Begins at Sunset : Perceptions of Time in The Islamic World
First Statement of Responsibility
\ Barbara Freyer Stowasser
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London, New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: I. B. Tauris
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
190 p.
SERIES
Series Title
Library of Middle East history
Volume Designation
; 48
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Part I. History, Religion, Politics and Time. Calendars: an introduction; The Islamic calendar; Time, the Qur'an and science -- Part II. A Medieval Case Study: Cosmology, Technology and Five Eastern Calendars Through an Islamic Lens. The making of a medieval scientist's career: Abu al-Rayhan al-Biruni; The life and works of al-Biruni; Calendars by the bushel -- Part III. How Daily Muslim Rituals are Still Performed 'on Time'. 'Time sticks': regulating the Islamic day.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Entry Element
زمان
Entry Element
گاهنامه اسلامی
Topical Subdivision
-- اسلام
Time -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Islamic calendar
Astronomy -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Abu Rayhan Biruni, Mohammad Ibn Ahmad, 972-1048 AD