Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World
• Rizzoli • ISBN-13 978‑0143107484
Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World
• Rizzoli
ISBN-10: 0143107488 · ISBN-13: 978‑0143107484 · 2016
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This compendium offers a curated English translation of the monumental fourteenth-century encyclopedic work by Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri. Spanning a vast array of topics from cosmology and geography to history and the natural sciences, the text serves as a definitive record of the intellectual landscape of the Mamluk era. It provides scholars and readers with unprecedented access to the diverse branches of knowledge cultivated during the Islamic Golden Age.
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