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1979 : Hafizullah Amin
- Kabul Afghanistan, February 1979 : Pol-i-charki Prison
- Kabul University, 1979 : the final exam
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1979 : Kandahari
- Kabul, Afghanistan, October 1980 : exodus
- A minefield somewhere near the Pakistan border, October 1980 : Landi Kotal
- Landi Kotal, Pakistan, 1980 : prison
- Landi Kotal, Pakistan, 1980 : connections
- Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980 : Pir Gailani
- Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980 : Hazrat Sepgotolah
- Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980 : the United Nations Humanitarian Aid Office
- Afghanistan, somewhere near the Pakistan border, 1980 : Mujahideen
- Karachi, Pakistan, 1981 : train ride
- Ankara, Turkey, 1981 : shoeshine
- Istanbul, Turkey, 1981 : U.S. Consulate
- U.S. Consulate, Istanbul, 1981 : Hazaras
- Frankfurt, Germany, 1981 : the parcel
- Frankfurt, Germany, 1981 : the interview
- Frankfurt, Germany, 1989 : warlords
- San Diego, California, 1992 : SpeeDee Oil
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1995 : the Taliban
- New York City : September 11, 2011
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : the dance of the dead
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : Karta-i-char
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : the gate
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : ghosts
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2002 : Hazrat Ali
- A cemetery near Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : the cemetery
- Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2002 : Wali Karzai
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : money
- San Diego, California, July 4, 2002 : citizens
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003 : number three
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003 : rebuilding
- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003 : orders
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2003 : Din Mohammad
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2003 : Hazrat Ali
- Office of the Governor of Jalalabad, 2003 : Gul Agha Sherzai
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan 2003 : Hadji Jawid
- Security headquarters, Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2003 : the gardener
- Abdien, Afghanistan, 2003 : the funeral
- Compound Hazrat Ali, Afghanistan, 2003 : Jirga
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2004 : the King's Arabians
- Karta-i-char, Kabul, Afghanistan 2008 : Rasoul.
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- New York : New York University Press, 2015.
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- Book — 1 online resource
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- Letter from the General Editor iiiForeword ixAccounts of China and IndiaAcknowledgements 3Introduction 4A Note on the Text 15Notes to the Introduction 18Map: The Lands and Seas of Abu Zayd's Accounts 20Accounts of China and India: The First Book 22Accounts of China and India: The Second Book 66Afterword to the Second Book 132Notes 135Glossary of Names and Terms 148Bibliography 159Mission to the VolgaAcknowledgements 165Introduction 167A Note on the Text 180Notes to the Introduction 188Map: Ibn Fa?lan's Route to the Volga 189Mission to the Volga 190Continuation from Yaqut's Geographical Dictionary 254Notes 261Glossary of Names and Terms 267Bibliography 281Further Reading 285Index 299About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 310About the Typefaces 311About the Editor-Translators 312.
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- Kassim, Husain, 1939-
- Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2012.
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- Book — 1 online resource (vii, 143 pages)
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- Introduction: What this study is about
- Chapter 1: The Historical Landscape of Egypt and Muslim India as Islamic Societies Prior to Colonial Rule
- Chapter 2: Shifting Identities: The `Islamicate' Societies of Egypt, Muslim India (Pakistan), Muslims in India, and its Aftermath
- Chapter 3: Ethnicity and Minorities
- Chapter 4: Transformation of Traditional Islamic Language and Literature into a Modern `Islamicate' Literature
- Chapter 5: Legal System and Judicial Institutions of Egypt and Muslim India
- Chapter 6: Education, Educational System and Islamization Project of Knowledge Chapter 7:An `Islamicate' Woman: Gender Relations and Women's Rights.
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- Aslanian, Sebouh David, author.
- Berkeley, Calif. ; London, England : University of California Press, [2011]
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- Book — 1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) : illustrations, maps. Digital: data file.
