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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. One of the earliest surviving biographies of Prophet Muammad, translated into readable, modern English for the first time The Expeditions is one of the oldest biographies of the Prophet Muammad to survive into the modern era. Its primary author, Mamar ibn Rashid (96-153/714-770), was a prominent scholar from Basra in southern Iraq who was revered for his learning in prophetic traditions, Islamic law, and the interpretation of the Quran. This fascinating foundational seminal work contains stories handed down by Mamar to his most prominent pupil, Abd al-Razzaq of Sanaa, relating Muammad's early life and prophetic career as well as the adventures and tribulations of his earliest followers during their conquest of the Near East. This new translation, which renders the original text into readable, modern English for the first time, is accompanied by numerous annotations elucidating the cultural, religious, and historical contexts of the events and individuals described within its pages. The Expeditions represents an important testimony to the earliest Muslims' memory of the lives of Muammad and his companions, and is an indispensable text for gaining insight into the historical biography of both the Prophet and the rise of the Islamic empire. An English-only edition. The Expeditions is one of the oldest biographies of the Prophet Muhammad to survive into the modern era. Its primary author, Ma'mar ibn Rashid (714-770 AD/96-153 AH), was a prominent scholar from Basra in southern Iraq who was revered for his learning in prophetic traditions, Islamic law, and the interpretation of the Qur'an. This fascinating foundational seminal work contains stories handed down by Ma'mar to his most prominent pupil, 'Abd al-Razzaq of Sanaa, relating Muhammad’s early life and prophetic career as well as the adventures and tribulations of his earliest followers during their conquest of the Near East.Edited from a sole surviving manuscript, the Arabic text offers numerous improved readings over those of previous editions, including detailed notes on the text’s transmission and variants as found in later works. This new translation, which renders the original into readable, modern English for the first time, is accompanied by numerous annotations elucidating the cultural, religious and historical contexts of the events and individuals described within its pages.The Expeditions represents an important testimony to the earliest Muslims’ memory of the lives of Muhammad and his companions, and is an indispensable text for gaining insight into the historical biography of both the Prophet and the rise of the Islamic empire. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. "The Mint : A Miscellany of Literature, Art and Criticism", as edited by Geoffrey Grigson, was published by George Routledge and Sons. It is eclectic in its choices, but that eclecticism managed to include a number of strikingly important writers and thinkers of the immediate post Second World War intellectual Scene. There is a brief blurb on the dust-jacket, from which the following is excerpted : " THE MINT is an international miscellany of humanism, aiming to collect articles, poems, stories which have more than the topicality of the day. Another of its aims is to bring together the divorced couple of our time — scholarship and original writing." CONTENTS -- * Martin Buber : The Education of Character * W. H. Auden : Four Poems * Seán O'Casey : The Raid * Graham Greene : Convoy to West Africa * Geoffrey Matthews : Five Poems * E. J. Scovill : Three Poems * Anthony West : The Precious Myth * Geoffrey Grigson : William Barnes * Rhys Davies : A Drop pf Dew * W. J. Turner : The Theme of Love * Nikolaus Pevsner : the Architecture of Mannerism (13 halftone black-and-white photographs arranged in a discrete section) * Owen Barfield : The Psalms of David * John Clare : Poems and Fragments (Not previously published) * H. W. Häusermann : W. B. Yeats's Idea of Shelley * James T. Farrell : The Language of Hollywood * Christopher Salmon : Broadcasting, Speech, and Writing TITLE : The Mint : A Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Criticism EDITOR : Geoffrey Grigson (1905 - 1985 - British poet, writer, editor, critic, exhibition curator, anthologist and naturalist) AUTHORS : W. H. Auden, Martin Buber, Seán O'Casey, Graham Greene, Anthony West, John Clare, et al IMPRINT : George Routledge & Sons PLACE : London DATE : (1946) EDITION : First Edition STATUS : OP PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; contains a foreword; has 13 halftone black-and-white photographs, printed on calendered paper and arranged in a discrete section; xii + 220 pages (plus 8 un-numbered pages of photographs); 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; pale brown (yellow-brown) cloth-covered boards and spine; gilt lettering on spine, with the word MINT stamped against a bright orange panel within a simple gilt line border; dust-jacket printed in dark brown and gray against a buff background. CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD -- JACKET : FAIR -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Compression to spine extremities; fraying and a spot of color loss just starting at head of spine; gilt lettering bright; boards display modest surface rub; bottom edges of boards are somewhat shelf-rubbed; corner tips are softly bumped and front bottom corner tip has slight fraying. Text-block edges are clean. BINDING -- The book has obviously been read and thus the leaves open readily, however no leaves are detached or loose and the whole remains fairly solid. INTERIOR -- The verso of the title page is scuffed, else the interior is clean and free of marking. No writing - no signatures. DUST-JACKET -- Rough, with loss to top and bottom edges, serious crimping and small tears to edges. A clear mylar cover has been added to prevent further wear, and continue the jacket's purpose of protecting the cover.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. xiv+372pp. The Expeditions is one of the oldest biographies of the Prophet Muhammad to survive into the modern era. Its primary author, Mamar ibn Rashid (714-770 AD/96-153 AH), was a prominent scholar from Basra in southern Iraq who was revered for his learning in prophetic traditions, Islamic law, and the interpretation of the Quran. This fascinating foundational seminal work contains stories handed down by Mamar to his most prominent pupil, Abd al-Razzaq of Sanaa, relating Muhammads early life and prophetic career as well as the adventures and tribulations of his earliest followers during their conquest of the Near East. Edited from a sole surviving manuscript, the Arabic text offers numerous improved readings over those of previous editions, including detailed notes on the texts transmission and variants as found in later works. This new translation, which renders the original into readable, modern English for the first time, is accompanied by numerous annotations elucidating the cultural, religious and historical contexts of the events and individuals described within its pages. The Expeditions represents an important testimony to the earliest Muslims memory of the lives of Muhammad and his companions, and is an indispensable text for gaining insight into the historical biography of both the Prophet and the rise of the Islamic empire.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In Muhammad and the Empires of Faith, Sean W. Anthony demonstrates how critical readings of non-Muslim and Muslim sources in tandem can breathe new life into the historical study of Muhammad and how his message transformed the world. By placing these sources within the intellectual and cultural world of Late Antiquity, Anthony offers a fresh assessment of the earliest sources for Muhammads life, taking readers on a grand tour of the available evidence, and suggests what new insights stand to be gained from the techniques and methods pioneered by countless scholars over the decades in a variety of fields. Muhammad and the Empires of Faith offers both an authoritative introduction to the multilayered traditions surrounding the life of Muhammad and a compelling exploration of how these traditions interacted with the broader landscape of Late Antiquity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. In Muhammad and the Empires of Faith, Sean W. Anthony demonstrates how critical readings of non-Muslim and Muslim sources in tandem can breathe new life into the historical study of Muhammad and how his message transformed the world. By placing these sources within the intellectual and cultural world of Late Antiquity, Anthony offers a fresh assessment of the earliest sources for Muhammad's life, taking readers on a grand tour of the available evidence, and suggests what new insights stand to be gained from the techniques and methods pioneered by countless scholars over the decades in a variety of fields. Muhammad and the Empires of Faith offers both an authoritative introduction to the multilayered traditions surrounding the life of Muhammad and a compelling exploration of how these traditions interacted with the broader landscape of Late Antiquity.…

Hardback. Condition: New. In Muhammad and the Empires of Faith, Sean W. Anthony demonstrates how critical readings of non-Muslim and Muslim sources in tandem can breathe new life into the historical study of Muhammad and how his message transformed the world. By placing these sources within the intellectual and cultural world of Late Antiquity, Anthony offers a fresh assessment of the earliest sources for Muhammad's life, taking readers on a grand tour of the available evidence, and suggests what new insights stand to be gained from the techniques and methods pioneered by countless scholars over the decades in a variety of fields. Muhammad and the Empires of Faith offers both an authoritative introduction to the multilayered traditions surrounding the life of Muhammad and a compelling exploration of how these traditions interacted with the broader landscape of Late Antiquity.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. In 614 CE, the armies of Sasanid Persia shocked the Eastern Roman Empire when they besieged and captured Jerusalem, taking a large swath of its population into captivity along with the city's patriarch and the famed relic of the True Cross. This astounding Persian victory over Christian Jerusalem was a key episode in the last war between Rome and Persia in 602-628 CE and occurred at the high tide of Persian advances into the Roman territories in Asia Minor, the Levant, and Egypt.Among those taken captive was a certain Strategius, a monk of Mar Saba, who subsequently took it upon himself to compose a homily recounting the events leading up to the Persian siege of the Holy City and its aftermath. Strategius presents his pious and harrowing account as that of an eyewitness to many of the events he recounts. For events he did not himself witness, he purports to rely on contemporary informants who did, making his treatise a source with few parallels in late antiquity.Although Strategius's original account in Greek is lost, it survives via later translations into Georgian and Christian Arabic, two languages that attained prominence in the monasteries of Palestine during the Islamic period. This volume provides, for the first time, a complete side-by-side English translation of both the Georgian and the Arabic recensions.…

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