INSCRIPTION AS AN IMPORTANT MEANS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAMIC EAST: OBSERVATIONS ON SOME NEWLY DISCOVERED EPIGRAPHS OF MUSLIM BENGAL.
The article discusses the historiographical importance of ancient Arabic inscriptions in the study of Islam in Asian nations such as Bengal. It describes Muslim epigraphs on stone tablet burial stones, the ways in which Islamic epitaphs reveal early Muslim beliefs regarding the afterlife, and the my...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 213 - 251 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2009
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the historiographical importance of ancient Arabic inscriptions in the study of Islam in Asian nations such as Bengal. It describes Muslim epigraphs on stone tablet burial stones, the ways in which Islamic epitaphs reveal early Muslim beliefs regarding the afterlife, and the mystical theology undergirding the inscriptions. Other subjects under discussion include the epitaphs of caliph Balkā Khān Khaljī, the inscriptions on madrasas, and the importance of calligraphy in Islamic inscriptions. |
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