From Bawit to Marw : documents from the medieval Muslim world /

The dry climate of Egypt has preserved about 130,000 Arabic documents, mostly on papyrus and paper, covering the period from the 640s to 1517. Up to now, historical research has mostly relied on literary sources; yet, as in study of the history of the Ancient World and medieval Europe, using origina...

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Corporate Author: International Society for Arabic Papyrology. Conference
Other Authors: Kaplony, Andreas (Editor), Potthast, Daniel (Editor), Rom̈er, Cornelia (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 112.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central