Papyrology and the history of early Islamic Egypt / edited by Petra M. Sijpesteijn and Lennart Sundelin.

Other author Sijpesteijn, Petra.
Other author Sundelin, Lennart.
Format Book
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
Descriptionxxi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesIslamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 55
Islamic history and civilization v. 55. ^A424857
Contents Introduction : papyrology and the study of early Islamic Egypt / Lennart Sundelin -- Papyrology and the utilization of Coptic sources / S.J. Clackson -- Two unpublished paper documents and a papyrus / Alia Hanafi -- L'apport spécialement important de la papyrologie dans la transmission et la codification des plus anciennes versions des Mille et une nuits et d'autres livers des deux premiers siècles islamiques / Raif Georges Khoury -- O. Crum Ad. 15 and the emergence of the Arabic words in Coptic legal documents / Tonio Sebastian Richter -- Travel and trade on the river / Petra M. Sijpesteijn -- Documentary evidence for the early history of the Barīd / Adam Silverstein -- Egyptian lexical interference in the Greek or Byzantine and early Islamic Egypt / Sofia Torallas Tovar -- Sawīrus ibn al-Muqaffa and the Christians of Ummayyad Egypt : war and society in documentary context / Frank R. Trombley -- Town quarters in Greek, Roman, Byzantine and early Arab Egypt / K.A. Worp.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004050579
ISBN9004138862 (acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DT95.55 .P37 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold