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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...

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Published in:Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 213 - 251
Main Author: SIDDIQ, MOHAMMAD YUSUF
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA May2009
Subjects:
Islamic inscriptions
Islamic antiquities
Arabic inscriptions
Madrasahs
Archaeology & religion
Paleography
Islamic customs & practices
Islamic theology
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