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- From trade diasporas to circulation society
- Old Julfa, the great deportations, and the founding of New Julfa, 1604/1620
- The new Julfan trade network I: the world of the Indian Ocean
- The New Julfan trade network II: the Mediterranean, Western European, and Russian Networks
- "The salt in a merchant's letter": the art of writing business correspondence, the courier system, and their role in Julfan economy and society
- Social capital, "trust" and the role of networks in Julfan trade: informal and semi-formal institutions at work
- The circulation of men and credit: the role of the commenda, the family firm and of non-circulating women in Julfan society
- From coalition to nation: the collapse and transformation of the Julfan trade network.
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- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2010.
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- Book — 1 online resource (338 pages) : map
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- Acknowledgments-- Note on Translation and Transliteration-- Map Introduction Part I, Central Asia in the Early Islamic Period, 7th-10th Centuries Introduction / A. Central Asia and the Arab Conquests:
- 1. Baladhuri: The Arab Conquests of Central Asia--
- 2. Tabari: Another Look at the Arab Conquests B. Central Asia under the Samanids:
- 3. Narshakhi: The Rise of the House of Saman--
- 4. Hudud al-'Alam: The Frontiers of the Muslim World in the 10th century C. An Age of Learning:
- 5. Ibn Sina: Biographical Notes--
- 6. al-Biruni: On the Importance of the Sciences Part II, Encounter with the Turks Introduction / A. Turkic Peoples of the Steppe:
- 7. Orkhon Inscriptions: The Early Turks--
- 8. al-Jahiz: The Peculiarities of the Turks--
- 9. Gardizi: The Turks in Early Muslim Traditions--
- 10. Ibn Fadlan: Journey to the Northern Lands B. Qarakhanids: The First Turkic Muslim State in Central Asia:
- 11. al-Kashghari: On the Linguistic Distribution of the Turks--
- 12. Jamal Qarshi: The Conversion to Islam of Satuq Bughra Khan--
- 13. Yusuf Hass Hajib: Advice to the Qarakhanid Rulers C. Central Asia in the 11th and 12th Centuries:
- 14. al-'Utbi: The Alliance of the Ghaznavids and Qarakhanids--
- 15. Ibn Khallikan: Biography of the Vizier Nizam al-Mulk--
- 16. Nizam al-Mulk: A Mirror for Princes--
- 17. Qabus-nama: A Different Mirror for Princes--
- 18. Liao Shih: Nomadic Khitan State and Society Part III, The Mongol Empire Introduction / A. Temujin and the Rise of the Mongol Empire--
- 19. Secret History of the Mongols: Temujin's Origins--
- 20. Hayton: Temujin and the Rise of the Mongol Empire--
- 21. Nasawi: The Khorezmshah's Downfall--
- 22. Chang Chun: A Daoist Monk in Central Asia--
- 23. Juzjani: Chaghatay the Accursed! B. Islamic Central Asia under Mongol Rule:
- 24. Rashid al-Din: In Defense of Chaghatay Khan--
- 25. Juvaini: The Il-Khan Hulegu Captures the Castles of the Heretics--
- 26. Mirza Haydar Dughlat: The Conversion to Islam of Tughluq Timur Khan--
- 27. Ibn Battuta: Travels in Western Central Asia in the 14th Century Part IV, Timur and the Timurids Introduction / A. Timur's Rise and Rule:
- 28. Ibn 'Arabshah: Timur and his Steppe Campaigns--
- 29. Ibn Khaldun: Personal Narrative of a Meeting with Timur--
- 30. Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo: A Spanish Embassy to Timur's Capital B. Central Asia in the 15th Century:
- 31. Khwandamir: Timur's Heirs: Shahrukh and Ulughbeg--
- 32. Nava'i: A Comparison between Persian and Turkic--
- 33. Khoja Ahrar: Letters--
