Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning (Vol I) (Hardcover)

Ali M. Ansari

ISBN 10: 1909942596 / ISBN 13: 9781909942592

Published by GINGKO, London, 2022

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Hardcover. 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 Shirazis history of England. In Robert Hillenbrand's volume, the thirteen articles include studies of a rare eighth-century metal dish with Nilotic scenes, Chinese Qurans, the process of image-making in both theory and practice, and a shrine in Mosul destroyed by ISIS. An impressive collection of essays by distinguished scholarly authors to celebrate the career of Carole Hillenbrand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning (Vol I) (Hardcover)
• Publisher: GINGKO, London
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909942596
• ISBN 13: 9781909942592
• 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 Author

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.