Isbn: 9780197276051 - Bill, Letters and Deeds: Arabic Papyri of the 7th to 11th Centuries Ad (the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol Vi) (7 results)

Condition: Very Good. Light scuffs, bumps and marks on slipcase; spill mark on one side. Book is like new.

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.…

hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Slp. Vol. 6 only. 4to. Cloth, d.j., in slipcase. Profusely illustrated. Light shelf-wear to slipcase. Bright, clean copy. Signed.

Condition: New. pp. 292.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Condition: New. pp. 292.

Condition: New. pp. 292.