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BILL, LETTERS AND DEEDS: Arabic Papyri of the 7th to 11th centuries AD (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL VI) - Hardcover
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Dating mainly from the 8th and 9th centuries, the 258 papyri in this volume include official and legal documents, receipts, accounts and private letters. Together, they provide an invaluable source of information on scripts, grammar, and literary styles, as well as on social and economic life in the early Islamic period.
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Geoffrey Khan, Research Associate, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, University of Cambridge.
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BILL, LETTERS AND DEEDS: Arabic Papyri of the 7th to 11th centuries AD (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL VI): v.6 (Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art S.) [Hardcover] Geoffrey Khan
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Bills, letters, and deeds : Arabic papyri of the 7th to 11th centuries (Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, 6)
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 292 pages : colour illustrations ; 36 cm. Issued in a slip case. Contents: Accounts: catalogue numbers 1-24 Letters: catalogue numbers 25-96 Legal Documents: catalogue numbers 97-108 Black and white plates: catalogue numbers 109-258 Notes: English and Arabic. Summary:This volume of the Khalili Collection catalogues approximately 250 Arabic documents written on papyrus. Each accompanied by a plate, the entries are catalogued according to the type of document, firstly accounts, secondly legal documents, and thirdly, letters. Most of the documents date from the eighth or ninth centuries A.D. A large number of the papyri came from Fustat, the old Arab capital of Egypt. Nearly all published Arabic papyri came from southern Egypt. The Khalili collection contains the first Arabic document that has been discovered to have been written in northern Iraq. The documents are an important primary source for socio-economic history, palaeography, and diplomatics. The text is supported by notes, up-to-date bibliography, and index. Seller Inventory # soas4to305
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Bills, Letters and Deeds : Arabic Papyri of the 7th to 11th Centuries (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol. VI)
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