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| Introduction | |
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| Foundations: Religious, Political, Juridical, and Administrative Documents from Early Islam and Places in Transition | |
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| The Quran: On Paradise | |
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| The Quran: On the Qibla | |
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| The Hadith: On Waqf | |
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| Ibn �Asakir: The Pact of �Umar | |
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| Behavior, Gifts, Treasuries, and Collections | |
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| Kitab al-hadaya wa al-tuhaf: A Description of Wedding Gifts | |
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| Al-Muqaddasi: A Description of the Shiraz Library | |
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| Kutadgu Bilig: A "Mirror for Princes" on the Qualifications of a Gatekeeper and the Etiquette for Feasts | |
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| Kitab al-hadaya wa al-tuhaf: On the Looting of the Fatimid Treasury | |
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| Al-Ghazali: On the Magnanimity of Kings | |
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| Ibn Khaldun: On the Emblems of Sovereignty | |
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| Safiye: Letter to Queen Elizabeth I | |
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| Tavernier: On the Ottoman Mosaic Collection | |
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| Art | |
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| Workshops, Guilds, and Crafts in General | |
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| The Ikhwan al-Safa': On the Education of Craftsmen | |
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| Clavijo: On Timurid Trade with China | |
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| Ahmad Ibn �Arabshah: On Timur's Seizure and Relocation of Artisans | |
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| Khwandamir: On Guilds and an Extraordinary Work of Glass | |
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| A Report from a Book Workshop | |
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| Bernier: On Artisans in Delhi | |
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| Calligraphy and Scribes | |
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| Ibn Qutayba: On the Education of a Scribe | |
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| Ibn al-Nadim: On the Transmission and Authorization of Books | |
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| Al-Ghazali: On Pens and Secretaries | |
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| Rashid al-Din: On His Atelier Endowment | |
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| Simi Nishapuri: A Treatise on Papers, Color, and Ink | |
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| Mawlana Sultan-'Ali: A Treatise on Writing | |
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| Khwandamir: A Biographical Sketch of a Timurid Calligrapher | |
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| Calligraphy Sample Sheet | |
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| Qadi Ahmad: On the Invention of the Pen | |
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| Painting | |
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| Sadiqi Beg: A Treatise on Painting | |
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| Abu'l-Fazl �Allami: On Painting the Human Figure | |
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| Jahangir: A Painting of a Flying Rodent and a Portrait Gallery | |
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| Evliya �elebi: An Account of Manuscript Defacement | |
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| Textiles | |
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| Al-Bayhaqi: On Tiraz-stamped Paper and Textiles | |
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| Al-Mas�udi: On the Patronage of Textiles | |
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| An Egyptian Tiraz Inscription | |
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| Narshakhi: On Bukhara's Cloth | |
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| Ibn al-Balkhi: On Linen Manufacture | |
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| A Geniza Letter Regarding Trade and Market Prices | |
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| Ceramics, Glass, Ivory, and Other Media | |
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| Abu al-Qasim: On Ceramic Luster and Gilding | |
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| Ibn Battuta: On Chinese Porcelain | |
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| Mosque Lamp with Blazon | |
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| Clavijo: On Timurid Emblems | |
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| Clavijo: A Golden Tree | |
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| Four Coins | |
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| Jahangir Strikes a New Kind of Coin | |
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| Geometry, Aesthetics | |
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| Ibn Hazm: On Vision | |
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| Ibn al-Haytham: On Vision | |
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| Space: Architecture and Urbanism | |
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| �Abd al-Rahman III: On Architecture and Immortality | |
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| Architectural Technique | |
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| Ibn Khaldun: On Mudbrick and Stucco | |
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| Abu'1-Fazl �Allami: On Building Materials and Technique | |
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| Ca�far Efendi: On Names of Colors and Marbles | |
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| Architectural Types and Elements | |
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| Al-Bukhari: A Hadith on the First Minbar | |
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| Ibn Khaldun: On the Adoption of the Maqsura | |
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| Al-Maqrizi: The Dar al-imara of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun | |
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| Badi al-Zaman al-Hamadani: A Bathhouse Visit | |
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| Al-Wansharisi Answers a Query about Qibla | |
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| Abu�l-Fazl: On Illumination and Candlesticks | |
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| Urbanism and Land | |
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| Hilal al-Sabi': Estimating the Number of Bathhouses in Baghdad | |
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| Ibn �Abdun: A Hisba Manual for Seville | |
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| Ibn Khaldun: On the Role of the Market Supervisor | |
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| Al-Wansharisi Answers a Query about Waqf Violation | |
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| Places | |
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| Pre-Islamic | |
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| The Qur'an: Bilqis and the Glass Floor | |
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| The Arabian Peninsula | |
