Shorter encyclopaedia of Islam

Author(s)

• Gibb, Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen, Sir
• Kramers, J. H.

Bibliographic Information

Shorter encyclopaedia of Islam

edited on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Academy by H.A.R. Gibb and J.H. Kramers

Cornell University Press, c1974

Photomechanical reprint ed.

Note

First published 1953

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam is an unequalled reference work of all subjects which concern, or touch on, the religion and law of Islam. As to its geographical and historical scope, the work embraces the old Arabo-Islamic Empire, the Islamic states of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire, and the various Muslim states and communities in Africa, Europe and the former U.S.S.R. The Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam contains an extensive index and bibliography. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

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Details

• NCID: BC07385885
• ISBN:
  • 9004006818
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Ithaca
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 671 p., [1] p. of plates
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BP40
  • DC20 : 297/.03
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Islam -- Dictionaries