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It has been said that 'a modern arrogance has blocked our access to the history of the Muslim calendar in Southeast Asia'. Without at least the outlines of that history, we simply do not understand the basis of dates found in Malay sources. Also, without a history of Malay calendars we are denied an understanding of the context from which the Javanese Muslim calendar arose. This volume, the result of combining empirical evidence with a sound understanding of the structural requirements of calendar-making, and of the mechanisms through which these needs could be met, for the first time explains how these old octaval calendars actually worked. It traces the history of Muslim calendars in Southeast Asia, and attempts to put them into their historical and cultural context. Understanding the old calendars will at last throw light on a number of essential aspects of older Malay science and culture. An accompanying interactive CD-ROM presents the reader with a tool for converting Malay and Javanese dates, with access to the range of variant calendars.

Islamic calendar --- Calendrier islamique --- Asie du Sud-Est --- Calendar, Islamic --- Muslim calendar --- Calendar

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Calendrier islamique --- Calendrier --- Islam --- Index --- Afrique du Nord --- Coutumes et pratiques

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"The fullest account ever written of the fascinating nexus between Islam and Time, this is a major contribution to the wider history of ideas and religion. Night and day, and the twelve lunar months of the year, are'appointed times for the believing people'. Reading the sky for the prayers of the hour has thus for Muslims been a constant reminder of God's providence and power. In her absorbing and illuminating new book, the late Barbara Freyer Stowasser examines the various ways in which Islam has structured, ordered and measured Time. Drawing on examples from Judaism and Christianity, as well as the ancient world, the author shows that while systems of time facilitate the orderly function of vastly different civilizations, in Islam they have always been fundamental. Among other topics, she discusses the Muslim lunar calendar; the rise of the science of astronomy; the remarkable career of al-Biruni, greatest authority in Muslim perceptions of Time; and the impact of technologies like the astrolabe, Indian numerals and paper. The fullest account ever written of the fascinating nexus between Islam and Time, this is a major contribution to the wider history of ideas and religion."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Time --- Islamic calendar. --- Astronomy --- Temps --- Calendrier islamique --- Astronomie --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Aspect religieux --- Islam --- Kalender. --- Zeitwahrnehmung. --- History of ideas. --- Calendar, Islamic --- Muslim calendar --- Calendar