Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning

Ed. Melanie Gibson; Ali Ansari

ISBN 10: 1909942618 / ISBN 13: 9781909942615

Published by Gingko, 2022

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Recognizing ?the collective nature of their endeavour?, these two volumes of illustrated essays honour Professors Robert and Carole Hillenbrand and their important contributions to the fields of Islamic art and architecture, and the medieval Middle East respectively. The 13 essays in the volume for Robert include a ?memorial? for monuments destroyed by ISIS in Mosul; while the 11 contributions to the volume for Carole range from the early Fatimids to the Arab Spring. Slipcased.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning
• Publisher: Gingko
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909942618
• ISBN 13: 9781909942615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Collected essays honoring the work of British professors Carole and Robert Hillenbrand.

Carole and Robert Hillenbrand are legendary British professors, both of whom have made immense contributions to the fields of Islamic history and art history, and they are highly respected and beloved by the academic community. For these two volumes, editors Melanie Gibson and Ali Ansari have gathered an eclectic mix of scholarly contributions by colleagues and by some of their most recent students who now occupy positions in universities worldwide. The eleven articles in the volume dedicated to Carole Hillenbrand include research on a range of topics, including the elusive Fatimid caliph al-Zafir, a crusader raid on Mecca, and the Persian bureaucrat Mirza Saleh Shirazi’s history of England. In Robert Hillenbrand's volume, the thirteen articles include studies of a rare eighth-century metal dish with Nilotic scenes, Chinese Qur’ans, the process of image-making in both theory and practice, and a shrine in Mosul destroyed by ISIS.

About the Authors

Melanie Gibson is a well-known authority on Middle Eastern ceramics, writing and lecturing on them worldwide. A council member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, she is also a trustee of the Al-Tajir Trust and a trustee of the Friends of Leighton House, where she first became fascinated by the history behind the creation of the Arab Hall. 

Ali Ansari is professor of modern history with reference to Iran at the University of St Andrews. His books include Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change and The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran.