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"Zoroastrianism was the religion of the ancient Persian kings and following the Arab conquest, it remained the religion of a significant portion of the population in Iran and parts of Central Asia. This book investigates the most important polemical treatise in the Zoroastrian tradition, the Skand Gumanig-Wizar ("The Doubt-Dispelling Disquisition"), which was written by the theologian and philosopher Mardanfarrox son of Ohrmazddad. The text was composed in the ninth or tenth centuries in a language known as Middle Persian. A sophisticated work of rationalist theology, the Skand Gumanig-Wizar systematically critiques several rival religions of the late antique and early medieval Middle East, including Islam. The critique of Islam found in chapters 11 and 12 is the only sustained, systematic polemic against Islam in premodern Zoroastrian literature, one that attacks monotheism by focusing on the problem of evil. The text is of fundamental importance for understanding Iran's transformation from a predominantly Zoroastrian society to a predominantly Muslim one during the early Middle Ages. This is the first book devoted to the Islamic sections of the Skand Gumanig-Wizar. It provides a new translation and commentary of these important sections along with introductory chapters that explore Zoroastrians' relationship with other religions in Late Antiquity and the early Islamic period; Mardanfarrox's intellectual milieu (especially the influence of Islamic theology and interreligious debates); and the history of Zoroastrian polemics against Islam." --

Islam --- Zoroastrianism --- Controversial literature --- Mardān Farrukh. --- Islam. --- Zoroastrianism. --- Zoroastrisme --- Relations --- Mardān Farrukh. --- Abbasid Caliphate. --- Abbasid Caliphate

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"Mit der Arbeit zur Residenz des Kalifen Harun ar-Rasid (reg. 786-809) in ar-Raqqa/ar-Rafiqa in Nordsyrien werden neue Erkenntnisse zur frühislamischen Architekturentwicklung vorgelegt. Die feldarchäologischen Ergebnisse am Ostpalast sowie am Ost-, Nord- und Nordostkomplex werden mit den Methoden der archäologischen Bauforschung ausgewertet und im Hinblick auf das Konzept der Residenz als Teil eines städtebaulichen Grossprojekts betrachtet"--

Palaces --- Architecture, Abbasid --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Palais --- Architecture abbaside --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Hārūn al-Rashīd, --- Raqqah (Syria) --- Raqqah (Syrie) --- Antiquities. --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Antiquités --- Constructions --- Homes and haunts

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Many of the leading philosophers in the Islamic world were doctors, yielding extensive links between philosophy and medicine. The twelve papers in this volume explore these links, focusing on the classical or formative period (up to the eleventh century AD). One central theme is the Arabic reception of the two outstanding figures of Greek medicine, Hippocrates and Galen ? we learn how Hippocrates was made into a mouthpiece for ethical wisdom, and how Galen influenced ideas in ethics and the nature of plant life. Aristotle is also considered, with a study of the reception of his ideas on longevity. Several of the luminaries of philosophy in the early Islamic world are also studied, including Abu Bakr al-Razi, al-Farabi, and Avicenna: all of them deploy medical ideas in their philosophical writings, whether to treat emotional distress as a kind of illness, to explain the function of eyesight, to compare the well-functioning state to the healthy human body, or to draw on anatomical ideas in works on psychology. Conversely, the volume also includes research on the use of philosophical ideas in medical texts, including medical compendia and the works of 'Ali ibn Ridwan. Attention is also given to the connections between medicine and Islamic theology (kalam). As a whole, the book provides both a survey of the kinds of work being done in this relatively unexplored area, and a springboard for further research.

Medicine --- Religious aspects --- Islam --- History --- Philosophy --- Islam. --- Médicine --- Philosophy, Medical --- Religion and Medicine. --- Philosophy. --- Aspect religieux --- Histoire --- Philosophie --- History. --- To 1500. --- Abbasid Caliphate (historical region). --- Rashidun Caliphate (former nation/state/empire). --- Umayyad Caliphate (former nation/state/empire). --- Medicine - Religious aspects - Islam - History - To 1500 --- Medicine - Philosophy - History - To 1500

