Bookseller's Catalogue

Thornton's Bookshop

10A Marlborough street, SN77JP, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Tel.: 00 44 (0) 1367 240056
Thorntons@Booknews.demon.co.uk

Islam

provided by AntiQbook's database

This selection contains 24 title(s) on 1 page.
This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 24


	ABU NAWAS, AL-HASAN IBN HANI. Diwan Abi Nawas Al-Hasan Ibn Hani Al-Hakimi. . Tahqiq Gharighur Shular. al-Qahirah : al-Hay'ah al-'Ammah li-Qusur al-Thaqafah. 4 Bound volumes. (Silsilat al-Dhakha'ir # 62-65). Abu Nuwas (c.750 - c.810) Arab poet; Libertine homosexual, lived in Baghdad during the reigns of Caliphs Harun al-Rashid and Muhammad al-Amin. His poetry describes a life of debauchery, wine, boys and women. Abu Nuwas, the first and foremost Islamic gay poet. The <> so named for his long flowing hair that hung down to his shoulders, was the greatest Arab poet of his time, or as some claim, the greatest Arab poet of all time. His full name was Abu Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami. Abu Nuwas's mother, Golban (Rose) by name, was a Persian weaver, and his father, whom he never knew, a soldier from Damascus. The mother sold the young Abu Nuwas (b. 756) to Sa'ad al-Yashira, a Yemeni druggist, who took him from Ahvaz, the town of his birth (presently in south-western Iran) to his home in Basrah (presently in south-eastern Iraq), in those days a great seaport, and abode of the mythical Sinbad the Sailor. In Basrah, the boy studied the Qur'an and grammar at mosque. His grace and beauty attracted the attention of his older cousin, the handsome blond poet Waliba ibn al-Hubab (d. 786). The druggist having granted the boy his freedom, Waliba became his lover and teacher, taking his student to live with him in Kufa. A couple of year later, the adolescent Abu Nuwas returned to Basrah to study under Khalaf al-Ahmar, a master or pre-Islamic poetry. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 \| JP¥ 13941] Book number: 092382 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ABUBAKRE, R'DEREMI, Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Aspects of Qu'ran Translating to Yoruba. . (Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, 3) 1986, vi,104pp.. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 090403 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an . English/Arabic: New Edition with Arabic Text and Revised Translation, Commentary and Newly Compiled Comprehensive Index . Amana Publications, 1409 AH / 1989, LXII, 1762pp. 6th edition. fine hardback. (ISBN: 091597310) . GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.78 \| JP¥ 1394] Book number: F1115 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ALPORT, E.A., The Mzab. 0. Offprinted, with separate pagination, from the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Volume 84, Part 1, Jan-June 1954; 12 pages, with two plates; publisher's printed wrps. WITH: The Ammeln. [Reprinted from the same Journal, Vol. 92, Part 2, 1964; pp. 160-171, with two plates; publisher's printed wrps. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: IS00515 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MAHFUZ ALI AZZAM Nazariyat Al-Tatawwur Inda Mufakkiri Al-Islam . subtitle: dirasah muqaranah. Cairo, Dar al-Hidayah, 1986, 262pp.paperback, text block stapled, in Arabic with a 3-page Summary in English entitled: : The theory of evolution in the view of Islamic thinkers. LC: MLCMN 2002/01474 (B);. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: Tam26 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	AL-BAIDHAWI Beidhawi Commentarius in Coranum. \|. Ex codd. Parisienibus Dresdensibus et lipsiensibus arabice ed. indicibusque instr. H.L. Fleischer.7 fasc. in 2 volumes. Reprint 1844-18 48/1968, ( with appendix: W.Fell, Indices ad Coranum ad Beidhawii Commentarium in Coranum, 1878) 4to. 646,431,Vi,71pp. folio-sized Hardback set. GBP 235.00 [Appr.: EURO 260.75 US$ 390.34 \| JP¥ 34485] Book number: 091998-3 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	BEARMAN, P.J. A.O. (EDS.) The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. Glossary & Index of Terms to Volumes I - Ix. And to the Supplementsm Fascicules 1-6. . Leiden, Brill, 2000,427pp. paper [ ST x 5 ]. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.78 \| JP¥ 1394] Book number: SH0060 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	BEAVER, R.P., J. BERGMAN, W. METZ ET AL (EDS.) Eerdman's Handbook to the World's Religions . Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1982, 448pp. numerous illustr. incl. many in colour. v.g. Hardcover, no d/j [ sp]. