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Volume 56 - Issue 2 - June 1993

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Jonathan Berkey: The transmission of knowledge in medieval Cairo: a social history of Islamic education. xi, 238 pp. Princeton, NJ.: Princeton University Press, 1992. $39.50, £25.
P. M. Holt
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05 February 2009, pp. 367-368
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Nancy Elizabeth Gallagher: Egypt's other wars: epidemics and the politics of public health. (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East.) xvi, 234 pp. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1990. $32.50.
Ghada Karmi
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05 February 2009, pp. 368-369
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Deniz Kandiyoti (ed.): Women, Islam and the state, viii, 276 pp. Basingstoke and London: Macmillan Academic and Professional, 1991. £14.99.
N. Lindisfarne-Tapper
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05 February 2009, p. 369
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Helen Watson: Women in the City of the Dead, xi, 211 pp. London: C. Hurst & Co., 1992. £8.95.
N. Lindisfarne-Tapper
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05 February 2009, pp. 369-370
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Nikki R. Keddie and Beth Baron (ed.): Women in Middle Eastern history: shifting boundaries in sex and gender, xii, 343 pp. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992. £19.95, $35.
N. Lindisfarne-Tapper
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05 February 2009, pp. 370-371
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Geoffrey Roper (gen. ed.): World survey of Islamic manuscripts. Vol. I. [xvii], 569 pp. London: al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 1992. Guilders 250, $143.
H. T. Norris
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05 February 2009, pp. 371-372
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Simonetta Calderini, Della Cortese and James L. A. Webb Jr.: Mauritania. (World Bibliographical Series, Vol. 141.) xvii, 165 pp. Oxford, Santa Barbara and Denver: Clio Press, 1992. £27.95.
H. T. Norris
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05 February 2009, pp. 372-373
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H. J. Polotsky: Ausgewahlte Briefe. Introduced, edited, and annotated by Edward Ullendorff. With contributions by A. K. Irvine and Yoram Bronowski. (Äthiopistische Forschungen, Forschungen, Bd. 34.) 145 pp., 1 plate. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1992. DM 88.
C. F. Beckinoham
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05 February 2009, pp. 373-374
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Christa Fragner and Klaus Schwarz (ed.): Festgabe an Josef Matuz: Osmanistik–Turkologie– Diplomatik. (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, Bd. 150.) 364 pp. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1992.
Colin Imber
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05 February 2009, pp. 374-375
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Zeynep Celik: Displaying the Orient: architecture of Islam at nineteenth century World's Fairs. 245 pp. Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford: University of California Press, 1992. $40.
Patricia L. Baker
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05 February 2009, pp. 375-376
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Ronald E. Emmerick and Dieter Weber (ed.): Corolla Iranica: Papers in honour of Prof. Dr. David Neil MacKenzie on the occasion of his 65th birthday on April 8th, 1991. xviii, 244 pp. Frankfurt, Bern, New York, Paris: Peter Lang, 1991. £27.
Francois De Blois
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05 February 2009, pp. 376-377
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Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Part m: Pahlavi Inscriptions. Vol. IV. Ostraca and Vol. v. Papyri. Texts i: Ostraca, Papyri und Pergamente: Textband. Von Dieter Weber, x, 265 pp., 42 plates, 2 maps. London: School of Oriental and African Studies for the CII, 1992. £30.
Francois De Blois
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05 February 2009, pp. 377-378
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Wilhelm Eilers: Westiranische Mundarten: die Mundart von Sivand. (Westiranische Mundarten aus der Sammlung Wilhelm Eilers, Bd. in.) [xxiv], 376 pp., 4 plates. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1988. DM 184.
Dieter Weber
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05 February 2009, pp. 378-379
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Helmut Waldmann: Der kommagenische Mazdaismus. (Istanbuler Mitteilungen, Beiheft 37.) xiii, 237 pp., 8 plates, 2 foldout maps. Tubingen: Ernst Wasmuth, 1991.
Samuel N. C. Lieu
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05 February 2009, pp. 379-380
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Shaykh Tosun Bayrak Al-Jerrahi Al-Halveti: Haclrat ‘abd al-qūdir al-jīlānī, The secret of secrets, interpreted by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al- Jerrahi al-Haheti. (Golden Palm Series.) xlix, 122 pp. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1992. £9.95, $17.95.
H. T. Norris
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05 February 2009, pp. 380-381
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Leonard Lewisohn (ed.): The legacy of mediaeval Persian Sufism. xiv, 434 pp. London and New York: Khaniqahi Nimatullahi Publications, 1992.
Peter Avery
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05 February 2009, pp. 381-382
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Peter Avery, Gavin Hambly and Charles Melville (ed.): The Cambridge history of Iran. Vol. 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic, xxiii, 1072 pp., 68 plates. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1991. £75.
R. M. Burrell
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05 February 2009, pp. 382-385
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K. Parameswara Aithal (comp.): Veda-lakṣaṇa. Vedic ancillary literature: a descriptive bibliography. (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung Südasien-Institut Universitü Heidelberg, Bd. 143.) [vii], 737 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1991.
J. C. Wright
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05 February 2009, p. 385
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David J. Kalupahana: A history of Buddhist philosophy: continuities and discontinuities. xvi, 304 pp. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992. £34, £12.95.
Karel Werner
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05 February 2009, pp. 385-387
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Kirit L. Mankodi: The Queen's stepwell at Patan. (Project for Indian Cultural Studies. Publications, Vol. III.) xvi, 252 pp. 26 foldout plans. Bombay: Franco-Indian Research, 1991.
A. L. Dallapiccola
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05 February 2009, pp. 387-388
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Jonathan Berkey: The transmission of knowledge in medieval Cairo: a social history of Islamic education. xi, 238 pp. Princeton, NJ.: Princeton University Press, 1992. $39.50, £25.

