"This book examines the subject of woman in Islam from a largely historical standpoint. Attention is focused on the main Islamic countries; that is, the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, and Mogul India. Islamism in Black Africa and east and Southeast Asia…
In a comprehensive and original study of the early history of Islam, Wilferd Madelung describes the conflict that developed after the death of the Prophet Muḥammad, between his family, Hāshim, and his tribe, Quraysh, for the leadership of the…
"William Blake--poet, artist, philosopher and consummate craftsman--combined the many facets of his genius in an entirely original manner in his now famous 'Illuminated Books', which he wrote, illustrated and printed himself. In The Marriage of…