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: F0373 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	BURTON, RICAHRD F., A Secret Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina . On the 4th of April 1853, a Persian prince left Southampton for Alexandria on the steamship Bengal. Five months later the mysterious traveller - now an Afghan doctor named Abdullah - entered the holy city of Mecca. He was none other than Sir Richard Burton, the most daring and brilliant of Victorian explorers, and this adventure launched his career. Burton was an exceptional man. Having gleefully secured his expulsion from the ennui of Oxford, he joined the army of the East India Company and saturated himself in the culture of the East. He became a master of the Hindustani, Persian and Arabic languages, served in spying missions among Indian tribes and nursed a desire to visit the great Muslim shrines - forbidden to any Western infidel on pain of death. When the East India Company claimed the undertaking was too dangerous, Burton's response was typical: 'What remained for me but to prove that what might be perilous to others was safe to me?' His extraordinary journey took him across the Red Sea in an overcrowded pilgrim ship, and then on an arduous trek across the wastes of the Arabian Desert, to witness for himself the fervour of the holy cities. Burton contended with thirst, disease, terrible extremes of temperature, tribal feuds and the constant threat of banditry. In meticulous detail he describes his experiences at the Prophet's Mosque at Medina and the Kaaba at Mecca, the strictly observed rituals required of the pilgrim, as well as his own secret impressions of monuments forbidden to the Christian gaze. When his journal first appeared, in 1855-6, the West was given its finest picture of a hitherto little-known land and one of the greatest travel narratives ever written. Folio society 2004, xvii, 539pp. Frontispiece and 24 pages of plates printed in duotone. Loosely inserted coloured Map, Size 9¾" x 6¾". hardback, illustrated spine and front cover in black and gold. Slipcase. Introduction by Tim Macintosh-Smith.Fine new copy. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 092139 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	EMPEREUR, JEAN-YVES & CHRISTIAN DÉCOBERT (EDS.) Alexandrie Medievale 3 . Fidèle à une tradition désormais établie, ce troisième volume d’Alexandrie médiévale a une double vocation. Il s’agit d’abord d’apporter une information nouvelle sur l’histoire d’Alexandrie, de l’Antiquité tardive et du Moyen-Âge (de la christianisation de la ville à la fin de l’époque mamelouke). Les disciplines de l’archéologie, de la topographie, de l’histoire monumentale et de d’histoire de l’art sont sollicitées pour éclairer la longue vie d’Alexandrie.L’autre objet de cette entreprise collective est de réunir des communications autour d’un thème commun. Un thème s’imposait, pour une ville qui, depuis son origine, a été cosmopolite et le théâtre de fortes mutations de croyance : les interactions entre les communautés religieuses (païens et chrétiens, chrétiens et musulmans), et au sein même de ces communautés complexes (orthodoxie et déviance, mystique et politique, etc.). ( IF 975, collection: Etudes Alexandrines vol. 16 ) 2008, 370 pages. (ISBN: 9782724704723) . GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.25 US$ 107.97 \| JP¥ 9538] Book number: F1185 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ISLAM - Holy Qu'ran . 12mo sixed , text within light brown decorative borders, v.g. hardback. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: 092493HK Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	LEWIS, B., Race and Color in Islam . Harper & Row, 1971,XI,103pp. + publisher's list of Harper Torchbooks series. paperback. GBP 1.50 [Appr.: EURO 1.75 US$ 2.49 \| JP¥ 220] Book number: F0828HK Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	LUXENBERG, CHR., The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran. A Contribution to the Decoding of the Koran . 2007, 320pp. new hardback Synopsis & Background: The Koran is not an easy book to read, for at least one fifth of its content is - - dark - - or - - obscure - - . This was readily acknowledged by Muslim scholarship, as was the existence of non-Arabic vocabulary, including Aramaic, Persian, and Greek words. On the other hand, the Koran says of itself that is written in pure Arabic, easy to understand, and - - clear - - . These contradictions did not trouble anyone much: They constituted just another mysterious sign of the Koran's divine origin. During the past centuries, both modern scholarship and theologians have painstakingly scrutinized Christian and Jewish scriptures: Their origin, transmission, collection, historical context and vocabulary were subjected to scientific methods. Nothing comparable happened in the Koranic case, neither in Muslim scholarship, nor (with rare exceptions) in Western universities. Luxenberg's book applies the toolkit of the historical linguist to the - - dark - - Koranic passages, working under the historically and linguistically entirely plausible assumption that there's more Aramaic in these passages than the - - pure Arabic - - doctrine cares to admit. In many cases, rigorous application of philological method sheds light on the - - dark - - passages, and makes sense of ones that