- 34. Five Readings on Sufi Orders in Central Asia: Competition, Practice, Politics Part V, Central Asia in the 16th and 17th Centuries Introduction / A. The Shibanids and Central Asian Society in the 16th Century:
- 35. Zubdat al-Athar: The Beginnings of the Shibanid State--
- 36. Babur: Description of the Farghana Valley and Ejection from Samarqand--
- 37. Anthony Jenkinson: An English Merchant in Central Asia--
- 38. Juybari Archives: A 16th-Century Bukharan Deed of Sale--
- 39. Akbar, Emperor of India: A Letter to 'Abdallah Khan Uzbek, King of Turan B. Central Asia in the 17th Century:
- 40. Abu'l-Ghazi: Reasons for Writing the Genealogies of the Turks and Turkmens--
- 41. Ivan Khokhlov: A Russian Envoy to Central Asia--
- 42. Sayyeda-ye Nasafi: A Visit to the Shrine of Baha' al-Din Naqshband--
- 43. Churas: Erke Bek, a Turkestani in the Service of the Oirats Part VI, Central Asia in the 18th and 19th Centuries Introduction / A. The Age of Transition:
- 44. Timur's Legendary Biographies--
- 45. Thompson & Hogg: British Trade East of the Caspian--
- 46. 'Abd al-Karim Kashmiri: Nadir Shah's Campaign in Central Asia B. The Uzbek Tribal Dynasties:
- 47. Tuhfat al-khani: The Inauguration of Muhammad Rahim Khan--
- 48. Majma' al-arqam: An Administrative Manual from Bukhara--
- 49. A Collection of Royal Decrees from Khiva--
- 50. Muntakhab al-tavarikh: On the Relations between Qoqand and Kashghar C. The "Great Game" to Russian Rule:
- 51. Alexander Burnes: The Importance of Bukhara in Great Game Politics--
- 52. Mohan Lal: A Journey among the Turkmens--
- 53. Levshin: Observations on the Qazaqs--
- 54. Nikolai Ignatiev: Russia's Agenda in Central Asia--
- 55. Bayani: The Russian Conquest of Khiva and the Massacre of the Yomut Turkmens Glossary-- Index.
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- De Waal, Thomas, author.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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- Book — 1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps
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- DEDICATION
- AUTHOR'S NOTE
- MAP
- 1: THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN 1914-- MAP
- 2: TURKEY IN 2014
- INTRODUCTION: REQUIEM IN DIYARBAKIR
- CHAPTER 1: THE CATASTROPHE
- CHAPTER 2: THE HISTORY
- CHAPTER 3: FROM VAN TO LAUSANNE
- CHAPTER 4: ASPECTS OF FORGETTING
- CHAPTER 5: POST-WAR POLITICS
- CHAPTER 6: AWAKENING
- CHAPTER 7: ASSAILING TURKEY
- CHAPTER 8: A TURKISH THAW
- CHAPTER 9: INDEPENDENT ARMENIA
- CHAPTER 10: THE PROTOCOLS
- CHAPTER 11: HIDDEN HISTORIES IN DIYARBAKIR
- CHAPTER 12: TWO MEMORIALS IN ISTANBUL
- ENDNOTES.
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- Lewy, Guenter, 1923-
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 2005.
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- Book — 1 online resource (xiii, 370 pages) : maps. Digital: data file.
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- Preface
- I. The historical setting. Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth century ; The Armenian revolutionary movement ; The massacres of 1894-96 ; The young Turks take power
- II. Two rival historiographies. The Armenian case (1): genocidal plans ; The Armenian case (2): the implementation of genocide ; The Turkish position
- III. Historical reconstruction: what we know and what we do not know. The sources ; The deportation decision ; The course of the deportations ; Resettlement ; Who were the perpetrators of the massacres? ; The number of victims
- IV. The state of the controversy. Conclusion: The question of premeditation
- Epilogue: The politicization of history
- Abbreviations and glossary.
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