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The minbar of Saladin: reconstructing a jewel of Islamic art
"This is the remarkable story of one of the masterpieces of Islamic art, the Minbar of Saladin. Made in the middle of the 12th century, this wooden pulpit, perhaps the finest ever seen, stood in the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for some eight hundred…
Readings from the Mystics of Islam: translations from the Arabic and Persian, together with a short account of the history and doctrines of Ṣūfism and brief biographical notes on each Ṣufī writer
"This book, containing a short account of the history and development of Islamic mysticism, followed by translations fo the sayings and writings of nearly fifty of the mystics of Islam, both Arab and Persian, may be a means of increasing the…
