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Time in Early Modern Islam: Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman Empires
Time in Early Modern Islam Calendar Ceremony and Chronology in the Safavid Mughal and Ottoman Empires
Author: Stephen P. Blake
The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy. From the ninth to the sixteenth century, it was the Muslim astronome...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781107030237
ISBN-10: 1107030234
Publication Date: 1/31/2013
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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