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Figure 1: Front cover of Medieval Islamic Economic Thought: Filling the 'Great Gap' in European Economics, edited by S.M. Ghazanfar (Routledge and Curzon, 2003).
A ‘Gap-Filling’ Book on Islamic Economic Thought
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This book is a collection of previously-published papers on the origins of economic thought discovered in the...
Arabic and the Art of Printing
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In this special section reproduced from Aramco World (issue March/April 1981), distinguished authors cover...
Figure 1: The cover page of the recent edition of Miskaweih's Tajarub al-Umam (The Experiences of Nations) edited by Abu al-Qasem Imami (Tehran: Sorush, 2001, 7 vols.)
Survey on the Development of the Historical Method among Muslim Scholars until Ibn Khaldun
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This article surveys the development of historical methodology in the works of some influent Muslim...
Figure 1: Akil Muhtar Özden (1877-1946).
Famous Figures of the Modern Turkish Medical School
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To throw light on famous figures of the Turkish modern medical school, this article introduces a set of nine...
Figure 1. A view of one of the two "Iwans" overlooking the courtyard of the so-called "Abbasid Palace" ("al-Qasral-'Abbasi") in Baghdad.
The Abbasids’ House of Wisdom in Baghdad
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The House of Wisdom was in fame, status, scope, size, resources, patronage, etc. similar to that of the...
Figure 1. 13th century illustration of a sermon in a mosque from the assemblies of Harîrî. Image copy right from: 1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World. Chief Ed. by. Salim T S Al-Hassani, Manchester: FSTC, 2006.
Learning Institutions in Islam
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Learning institutions in various forms have existed for centuries in the Muslim World, the earliest of which...
