Historians in Cairo : essays in honor of George Scanlon / edited by Jill Edwards.

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text

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unmediated

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volume

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9774247019

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DDC classification:

962 21 H

Contents:

Foreword Introduction More thoughts on early Abbasid lusterwares in the Egyptian context / From Paris and Cairo to Tehran: Guénonian traditionalism, the Iranian revolution, and the Islamic republic / Nostalgic literature on Alexandria / Golden anniversary of Egypt's national courts / Poet against proconsul: Wilfrid Blunt's struggle with Lord Cromer over British rule in Egypt / Urban history of Cairo around 1900: a reinterpretation / Olfactory tale of two cities: Cairo in the nineteenth century / Preservation and restoration: the methods of Max Herz Pasha, chief architect of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'art Arabe, 1890-1914 / 'Awalim; or, the persistence of error / Osman Effendi: a Scottish convert to Islam in early nineteenth-century Egypt / Mosque of Amir Qawsun in Cairo (730/1330) / Taking the plunge: the development and use of the Cairene bathhouse / Timurid Bazar and the origin of the domed tim /

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library B12	962 H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00002580
Books	Main library B12	962 H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00003808

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword
Introduction
More thoughts on early Abbasid lusterwares in the Egyptian context /
From Paris and Cairo to Tehran: Guénonian traditionalism, the Iranian revolution, and the Islamic republic /
Nostalgic literature on Alexandria /
Golden anniversary of Egypt's national courts /
Poet against proconsul: Wilfrid Blunt's struggle with Lord Cromer over British rule in Egypt /
Urban history of Cairo around 1900: a reinterpretation /
Olfactory tale of two cities: Cairo in the nineteenth century /
Preservation and restoration: the methods of Max Herz Pasha, chief architect of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'art Arabe, 1890-1914 /
'Awalim; or, the persistence of error /
Osman Effendi: a Scottish convert to Islam in early nineteenth-century Egypt /
Mosque of Amir Qawsun in Cairo (730/1330) /
Taking the plunge: the development and use of the Cairene bathhouse /
Timurid Bazar and the origin of the domed tim /

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