| Edition |
Abridged edition. |
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First Princeton Classics edition |
| Description |
xxxv, 465 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Bollingen series
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Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks
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A Princeton classic edition
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Bollingen series.
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Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks.
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Princeton classic editions.
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| Note |
"The classic Islamic history of the world" -- cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
This edition of this translation originally published: London: Routledge and K. Paul, 1967. |
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Translated from the Arabic. |
| Contents |
Human civilization in general -- Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements -- On dynastics, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things -- Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization -- On the various aspects of making a living, such as profit and the crafts ; the conditions that occur in this connection -- The various kinds of sciences ; the methods of instruction. |
| Subject |
Islamic civilization.
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Civilization -- Early works to 1800.
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History -- Philosophy.
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| Added Author |
Translation of: Ibn Khaldūn, 1332-1406.
Kitāb al-ʻibar. Muqaddimah. Selections. English.
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Rosenthal, Franz, 1914-2003, translator, writer of introduction.
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Dawood, N. J., editor.
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Lawrence, Bruce B., author of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Kitāb al-ʻibar. Muqaddimah. Selections. English
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| ISBN |
9780691166285 : (paperback) |
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0691166285 : (paperback) |
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