Did Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Destroy the Fatimids' Books? An Historiographical Enquiry
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0035-869X,2051-2066
DOI: 10.1017/s1356186314000443