islamic Flashcards

French Orientalism: As-suyuti's "Husn al Muhadarat"

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

New words (and not so new) from the French article, "Histoire, opposition politique et pietisme traditionaliste dans le Husn al Muhadarat de Suyuti" by the orientalist J.-C. Garcin

Muslim Islamic History Terms Names and Events

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Hist 419 Fall, 2009

Duas

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Islamic Supplications

Islamic Jurisprudence

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Islamic Jurisprudence - Seton Hall Law Study Abroad, Cairo - Professor S. Jackson

Islamic Jurisprudence

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Seton Hall Law Cairo 2009

World History Ch. 28

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:00:00 PDT

THE ISLAMIC EMPIRES Three powerful Islamic empires emerged in India and southwest Asia after the fifteenth century. Beginning with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, Turkish warriors and charismatic leaders established first the Ottoman empire, then the Safavid dynasty in Persia (1502), and finally the Mughal dynasty in India (1526). Three distinct empires emerged with different cultures and traditions. Yet there are some striking similarities, including: Autocratic rule. All three empires began as military states in which all power and prestige centered on the person of the ruler. All three were plagued by problems of succession from one ruler to the next. Islamic faith. All three empires embraced Islam. Sizeable Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire and a large Hindu majority in India forced those rulers to craft policies of religious toleration. The Safavid dynasty followed the Shia sect of Islam, which brought them into conflict with their Sunni Ottoman neighbors. Inward-looking policies. Although all three Islamic states maintained power through the military, neither the Safavid nor the Mughal dynasties developed a navy or a merchant fleet. Military resources were concentrated on defending inland borders. The Ottoman did have a powerful navy at one time, but by the eighteenth century, Ottoman armaments were outmoded and usually of European manufacture. Agricultural economies. Agriculture was the basis of the Islamic empires, and the majority of the population was engaged in raising and processing food. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Ottoman and Safavid populations grew slowly; the population in India grew more dramatically. Ambivalence toward foreign trade. All three empires existed along important historic trade routes and derived benefit from their locations. The Safavids actively encouraged foreign trade. However, none of the three states sent merchants abroad or encouraged new industries. Cultural conservatism. The Islamic empires did not seek out new ideas or technologies and proved hostile to innovation by the eighteenth century. Like leaders in the Qing and Tokugawa dynasties (Chapter 27), Islamic conservatives feared that new ideas would lead to political instability.

French Orientalism: Le Kalife, Présence Sacrée

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 PDT

New vocabulary from A. Abel article appearing in Studia Islamica (1957)

French Orientalism: Ibn al-Muqaffa Translation

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

New words from Charles Pellat's French translation of Ibn al-Muqaffa's Risala fi'l Sahaba.

Contains irregular verb "coudre"

French Orientalism: Ibn al-Muqaffa Introduction

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

New vocabulary to Charles Pellat's introduction to his translation of Ibn al-Muqaffa's "Risala fi'l-Sahaba" published at the Sorbonne in 1976.

Buddhism to Islamic Religions

Mon, 14 May 2007 12:00:00 PDT

Confucianism, Legalism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islamic Religions

islamic history

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:00:00 PDT

islamic history

Pengetahuan Ugama Islam - Soalan-Soalan UlangKaji

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:00:00 PST

Simple flashcards for my exam.

Ch 13 Islamic art

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:00:00 PST

art

Islamic Art

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:00:00 PST

Islamic

arabic religion

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:00:00 PDT

arabic-english flashcards covering religion