were thought to be obscure. Rarely are these - - Syro-Aramaic readings of the Koran - - as spectacular as in the by now well-publicized case of the paradise huris that may be mistranslated grapes, but time and again they display the strong kinship between the Koranic text and Christian scripture of its time, not only in subject matter (which has always been obvious), but in semantics, roots, and maybe even intent: For Luxenberg is not alone in his quest to re-invigorate the academic disciplines that are concerned with Koran studies and early Islamic history. Scholars are starting to demand that these faculties awake from their convenient slumber of the post-war decades and instead continue in the spirit of these disciplines' pioneers. Long-cherished certainties - held more out of inertia than for their inherent strengths - are suddenly in doubt as scholars realize that archeological, numismatical, and other tangible traces have inconspicuously piled up that make it quite plausible that Islam may for centuries have been one of many Christian sects before severing its roots - partly for reasons that are the subject of this book. Even the historicity - the very existence - of the prophet Mohammed is in serious question, and large parts of early Islamic history may very well turn out to have been later fabrications, whose sheer quantity and detail effectively worked as a smokescreen for their prevalent fictitiousness. In short, Islam's origins may be much like those of every other known religion: More complex than the pious myths make them out to be. For the moment, nobody can say where all this may lead. Luxenberg expresses optimism and hope for more Christian-Muslim dialog in the face of newly discovered common ground. But new bright light on dogma or academic orthodoxy is obviously fit to make lot of people feel very uncomfortable, and starts to put Islam in a position the Christian churches went through long ago. This book may be a specimen of a - - prime mover - - , its condensed, dry and scholarly tone obscuring the fact that the reader has the rare chance to witness the natal hour of a paradigm shift of potentially enormous proportions. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 093285-7 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ABU NUWAS Diwan I - V + Index in 2 Part Volumes. (in Arabic) = Diwan Abi Nu'as Al-Hasan Ibn Hani Al-Hakami . ed. by E. Wagner. (his introduction in German) ( Bibliotheca Islamica volumes 20a-20e) 1958-2007, 50, 336, 458, 412, 576, 1190pp. Volumes 1 and 5 in paper wrappers, (volume 1 is xerox reprint of the first edition 1958) volumes 2 - 4 and index volumes in hardbacks with Arabic titling and decorations on the spines and front covers. ¶ Abu Nuwas (c.750 - c.810) Arab poet; Libertine homosexual, lived in Baghdad during the reigns of Caliphs Harun al-Rashid and Muhammad al-Amin. His poetry describes a life of debauchery, wine, boys and women. Abu Nuwas, the first and foremost Islamic gay poet. The <> so named for his long flowing hair that hung down to his shoulders, was the greatest Arab poet of his time, or as some claim, the greatest Arab poet of all time. His full name was Abu Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami. Abu Nuwas's mother, Golban (Rose) by name, was a Persian weaver, and his father, whom he never knew, a soldier from Damascus. The mother sold the young Abu Nuwas (b. 756) to Sa'ad al-Yashira, a Yemeni druggist, who took him from Ahvaz, the town of his birth (presently in south-western Iran) to his home in Basrah (presently in south-eastern Iraq), in those days a great seaport, and abode of the mythical Sinbad the Sailor. In Basrah, the boy studied the Qur'an and grammar at mosque. His grace and beauty attracted the attention of his older cousin, the handsome blond poet Waliba ibn al-Hubab (d. 786). The druggist having granted the boy his freedom, Waliba became his lover and teacher, taking his student to live with him in Kufa. A couple of year later, the adolescent Abu Nuwas returned to Basrah to study under Khalaf al-Ahmar, a master or pre-Islamic poetry. text edges uncut. new set. TOGETHER 7 VOLUMES [ st ]. GBP 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 388.25 US$ 581.35 \| JP¥ 51360] Book number: F1168-1 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HOLY QU'RAN The Holy Qu'ran - 10 Volumes in Box \|. paperback edition 10 slim volumes in cloth box. Parallel text in English and Arabic. Elegantly produced and very convenient for use and travel. 640pp. total length. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 090306 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HOLY QU'RAN Recent Edition Published in the Lebanon . small sized volume, coloured title page bound in glossy boards, the text finely printed within decorative borders[ Koran ). GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: F01000 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HOLY KORAN [QUR'AN] The Koran Commonly Called the Alkoran of Mohammed Translated Into English from the Original Arabic . With Explanatory Notes Taken From the Most Approved Commentators.To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse by George Sale. F. Warne, n.d. XV, 470pp. + publisher's catalogue, hardback, spine faded, text yellowed, size: 12mo. [sp]. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: F1074 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ROSS, DAVID, The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh. 0. Sketches Historical and Descriptive. London, 1883; viii, 322pp. [32pp. adverts], with folding map; publisher's light blue cloth, richly decorated in silver and gold and lettered in gold or black [by Burns, with their ticket]; spine a little darkened, and a little worn at head, c. one-inch tear in map, contents slightly embrowned; partly unopened. First Edition. With rubber-stamp of "A.H.Wheeler & Co. Rly. Bookstall Proprietors", and two-page "Opinions of the Press" sheet bound in at the front. GBP 135.00 [Appr.: EURO 149.75 US$ 224.24 \| JP¥ 19810] Book number: IS00427 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	SALE, G., A Comprehensive Commentary on the Qu'ran: 4 Volumes. . Comprising G.Sale's Translation and Preliminary Discourse, with Additional Notes and Emendations. Together with a Complete Index to the Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes by E.M. Wherry. 4 volumes. Reprint 1882-1886/1973, 1,552pp. fine hardback set. GBP 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 166.5 US$ 249.15 \| JP¥ 22011] Book number: 092180-1 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	AL-TABARI (838?-923 ) The Early `Abbasi Empire. 2 Volumes . translated by John Alden Williams .v. 1. The reign of Abu Ja`far al-Mansur, A.D. 754-775 -- v. 2. The son and grandsons of al-Mansur, the reigns of al-Mahdi, al-Hadi, and Harun al-Rashid . Includes bibliographies and indexes. [ 0521350018 (v. 2) 0521326621 (v. 1) ] Caambridge UP 1988,XX,263,XVIII,342pp. hardbacks in d/j, gilt titles on spines, text uniformly darkened. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: F1120 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	UGUR, ALI, The Ottoman 'ulema in the Mid-17th Century. . An Analysis of the Vaka'i' ül-Fuzala of Mehmed Seyhi Ef. (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen vol. 131 ) 1986. cxvii, 630pp.. GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 61 US$ 91.36 \| JP¥ 8071] Book number: 092371 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	VAINELLO, A ET AL (EDS) Servants of the Sharia; the Civil Register of the Qadi's Court of Brava 1893-1900 . (African Sources for African History 6), due for publication 2006, 2 volumes, two heavy paperbacks vol.1: xviii, 1170 pp.; vol.2: viii, 1016 pp. This work contains the full Qadi Records of Brava (1893-1900). The importances of these records are for those studying Southern Somalia and the Swahili coast cannot be overestimated. The register is like a daily journal of events in a typical Swahili town. The information in the records covers a wide range of issues: Slavery, the role of women and their usage of the court system in the 19th century, the role of the Ulama, trade, inheritance, et cetera. The register is signed and stamped by the Italian Commander/governor in Asmara, Eritrea where it was taken and authenticated and bears the Official Stamp of the Royal Italian Government. This volume contains both the Arabic original and a translation into English. New set. GBP 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 194.25 US$ 290.68 \| JP¥ 25680] Book number: 0930106 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	VIANELLO, A., AND M.M. KASSIM (EDS) Servants of the Sharia: The Civil Register of the Qadi's Court of Brava 1893-1900 . (African Sources for African History, 6), 2 volumes, 2004, 1800pp. PB. This volume contains the full Qadi Records of Brava (1893-1900). The importances of these records are for those studying Southern Somalia and the Swahili coast cannot be overestimated. The register is like a daily journal of events in a typical Swahili town. The information in the records covers a wide range of issues: Slavery, the role of women and their usage of the court system in the 19th century, the role of the Ulama, trade, inheritance, et cetera. The register is signed and stamped by the Italian Commander/governor in Asmara, Eritrea where it was taken and authenticated and bears the Official Stamp of the Royal Italian Government. This volume contains both the Arabic original and a translation into English. a new copy, [new price in August 2009 £150 on Brill's website]. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 \| JP¥ 13941] Book number: M657-B Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	VIKOR, KNUT S. Sufi and Scholar of the Desert Edge: . Muhammad b. Ali al-Sanusi and His Brotherhood. 1995, 23cm. 272pp. Cloth [sp]. GBP 29.50 [Appr.: EURO 32.75 US$ 49 \| JP¥ 4329] Book number: 007606 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.

24 titles found



Thornton's Bookshop Search Page	ANTIQBOOK's database


	ABU NAWAS, AL-HASAN IBN HANI. Diwan Abi Nawas Al-Hasan Ibn Hani Al-Hakimi. . Tahqiq Gharighur Shular. al-Qahirah : al-Hay'ah al-'Ammah li-Qusur al-Thaqafah. 4 Bound volumes. (Silsilat al-Dhakha'ir # 62-65). Abu Nuwas (c.750 - c.810) Arab poet; Libertine homosexual, lived in Baghdad during the reigns of Caliphs Harun al-Rashid and Muhammad al-Amin. His poetry describes a life of debauchery, wine, boys and women. Abu Nuwas, the first and foremost Islamic gay poet. The <> so named for his long flowing hair that hung down to his shoulders, was the greatest Arab poet of his time, or as some claim, the greatest Arab poet of all time. His full name was Abu Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami. Abu Nuwas's mother, Golban (Rose) by name, was a Persian weaver, and his father, whom he never knew, a soldier from Damascus. The mother sold the young Abu Nuwas (b. 756) to Sa'ad al-Yashira, a Yemeni druggist, who took him from Ahvaz, the town of his birth (presently in south-western Iran) to his home in Basrah (presently in south-eastern Iraq), in those days a great seaport, and abode of the mythical Sinbad the Sailor. In Basrah, the boy studied the Qur'an and grammar at mosque. His grace and beauty attracted the attention of his older cousin, the handsome blond poet Waliba ibn al-Hubab (d. 786). The druggist having granted the boy his freedom, Waliba became his lover and teacher, taking his student to live with him in Kufa. A couple of year later, the adolescent Abu Nuwas returned to Basrah to study under Khalaf al-Ahmar, a master or pre-Islamic poetry. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 \| JP¥ 13941] Book number: 092382 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ABUBAKRE, R'DEREMI, Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Aspects of Qu'ran Translating to Yoruba. . (Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, 3) 1986, vi,104pp.. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 090403 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an . English/Arabic: New Edition with Arabic Text and Revised Translation, Commentary and Newly Compiled Comprehensive Index . Amana Publications, 1409 AH / 1989, LXII, 1762pp. 6th edition. fine hardback. (ISBN: 091597310) . GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.78 \| JP¥ 1394] Book number: F1115 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ALPORT, E.A., The Mzab. 0. Offprinted, with separate pagination, from the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Volume 84, Part 1, Jan-June 1954; 12 pages, with two plates; publisher's printed wrps. WITH: The Ammeln. [Reprinted from the same Journal, Vol. 92, Part 2, 1964; pp. 160-171, with two plates; publisher's printed wrps. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: IS00515 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MAHFUZ ALI AZZAM Nazariyat Al-Tatawwur Inda Mufakkiri Al-Islam . subtitle: dirasah muqaranah. Cairo, Dar al-Hidayah, 1986, 262pp.paperback, text block stapled, in Arabic with a 3-page Summary in English entitled: : The theory of evolution in the view of Islamic thinkers. LC: MLCMN 2002/01474 (B);. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: Tam26 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	AL-BAIDHAWI Beidhawi Commentarius in Coranum. \|. Ex codd. Parisienibus Dresdensibus et lipsiensibus arabice ed. indicibusque instr. H.L. Fleischer.7 fasc. in 2 volumes. Reprint 1844-18 48/1968, ( with appendix: W.Fell, Indices ad Coranum ad Beidhawii Commentarium in Coranum, 1878) 4to. 646,431,Vi,71pp. folio-sized Hardback set. GBP 235.00 [Appr.: EURO 260.75 US$ 390.34 \| JP¥ 34485] Book number: 091998-3 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	BEARMAN, P.J. A.O. (EDS.) The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. Glossary & Index of Terms to Volumes I - Ix. And to the Supplementsm Fascicules 1-6. . Leiden, Brill, 2000,427pp. paper [ ST x 5 ]. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.78 \| JP¥ 1394] Book number: SH0060 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	BEAVER, R.P., J. BERGMAN, W. METZ ET AL (EDS.) Eerdman's Handbook to the World's Religions . Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1982, 448pp. numerous illustr. incl. many in colour. v.g. Hardcover, no d/j [ sp]. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: F0373 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	BURTON, RICAHRD F., A Secret Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina . On the 4th of April 1853, a Persian prince left Southampton for Alexandria on the steamship Bengal. Five months later the mysterious traveller - now an Afghan doctor named Abdullah - entered the holy city of Mecca. He was none other than Sir Richard Burton, the most daring and brilliant of Victorian explorers, and this adventure launched his career. Burton was an exceptional man. Having gleefully secured his expulsion from the ennui of Oxford, he joined the army of the East India Company and saturated himself in the culture of the East. He became a master of the Hindustani, Persian and Arabic languages, served in spying missions among Indian tribes and nursed a desire to visit the great Muslim shrines - forbidden to any Western infidel on pain of death. When the East India Company claimed the undertaking was too dangerous, Burton's response was typical: 'What remained for me but to prove that what might be perilous to others was safe to me?' His extraordinary journey took him across the Red Sea in an overcrowded pilgrim ship, and then on an arduous trek across the wastes of the Arabian Desert, to witness for himself the fervour of the holy cities. Burton contended with thirst, disease, terrible extremes of temperature, tribal feuds and the constant threat of banditry. In meticulous detail he describes his experiences at the Prophet's Mosque at Medina and the Kaaba at Mecca, the strictly observed rituals required of the pilgrim, as well as his own secret impressions of monuments forbidden to the Christian gaze. When his journal first appeared, in 1855-6, the West was given its finest picture of a hitherto little-known land and one of the greatest travel narratives ever written. Folio society 2004, xvii, 539pp. Frontispiece and 24 pages of plates printed in duotone. Loosely inserted coloured Map, Size 9¾" x 6¾". hardback, illustrated spine and front cover in black and gold. Slipcase. Introduction by Tim Macintosh-Smith.Fine new copy. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 092139 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	EMPEREUR, JEAN-YVES & CHRISTIAN DÉCOBERT (EDS.) Alexandrie Medievale 3 . Fidèle à une tradition désormais établie, ce troisième volume d’Alexandrie médiévale a une double vocation. Il s’agit d’abord d’apporter une information nouvelle sur l’histoire d’Alexandrie, de l’Antiquité tardive et du Moyen-Âge (de la christianisation de la ville à la fin de l’époque mamelouke). Les disciplines de l’archéologie, de la topographie, de l’histoire monumentale et de d’histoire de l’art sont sollicitées pour éclairer la longue vie d’Alexandrie.L’autre objet de cette entreprise collective est de réunir des communications autour d’un thème commun. Un thème s’imposait, pour une ville qui, depuis son origine, a été cosmopolite et le théâtre de fortes mutations de croyance : les interactions entre les communautés religieuses (païens et chrétiens, chrétiens et musulmans), et au sein même de ces communautés complexes (orthodoxie et déviance, mystique et politique, etc.). ( IF 975, collection: Etudes Alexandrines vol. 16 ) 2008, 370 pages. (ISBN: 9782724704723) . GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.25 US$ 107.97 \| JP¥ 9538] Book number: F1185 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ISLAM - Holy Qu'ran . 12mo sixed , text within light brown decorative borders, v.g. hardback. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: 092493HK Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	LEWIS, B., Race and Color in Islam . Harper & Row, 1971,XI,103pp. + publisher's list of Harper Torchbooks series. paperback. GBP 1.50 [Appr.: EURO 1.75 US$ 2.49 \| JP¥ 220] Book number: F0828HK Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	LUXENBERG, CHR., The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran. A Contribution to the Decoding of the Koran . 2007, 320pp. new hardback Synopsis & Background: The Koran is not an easy book to read, for at least one fifth of its content is - - dark - - or - - obscure - - . This was readily acknowledged by Muslim scholarship, as was the existence of non-Arabic vocabulary, including Aramaic, Persian, and Greek words. On the other hand, the Koran says of itself that is written in pure Arabic, easy to understand, and - - clear - - . These contradictions did not trouble anyone much: They constituted just another mysterious sign of the Koran's divine origin. During the past centuries, both modern scholarship and theologians have painstakingly scrutinized Christian and Jewish scriptures: Their origin, transmission, collection, historical context and vocabulary were subjected to scientific methods. Nothing comparable happened in the Koranic case, neither in Muslim scholarship, nor (with rare exceptions) in Western universities. Luxenberg's book applies the toolkit of the historical linguist to the - - dark - - Koranic passages, working under the historically and linguistically entirely plausible assumption that there's more Aramaic in these passages than the - - pure Arabic - - doctrine cares to admit. In many cases, rigorous application of philological method sheds light on the - - dark - - passages, and makes sense of ones that were thought to be obscure. Rarely are these - - Syro-Aramaic readings of the Koran - - as spectacular as in the by now well-publicized case of the paradise huris that may be mistranslated grapes, but time and again they display the strong kinship between the Koranic text and Christian scripture of its time, not only in subject matter (which has always been obvious), but in semantics, roots, and maybe even intent: For Luxenberg is not alone in his quest to re-invigorate the academic disciplines that are concerned with Koran studies and early Islamic history. Scholars are starting to demand that these faculties awake from their convenient slumber of the post-war decades and instead continue in the spirit of these disciplines' pioneers. Long-cherished certainties - held more out of inertia than for their inherent strengths - are suddenly in doubt as scholars realize that archeological, numismatical, and other tangible traces have inconspicuously piled up that make it quite plausible that Islam may for centuries have been one of many Christian sects before severing its roots - partly for reasons that are the subject of this book. Even the historicity - the very existence - of the prophet Mohammed is in serious question, and large parts of early Islamic history may very well turn out to have been later fabrications, whose sheer quantity and detail effectively worked as a smokescreen for their prevalent fictitiousness. In short, Islam's origins may be much like those of every other known religion: More complex than the pious myths make them out to be. For the moment, nobody can say where all this may lead. Luxenberg expresses optimism and hope for more Christian-Muslim dialog in the face of newly discovered common ground. But new bright light on dogma or academic orthodoxy is obviously fit to make lot of people feel very uncomfortable, and starts to put Islam in a position the Christian churches went through long ago. This book may be a specimen of a - - prime mover - - , its condensed, dry and scholarly tone obscuring the fact that the reader has the rare chance to witness the natal hour of a paradigm shift of potentially enormous proportions. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 093285-7 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ABU NUWAS Diwan I - V + Index in 2 Part Volumes. (in Arabic) = Diwan Abi Nu'as Al-Hasan Ibn Hani Al-Hakami . ed. by E. Wagner. (his introduction in German) ( Bibliotheca Islamica volumes 20a-20e) 1958-2007, 50, 336, 458, 412, 576, 1190pp. Volumes 1 and 5 in paper wrappers, (volume 1 is xerox reprint of the first edition 1958) volumes 2 - 4 and index volumes in hardbacks with Arabic titling and decorations on the spines and front covers. ¶ Abu Nuwas (c.750 - c.810) Arab poet; Libertine homosexual, lived in Baghdad during the reigns of Caliphs Harun al-Rashid and Muhammad al-Amin. His poetry describes a life of debauchery, wine, boys and women. Abu Nuwas, the first and foremost Islamic gay poet. The <> so named for his long flowing hair that hung down to his shoulders, was the greatest Arab poet of his time, or as some claim, the greatest Arab poet of all time. His full name was Abu Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami. Abu Nuwas's mother, Golban (Rose) by name, was a Persian weaver, and his father, whom he never knew, a soldier from Damascus. The mother sold the young Abu Nuwas (b. 756) to Sa'ad al-Yashira, a Yemeni druggist, who took him from Ahvaz, the town of his birth (presently in south-western Iran) to his home in Basrah (presently in south-eastern Iraq), in those days a great seaport, and abode of the mythical Sinbad the Sailor. In Basrah, the boy studied the Qur'an and grammar at mosque. His grace and beauty attracted the attention of his older cousin, the handsome blond poet Waliba ibn al-Hubab (d. 786). The druggist having granted the boy his freedom, Waliba became his lover and teacher, taking his student to live with him in Kufa. A couple of year later, the adolescent Abu Nuwas returned to Basrah to study under Khalaf al-Ahmar, a master or pre-Islamic poetry. text edges uncut. new set. TOGETHER 7 VOLUMES [ st ]. GBP 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 388.25 US$ 581.35 \| JP¥ 51360] Book number: F1168-1 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HOLY QU'RAN The Holy Qu'ran - 10 Volumes in Box \|. paperback edition 10 slim volumes in cloth box. Parallel text in English and Arabic. Elegantly produced and very convenient for use and travel. 640pp. total length. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 090306 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HOLY QU'RAN Recent Edition Published in the Lebanon . small sized volume, coloured title page bound in glossy boards, the text finely printed within decorative borders[ Koran ). GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: F01000 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HOLY KORAN [QUR'AN] The Koran Commonly Called the Alkoran of Mohammed Translated Into English from the Original Arabic . With Explanatory Notes Taken From the Most Approved Commentators.To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse by George Sale. F. Warne, n.d. XV, 470pp. + publisher's catalogue, hardback, spine faded, text yellowed, size: 12mo. [sp]. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: F1074 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ROSS, DAVID, The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh. 0. Sketches Historical and Descriptive. London, 1883; viii, 322pp. [32pp. adverts], with folding map; publisher's light blue cloth, richly decorated in silver and gold and lettered in gold or black [by Burns, with their ticket]; spine a little darkened, and a little worn at head, c. one-inch tear in map, contents slightly embrowned; partly unopened. First Edition. With rubber-stamp of "A.H.Wheeler & Co. Rly. Bookstall Proprietors", and two-page "Opinions of the Press" sheet bound in at the front. GBP 135.00 [Appr.: EURO 149.75 US$ 224.24 \| JP¥ 19810] Book number: IS00427 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	SALE, G., A Comprehensive Commentary on the Qu'ran: 4 Volumes. . Comprising G.Sale's Translation and Preliminary Discourse, with Additional Notes and Emendations. Together with a Complete Index to the Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes by E.M. Wherry. 4 volumes. Reprint 1882-1886/1973, 1,552pp. fine hardback set. GBP 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 166.5 US$ 249.15 \| JP¥ 22011] Book number: 092180-1 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	AL-TABARI (838?-923 ) The Early `Abbasi Empire. 2 Volumes . translated by John Alden Williams .v. 1. The reign of Abu Ja`far al-Mansur, A.D. 754-775 -- v. 2. The son and grandsons of al-Mansur, the reigns of al-Mahdi, al-Hadi, and Harun al-Rashid . Includes bibliographies and indexes. [ 0521350018 (v. 2) 0521326621 (v. 1) ] Caambridge UP 1988,XX,263,XVIII,342pp. hardbacks in d/j, gilt titles on spines, text uniformly darkened. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: F1120 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	UGUR, ALI, The Ottoman 'ulema in the Mid-17th Century. . An Analysis of the Vaka'i' ül-Fuzala of Mehmed Seyhi Ef. (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen vol. 131 ) 1986. cxvii, 630pp.. GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 61 US$ 91.36 \| JP¥ 8071] Book number: 092371 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	VAINELLO, A ET AL (EDS) Servants of the Sharia; the Civil Register of the Qadi's Court of Brava 1893-1900 . (African Sources for African History 6), due for publication 2006, 2 volumes, two heavy paperbacks vol.1: xviii, 1170 pp.; vol.2: viii, 1016 pp. This work contains the full Qadi Records of Brava (1893-1900). The importances of these records are for those studying Southern Somalia and the Swahili coast cannot be overestimated. The register is like a daily journal of events in a typical Swahili town. The information in the records covers a wide range of issues: Slavery, the role of women and their usage of the court system in the 19th century, the role of the Ulama, trade, inheritance, et cetera. The register is signed and stamped by the Italian Commander/governor in Asmara, Eritrea where it was taken and authenticated and bears the Official Stamp of the Royal Italian Government. This volume contains both the Arabic original and a translation into English. New set. GBP 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 194.25 US$ 290.68 \| JP¥ 25680] Book number: 0930106 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	VIANELLO, A., AND M.M. KASSIM (EDS) Servants of the Sharia: The Civil Register of the Qadi's Court of Brava 1893-1900 . (African Sources for African History, 6), 2 volumes, 2004, 1800pp. PB. This volume contains the full Qadi Records of Brava (1893-1900). The importances of these records are for those studying Southern Somalia and the Swahili coast cannot be overestimated. The register is like a daily journal of events in a typical Swahili town. The information in the records covers a wide range of issues: Slavery, the role of women and their usage of the court system in the 19th century, the role of the Ulama, trade, inheritance, et cetera. The register is signed and stamped by the Italian Commander/governor in Asmara, Eritrea where it was taken and authenticated and bears the Official Stamp of the Royal Italian Government. This volume contains both the Arabic original and a translation into English. a new copy, [new price in August 2009 £150 on Brill's website]. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 \| JP¥ 13941] Book number: M657-B Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	VIKOR, KNUT S. Sufi and Scholar of the Desert Edge: . Muhammad b. Ali al-Sanusi and His Brotherhood. 1995, 23cm. 272pp. Cloth [sp]. GBP 29.50 [Appr.: EURO 32.75 US$ 49 \| JP¥ 4329] Book number: 007606 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.