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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Darwin Press, Inc.; Princeton, 2009. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by editor, Jon Armajani, directly on second front free endpaper. Fine, green binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding firm, interior and extremities tidy, book appears unread, minimal use/handling marks, in a Near Fine, trace handling/scuff marks, bit of spine edge wear (small creases), small soiled spot verso spine, Dust Wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 286pp., indexed, color & b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book. Signed by Editor.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. xvi, 286, [18] pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. Contents: Contributors vii Introduction ix James E. Lindsay Jon Armajani Bibliography of R. Stephen Humphreys' Works xiii I. PRE-MODERN PERIOD 1 (182) David Son of Jesse and Muhammad Son of `Abd Allah: Warlords, State Builders, Paradigms of Piety 3 (14) James E. Lindsay `His Girdle Wrapped about His Waist/It is as though it is Made from my Heart': The Christian Exotic in Medieval Muslim Imperial Literature 17 (28) Thomas Sizgorich Personal and Political Networks and the Fatimid Crisis of the Mid-Eleventh Century 45 (20) Rachel Howes Christian Anecdotes: The Reconquista in the Biographical Portraits of Muslims from Sharq al-Andalus in the al-Ihata of Ibn al-Khatib and the Takmila of Ibn al-Abbar 65 (54) Linda G. Jones The Forgotten Palace: Morocco's al-Badi' as a Symbol of Caliphal Splendor 119 (32) Stephen Cory The Circle and the Tree: A Vision of Justice in the Middle East 151 (32) Linda T. Darling II. MODERN PERIOD 183 (90) Historical Memory and Imagined Communities: Modern Ibadi Writings on Kharijism 185 (16) Valerie J. Hoffman From Noble City to People's Republic: Reimagining Bukhara, 1900--1924 201 (16) Adeeb Khalid Hagiography and History: Haider Shaikh and His Interlocutors 217 (16) Anna Bigelow Painting the Bible Land: An Artist Missionary's Re-creation of Palestine 233 (12) Nancy L. Stockdale Taha Husayn, al-Tabari, and the Future of History in Egypt 245 (12) Heather Keaney Reconstructed Sacred Histories in Modern Islamic and Christian Religio-Political Movements 257 (16) Jon Armajani III. THOUGHTS IN RETROSPECT 273 (6) R. Stephen Humphreys Index 279.