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Islam in Historical Perspective

Islam in Historical Perspective

Alexander Knysh

41 For details, see Alexander Knysh, Ibn 'Arabi in the Later Islamic Tradition, SUNY Press, Albany, NY, 1999. 42 For Ibn Sina«s philosophical views, see Chapter 14. 43 For images, see, e.g., John Brown, The Darvishes or Oriental Mysticism, ...
Islam in Historical Perspective

Islam in Historical Perspective

Alexander Knysh

Professor Leila Ahmed of Yale University has pointed out that the former group of verses constitutes “the fundamental message of Islam,” whereas the latter, “even his [the Prophet's] own practices, were the ephemeral aspects of the religion, ...
Islamic Mysticism: A Short History

Islamic Mysticism: A Short History

Alexander Knysh

This is a general survey of the rise and development of Islamic mysticism (Sufism) up to the modern period, which takes into account the latest achievements of scholarship on the subject.
Sufism in the West

Sufism in the West

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5 For the following see also the introductory work of Alexander Knysh (1999); also Leonard Lewisohn (1993). 6 Shah Wali Ullah's major work has been translated by Marcia Hermansen (1996). 7 Compare R. S. O'Fahey and B. Radtke (1993).
Ibn 'Arabi in the Later Islamic Tradition: The Making of a ...

Ibn 'Arabi in the Later Islamic Tradition: The Making of a ...

Alexander D. Knysh

Examines the fierce controversy over the legacy of Ibn 'Arabi, the great Islamic mystic.
Heresy and the Making of European Culture: Medieval and ...

Heresy and the Making of European Culture: Medieval and ...

Andrew P. Roach

... Alexander Knysh and Norman Calder.19 There are key considerations here. For one, medieval Islamic societies lacked centralizing institutions like the Church to promulgate views of 'correct' doctrine. Moreover, the circle of influential  ...
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: A Sourcebook

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: A Sourcebook

Alexander D. Knysh

As initial managing editor, she was efficient, patient, urgent, and tactful all at the same time: she is a marvelously effective and thoughtful colleague. Erik Ohlander did large and fundamental work on an earlier form of the Sourcebook: his tracks ...
Russian-Muslim Confrontation in the Caucasus: Alternative ...

Russian-Muslim Confrontation in the Caucasus: Alternative ...

Gary Hamburg

108, fn. 1. 35 Jamal al-Din al-Ghazi-Ghumuqi, al-Adab al-Murdhiyyafi al-Tariqa al -Naqshbandiyya, pp. 32–33, quoted in Zelkina, In Questfor God andFreedom, pp. 114–115, my translation. 36 In a recent book Alexander Knysh has argued that ...
Orientalism Revisited: Art, Land and Voyage

Orientalism Revisited: Art, Land and Voyage

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2 Alexander Knysh, 'Historiography of Sufi Studies in the West', in Youssef M. Choueiri (ed.),A Companion to the History oftheMiddle East, Blackwell Companions to World History (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005), p. 121. 3 Edward ...
Social Register, Summer

Social Register, Summer

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Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record

Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record

John W. Busey

... North Carolina 904 Alexander, J.B.; “C.” 8th Georgia 305 Alexander, J.M. (2nd Lieutenant); “K,” Sth Texas 1442 Alexander, Jacob B.; “G,” 12th South Carolina 1332 Alexander, James C.; "I," 26th Alabama 178 Alexander, James Needham; “ A ...
Register of Members of the General Council of the University ...

Register of Members of the General Council of the University ...

University of Glasgow

Dunbar, Mrs. Joseph — see Whish, Grace Birrell Duncalfe, Mrs. Arthur B. — see Begg, Lilias Scott Craig Duncan, Alexander Duncan, Alexander, M.A. . Duncan, Alexander Adams, B.D. Duncan, Alexander Findlay, M.A. Duncan, Sir Andrew ...
Lantern Cookery Classics: Stephanie Alexander

Lantern Cookery Classics: Stephanie Alexander

Stephanie Alexander

Highly acclaimed cook, writer and seasonal food pioneer Stephanie Alexander shares some of her all-time favourite recipes in this classic collection.
Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of ...

Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of ...

Edward Porter Alexander

Alexander was involved in nearly all of the great battles of the East, from First Manass Rescued from an archive and published only eight years ago, this private memoir by Confederate General Porter Alexander is now recognized as one of the ...
The Works of Alexander Pope

The Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope. VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU. UN JOUR DIT UN AUTEUR, etc. Once (says an Author, where I need not say) Two Trav'lers found an Oyster in their way ; Both fierce, both hungry; the dispute grew strong, While Scale in hand  ...
Sputnik

Sputnik

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Photograph by Alexander Makarov. PHOTO AND PICTURE CREDITS Front cover: Alexander Makarov; page 43: Nikolai Rakhmanov; pp.79 — 85: Alexander Makarov; pp.88— 95: Valeri Shustov; pp.124— 127: Vassili Peskov. Design and  ...
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography

Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography

Peter Green

r = PETSAS, P. 'New discoveries at Pella, birthplace and capital of Alexander', Archaeology 1 1 (1958), 246-54.. PFISTER, F. 'Alexander der Grosse. Die Geschichte seines Ruhms im Lichte seiner Beinamen', Historia 13 (1964), 37-79.
The works of mr. Alexander Pope

The works of mr. Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope. All bail ! Ye virgin daughters of the main ; iU Ye streams , beyond my Hopes beheld again/ To you once more your own Ulyjfes bows, Attend his transports, and receive his vows. If Jove prolong my days , and Pallas crown The ...
Ergonomics in Manufacturing: Raising Productivity Through ...

Ergonomics in Manufacturing: Raising Productivity Through ...

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Conflict in Cyber Space: Theoretical, Strategic and Legal ...

Conflict in Cyber Space: Theoretical, Strategic and Legal ...

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Alexander Klimburg has written extensively about a wholeofnation approach to cyber defense and offense (Alexander Klimburg, “The Whole of Nation in Cyberpower,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 11 (2010): 171–79; Alexander ...
Alexander Dalrymple and the Expansion of British Trade

Alexander Dalrymple and the Expansion of British Trade

Howard T. Fry

The Earl of Egmont desired him to do so; and Captain Kempenfelt called upon Alexander Dalrymple after his return to England, and informed him of the Earl of Egmont5s desire to see him; which Alexander Dalrymple declined, as Lord (then  ...
Walter Scott's Books: Reading the Waverley Novels

Walter Scott's Books: Reading the Waverley Novels

J.H. Alexander

David Hewitt and Alison Lumsden 7a *The Bride of Lammermoor [1819], ed. J. H. Alexander 7b A Legend of the Wars of Montrose [1819], ed. J. H. Alexander 8 * Ivanhoe [1820], ed. Graham Tulloch 9 The Monastery [1820], ed. Penny Fielding  ...
Reuben Doty: his ancestors and descendants from the ...

Reuben Doty: his ancestors and descendants from the ...

Kathleen Moore Fitzpatrick

Alexander DOTY's Occupation Alexander DOTY was a sugar cane and corn farmer. A sketch on Alexander DOTY in Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical states: "...Mr. Doty has always used the greatest business tact in the ...
1585-1592

1585-1592

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Esmn of Caution by Alexander Burnett of Leyis for Alexander Burnett in Kynnes- Edinburgh, kie, J ohnne Burnett in Inverrie, and Thomas Burnett in Brachanis gland“); (Braichinche), in 500 merks each, and for Alexander Blakhall in Leyis ...
The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology

The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology

Jeffrey C. Alexander

Alexander, Jeffrey C. 1998, Winter. “Bush, Hussein, and the Cultural Preparation for War: Toward a More Symbolic Theory of Political Legitimation.” Epoche 21 (1): 1–14. Alexander, Jeffrey C. 2000a. “Theorizing the Good Society: Hermeneutic, ...
General Edward Porter Alexander at First Bull Run: Account ...

General Edward Porter Alexander at First Bull Run: Account ...

Edward Porter Alexander

In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life.
Inaugural address by lords rectors of the University of ...

Inaugural address by lords rectors of the University of ...

Glasgow univ

1837, James Graham, Duke of Montrose. — Ex. Chart. Universitat. Glas'j. LORDS CHANCELLORS. 1664, Alexander Burnett, do. 1670, Robert Leighton, do. 1674, Alexander Burnett, do. 1679, Arthur Ross, do. 1684, Alexander Cairncross, do.
General Edward Porter Alexander at Antietam: Account of the ...

General Edward Porter Alexander at Antietam: Account of the ...

Edward Porter Alexander

In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life.
The Works of Alexander Pope

The Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope Joseph Warton. EPISTOLA. I. Prima dicte mihi, summa dicende camena, bSpectatum satis, et donatum jam rude, quaeris, Maecenas, iterum antiquo me includere ludo. Non eadem est aetas, non mens. cVeianius, armis d ...
Alexander Kluge: Er Hat Die Herzlosen Augen Eines Über Alles ...

Alexander Kluge: Er Hat Die Herzlosen Augen Eines Über Alles ...

Alexander Kluge

In this notebook German author and film director Alexander Kluge (born 1932) outlines, in his much admired succinct style, the tale of a woman named Gesine who is unhappily in love with a man who has long since lost interest in her.

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