Nancy Elizabeth Gallagher: Egypt's other wars: epidemics and the politics of public health. (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East.) xvi, 234 pp. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1990. $32.50.

Deniz Kandiyoti (ed.): Women, Islam and the state, viii, 276 pp. Basingstoke and London: Macmillan Academic and Professional, 1991. £14.99.

Helen Watson: Women in the City of the Dead, xi, 211 pp. London: C. Hurst & Co., 1992. £8.95.

Nikki R. Keddie and Beth Baron (ed.): Women in Middle Eastern history: shifting boundaries in sex and gender, xii, 343 pp. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992. £19.95, $35.

Geoffrey Roper (gen. ed.): World survey of Islamic manuscripts. Vol. I. [xvii], 569 pp. London: al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 1992. Guilders 250, $143.

Simonetta Calderini, Della Cortese and James L. A. Webb Jr.: Mauritania. (World Bibliographical Series, Vol. 141.) xvii, 165 pp. Oxford, Santa Barbara and Denver: Clio Press, 1992. £27.95.

H. J. Polotsky: Ausgewahlte Briefe. Introduced, edited, and annotated by Edward Ullendorff. With contributions by A. K. Irvine and Yoram Bronowski. (Äthiopistische Forschungen, Forschungen, Bd. 34.) 145 pp., 1 plate. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1992. DM 88.

Christa Fragner and Klaus Schwarz (ed.): Festgabe an Josef Matuz: Osmanistik–Turkologie– Diplomatik. (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, Bd. 150.) 364 pp. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1992.

Zeynep Celik: Displaying the Orient: architecture of Islam at nineteenth century World's Fairs. 245 pp. Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford: University of California Press, 1992. $40.

Ronald E. Emmerick and Dieter Weber (ed.): Corolla Iranica: Papers in honour of Prof. Dr. David Neil MacKenzie on the occasion of his 65th birthday on April 8th, 1991. xviii, 244 pp. Frankfurt, Bern, New York, Paris: Peter Lang, 1991. £27.

Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Part m: Pahlavi Inscriptions. Vol. IV. Ostraca and Vol. v. Papyri. Texts i: Ostraca, Papyri und Pergamente: Textband. Von Dieter Weber, x, 265 pp., 42 plates, 2 maps. London: School of Oriental and African Studies for the CII, 1992. £30.

Wilhelm Eilers: Westiranische Mundarten: die Mundart von Sivand. (Westiranische Mundarten aus der Sammlung Wilhelm Eilers, Bd. in.) [xxiv], 376 pp., 4 plates. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1988. DM 184.

Helmut Waldmann: Der kommagenische Mazdaismus. (Istanbuler Mitteilungen, Beiheft 37.) xiii, 237 pp., 8 plates, 2 foldout maps. Tubingen: Ernst Wasmuth, 1991.

Shaykh Tosun Bayrak Al-Jerrahi Al-Halveti: Haclrat ‘abd al-qūdir al-jīlānī, The secret of secrets, interpreted by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al- Jerrahi al-Haheti. (Golden Palm Series.) xlix, 122 pp. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1992. £9.95, $17.95.

Leonard Lewisohn (ed.): The legacy of mediaeval Persian Sufism. xiv, 434 pp. London and New York: Khaniqahi Nimatullahi Publications, 1992.

Peter Avery, Gavin Hambly and Charles Melville (ed.): The Cambridge history of Iran. Vol. 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic, xxiii, 1072 pp., 68 plates. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1991. £75.

K. Parameswara Aithal (comp.): Veda-lakṣaṇa. Vedic ancillary literature: a descriptive bibliography. (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung Südasien-Institut Universitü Heidelberg, Bd. 143.) [vii], 737 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1991.

David J. Kalupahana: A history of Buddhist philosophy: continuities and discontinuities. xvi, 304 pp. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992. £34, £12.95.

Kirit L. Mankodi: The Queen's stepwell at Patan. (Project for Indian Cultural Studies. Publications, Vol. III.) xvi, 252 pp. 26 foldout plans. Bombay: Franco-Indian Research, 1991.

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