The Islamic funerary inscriptions of Bahrain : pre-1317 AH/1900 AD / by Timothy Insoll, Salman Almahari, Rachel MacLean.
"In The Islamic Funerary Inscriptions of Bahrain, Pre-1317 AH/1900 AD, the authors present a study of the funerary inscriptions based upon fieldwork completed in Bahrain between 2013-2015. A comprehensive illustrated catalogue of 150 gravestones in 26 locations is provided with transcription of...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2019]
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| Series: | Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East (2014) ;
v. 126. |
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access Access via Directory of Open Access Books |
| Summary: | "In The Islamic Funerary Inscriptions of Bahrain, Pre-1317 AH/1900 AD, the authors present a study of the funerary inscriptions based upon fieldwork completed in Bahrain between 2013-2015. A comprehensive illustrated catalogue of 150 gravestones in 26 locations is provided with transcription of the inscriptions into modern Arabic and translation into English. Subjects considered include: the history of Islamic burial, gravestone, and cemetery research on Bahrain, gravestone chronology, gravestone and cemetery types, stone sources and gravestone manufacture, the gravestone inscriptions, content, iconography and decoration, and the archaeology of the shrines and cemeteries in which some of the gravestones were found, contemporary practices relating to cemeteries, graves, and gravestones, the threats facing the gravestones, and management options for protecting and presenting the gravestones."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 490 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004383662 9789004383661 9004380787 9789004380783 |