TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heck,Paul L.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The construction of knowledge in Islamic civilization: Qudāma b. Jaʻfar and his Kitāb al-Kharāj wa-ṣināʻat al-kitāba 
T2  - Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts
AV  - AE2.Q46 H43 2002eb
U1  - 039/.927 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Qudāmah ibn Jaʻfar,
KW  - Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Arabic
KW  - Classification
KW  - Islam and state
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Islamic civilization
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2000; Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-275) and index; Machine generated contents note: Chapter One: Introduction1 -- Chapter Two: Language And Administration26 -- Introduction26 -- E pistles39 -- The Grammatical Category44 -- Ibn Qutayba45 -- Qudama and the Grammatical Category: I 48 -- al-Nahhas 51 -- Qudama and the Grammatical Category: -- II5 8 -- The Bureaucratic Category60 -- al-Baghdadi60 --6 5 -- Qudama and the Bureaucratic Category72 -- The Linguistic Categor)79 -- Qudama and the Linguistic Category85 -- Qudama's Category89 -- Conclusion92 -- Chapter Three: Geography94 -- Introduction94 -- Preface to Section VI101 -- The Ptolemaic Approach103 -- The Administrative Approach111 -- The Descriptive Approach123 -- The Literary Approach136 -- Conclusion144 -- Chapter Four: Fiscal Jurisprudence146 -- Introduction146 -- Kitaba-consciousness157 -- Sharfa-consciousness179 -- Conclusion191 -- Chapter Five: Political Thought194 -- Introduction194 -- The Philosophical Strand205 -- The Administrative Strand213 -- Fitrespieg 225 -- Conclusion239 -- Chapter Six: Concluding Remarks240 -- Appendix (Arabic Citations)245 -- Bibliography265 -- Index277; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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