Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Arabic and Islamic Studies
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Erste Ergebnisse einer Studie zum Konservatismus ḥanbalitischer Färbung im Islam des 3./9. Jahrhunderts* Von M J und S G Die zweite Auflage der Encyclopaedia of Islam beruft sich im Stichwort "Sunna" mehrfach auf... more
The complex nature of medieval Arabic compilations, with their evidence of manifold pieces and layers of diverse (older) text material, has been puzzling to many scholars of Islam. It has even caused some researchers to question the... more
Abū l-Faraj ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Haytham al-Umawī al-Iṣfahānī (or al-Iṣbahānī) (d. shortly after 360/971) was a celebrated man of letters, a historian with sociological interests, a musicologist, and a poet. He is... more