The Book of the Islamic Market Inspector: Nih?yat al-Rutba f? Talab al-Hisba (The Utmost Authority in the Pursuit of Hisba) (Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement, 9)

Al-Shayzar?, Abd Al-Rahma?n B. Nasr

ISBN 10: 019922434X / ISBN 13: 9780199224340

Published by Oxford University Press, 2000

About this Item

From publisher s library. Library marking on the spine. Bookplate on inside cover and library stamp, otherwise book is new. Pages clean and crisp, spine unbroken. 0819A.

Seller Inventory # A0819-032

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of the Islamic Market Inspector: Nih?yat al-Rutba f? Talab al-Hisba (The Utmost Authority in the Pursuit of Hisba) (Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement, 9)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019922434X
• ISBN 13: 9780199224340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This is a fully annotated translation of a 12th-century manual written for the practical use of the Islamic inspector of markets. Filled with lively detail, the manual covers confectioners, perfumers, money-changers, slave traders, physicians, and veterinarians, outlining their professions, ruses and tricks of the trade. It is rich in description and anecdote and shows great concern for ordinary people aside from the sultans, wazirs and other government officials who are usually the focus of early Islamic writing.

About the Author

Dr. Buckley is Lecturer in Arabic, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester. He was the 1990-1998 Lecturer in Arabic-English Translation and Interpreting at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh