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The Biography of Makkah Scholars and Outstanding Males and Females (832-1399 A.H.)
This book holds the biographies of notable scholars, judges, Imams, Muʾadhins (callers to prayer), servants to the Mosque of the Ḥarām and notables among the men and women of its inhabitants. The biography of each individual starts with their title, date of birth and date of death. The book is alphabetically . . .
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World Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca: Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science
With supporting images, this book gives an overview of the methods employed by Muslim scholars throughout history to locate the correct direction of the Holy Shrine of Makkah and the distances to it. The book then describes in detail two world maps discovered in Iran between 1989 and 1995. The . . .
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History and Historians in Makkah (3rd - 13th centuries A.H.)
The author establishes through his study the existence of an independent and historic school within Makkah itself. The school is characterised by its uniqueness in comparison to neighbouring schools in the Arab World. The school itself did not form part of the Egyptian nor Levantine (al-Shām) schools. The author details . . .
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13/02/2019