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| Nasir-i Khusraw: A Description of the Kaaba | |
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| Ibn Jubayr: A Description of the Mosaics in the Medina Mosque | |
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| Syria, Jordan, and Environs | |
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| Dome of the Rock Inscriptions | |
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| Al-Ya�qubi: On the Dome of the Rock as a Pilgrimage Site | |
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| Al-Baladhuri: How the Muslim Community Obtained the Site for the V Mosque of Damascus | |
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| Ibn Shaddad: On Rusafa | |
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| Ibn Jubayr: A Description of Aleppo's Citadel | |
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| Iraq | |
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| Al-Baladhuri: On the Founding of Kufa | |
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| Al-Mas�udi: On the Founding of Samarra | |
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| Kitab al-hadaya xva al-tuhaf: A Reception of Byzantine Ambassadors in Baghdad | |
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| Al-Andalus | |
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| Ibn �Idhari: On the Mosque of Cordoba | |
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| Signatures of Stone Masons in the Mosque of Cordoba | |
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| �Abd al-Rahman I: Ode to a Palm Tree | |
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| Ibn Ghalib: On the Construction of Madinat al-Zahra' | |
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| Al-Maqqari: A Description of a Glass Pavilion in Toledo | |
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| Navagero: On the Alhambra | |
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| The Maghreb, Africa, and Sicily | |
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| Ziza Palace Inscriptions | |
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| Ibn Naji al-Tanukhi: The Mihrab of the Great Mosque of Kairouan | |
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| Al-Muqaddasi: A Description of Sabra al-Mansuriyya | |
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| Ibn Marzuq: On Merinid Madrasas and Zawiyas | |
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| Ibn Marzuq: On Merinid Bridges and Fountains | |
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| �Abd Salam Shabeni: A Description of Timbuktu | |
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| Egypt | |
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| Mufaddal ibn Abi al-Fada'il: On the Fatimid Processions to the Four Mosques | |
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| Nasir-i Khusraw: A Description of the Fatimid Palace in Cairo | |
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| Ibn Battuta: A Description of Cairo's Cemeteries | |
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| Al-Maqrizi: On the Foundation of the Madrasa-Mausoleum of Sultan Salih Nejm al-Din Ayyub | |
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| Baybars al-Jashankir's Waqfiyya | |
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| Al-Maqrizi: On the Organization of the Sultan Qala'un Hospital in Cairo | |
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| Inscription on the Facade of the Madrasa-Mausoleum of Sultan Qala'un | |
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| Al-Maqrizi: A Description of the Madrasa al-Nasiriya's Gothic Portal | |
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| Turkey and the Ottoman Empire | |
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| Ibn Battuta: On a Church Conversion in Bursa | |
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| Evliya �elebi: A Description of the Ulu Cami in Bursa | |
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| Kritovoulos: On the Ottoman Conquest and Reconstruction of Istanbul | |
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| The Inscription on the Imperial Gate of the Topkapi Palace | |
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| Evliya �elebi: A Description of the Topkapi Palace | |
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| Sinan: On Building the Selimiye Mosque | |
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| Hafiz H�seyin al-Ayvansarayi: A Description of the S�leymaniye Mosque | |
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| Mustafa b. Ahmed �Ali: On Building with Booty | |
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| Tavernier: A Description of the Topkapi Diwan | |
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| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Harem Visits | |
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| Iran and Central Asia | |
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| Narshakhi: On the Images on the Doors of the Bukhara Mosque | |
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| Inscription on the Gunbad-i Qabus | |
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| Abu �Amr al-Juzjani: A Description of the Ghurid Palace in Firuz-Kuh | |
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| Babur: A Description of Samarkand | |
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| Babur: On the Construction of the Bagh-i Wafa | |
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| Clavijo: A Description of the Aq Saray near Samarkand | |
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| Sharaf al-Dux �Ali Yazdi: A Description of the Dilgusha Garden | |
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| Junabadi: A Description of Isfahan | |
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| Iskandar Beg Munshi: A Description of the Masjid-i Shah in Isfahan | |
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| Olearius: A Description of Uljaytu's Tomb in Sultaniyya | |
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| South Asia | |
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| Ibn Battuta: A Description of Delhi and the Qutb Minar | |
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| Firuz Shah: On Architectural Restoration | |
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| The Tarikh-i Da'udi: On the Destruction of Hindu Idols | |
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| Babur Plans a Garden in Agra | |
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| Gulbadan Begam: On Building Projects in Agra and Dholpur | |
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| Nizam al-Din Ahmad Haravi: On the Foundation of Fatehpur-Sikri | |
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| �Inayat Khan: On the Building of the Diwan-i Amm in the Agra Fort | |
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| �Inayat Khan: On the Construction of the Taj Mahal | |
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| �Inayat Khan: On Water Problems at the Shalimar Gardens in Lahore | |
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| Fran�ois Bernier: A Description of Shahjahanabad | |
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| Th�venot: A Description of Aurangzeb's Birthday Celebration | |
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| East Asia | |
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| Ibn Battuta: On Caravanserais and Mosques in China | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |