Author: Schimmel, Annemarie
Title: Islamic Names
Description: Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, (1995). wrappers. 23x13cm, xii,137 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: The Structure of a "Name": Ism or "alam - kunya - nasab - nisba -laqab; "Born on Friday": The Naming of a Child; "Help from God": Religious Name-Giving; "Mothers of the Faitful": The Naming of Girls; " Lions, Moons and Roses": The Nickname or "laqab"; "A Name to Heavy to Bear": Changes and Transformations of names.

Keywords: Islamic Personal Names, History of Religion, Islam, , , , , ,