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La mission archéologique syro-française de Qinnasrin a mené ses travaux de 2008 à 2010 sur le site d'al-'Iss (Syrie du Nord, région d'Alep), dans l'ensemble du bourg et dans ses environs immédiats, grâce aux financements de la Commission des fouilles du ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, de la Fondation Max van Berchem, du CNRS et de la Direction générale des Antiquités et Musées de Syrie. Attestée depuis la fin du IIIe millénaire avant notre ère, Qinnasrin est un nœud routier et militaire important, qui domine une plaine fertile, aux confins de la steppe et des zones d'agriculture irriguée. Renommée Chalcis par les Grecs, elle est, à l'époque romaine, le siège d'une royauté et frappe monnaie. Elle joue un rôle essentiel dans le système de fortification de la Syrie du Nord mis en place par Justinien face aux Perses, puis lors de la conquête de la Syrie du Nord par les armées de l'islam. Étroitement liée à Alep, elle décline, à son profit, à partir du milieu du xe siècle et tombe dans l'oubli vers le XIVe siècle. Cet ouvrage dresse un état des lieux et une synthèse des sources textuelles et archéologiques. Il présente la documentation constituée par les prospections pédestre et géophysique, les premières fouilles archéologiques jamais menées sur le site, l'inventaire des blocs architecturaux et la collecte de matériel. Plusieurs découvertes permettent de rendre compte de l'importance acquise par la ville, tant aux périodes les plus anciennes qu'aux époques grecque, romaine ou islamique. Pour la première fois, un scénario de l'évolution morphologique de la ville et de ses transformations est proposé. Ce second volume de la série consacrée à Qinnasrin livre un portrait inédit d'un site remarquable et largement méconnu.

Fouilles archéologiques --- Chalcis ad Belum (ville ancienne) --- Excavations (Archeology) --- Architecture, Ancient --- Syria --- Antiquities --- Archaeology --- archéologie --- épigraphie --- morphologie urbaine --- Syrie du Nord --- âge du Bronze --- période hellénistique --- Empire romain --- Antiquité tardive --- période omeyyade --- période abbasside --- Moyen Âge --- églises d’Orient --- conquête musulmane --- fortification --- céramique --- sigillée --- archaeology --- epigraphy --- urban morphology --- Northern Syria --- Bronze Age --- hellenistic period --- roman empire --- Late Antiquity --- umayyad period --- abbasid period --- Middle Age --- oriental churches --- muslim conquest --- pottery --- sigillata --- Fouilles archéologiques --- Antiquité tardive. --- Qinnasrīn (Extinct city) --- Antiquities.

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From the stony desolation of Jordan's desert, it is but a step through a doorway into the bath house of the Qusayr 'Amra hunting lodge. Inside, multicolored frescoes depict scenes from courtly life and the hunt, along with musicians, dancing girls, and naked bathing women. The traveler is transported to the luxurious and erotic world of a mid-eighth-century Muslim Arab prince. For scholars, though, Qusayr 'Amra, probably painted in the 730s or' 740s, h'as proved a mirage, its concreteness dissolved by doubts about date, patron, and meaning. This is the first book-length contextualization of the mysterious monument through a compelling analysis of its iconography and of the literary sources for the Umayyad period. It illuminates not only the way of life of the early Muslim elite but also the long afterglow of late antique Syria.

Arabic poetry --- Mural painting and decoration, Umayyad --- Umayyad mural painting and decoration --- History and criticism --- Foreign influences. --- Qusayr ʻAmrah (Jordan : Dwelling) --- History and criticism. --- Arabic poetry - 622-750 - History and criticism. --- abbasid. --- abd al malik. --- al azraq. --- al buldn. --- alois musil. --- amir. --- ancient art. --- apodyterium. --- arab. --- arabic poetry. --- arabic. --- architecture. --- art history. --- bath house. --- baths. --- captive woman. --- court life. --- dancing girls. --- decorative arts. --- desert. --- dynasty. --- femininity. --- frescoes. --- gender. --- hunt. --- hunting lodge. --- iconography. --- iran. --- islam. --- jordan. --- khusraw. --- late antiquity. --- middle east. --- monument. --- murals. --- musicians. --- muslim. --- mythology. --- negus. --- nonfiction. --- ode. --- persia. --- prince. --- princess. --- qusayr amra. --- roderic. --- royal court. --- self fashioning. --- shaykh musa. --- syria. --- umayyad. --- women. --- Qusayr Amrah (Jordan : Dwelling)