abu mansoor thaalabi refers to three royal courts of his era in his book “yatimat al-dahr”: harun-al-rashid in baghdad, sayf-al-dawla al-hamadani in aleppo, and sahib-ibn abbad in rey. the first was a caliph, the second a king, and the third a vizier. the charisma and generosity of these three figures attracted a huge number of scholars, poets, writers and artists, which led to cultural and sci...

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the question of the purity or impurity of non-muslims has always attracted the attention of the islamic jurists. the importance of this question has been due to the fact that the social and political interactions between muslims and non-muslims were quite inevitable. the present article is concerned first to examine the notion of purity and impurity as viewed by the sunni and shiite jurists and...

S of the PAPERS printed in the PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS of the ROYAL SOCIETY of LONDON. Vols. 1 to 6 (1800-1854), 8vo, at 10s. each. (Yols. 3, 4 and 6 out of Print.) PROCEEDINGS of the ROYAL SOCIETY of LONDON, being a continuation of the foregoing Series. Yols. 8 to 14, and 16 to 74, 21s. each, cloth. Yol. 75 is composed of Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased, 1898-1904. Price 15s, With Vol....

S of the PAPERS printed in the PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS of the ROYAL SOCIETY of LONDON.’ Vols. 1 to 6 (1800-1854), 8vo, at 10s. each. (Vols. 3, 4 and 6 out of Print.) PROCEEDINGS of the ROYAL SOCIETY of LONDON, being a continuation of the foregoing Series. Vols. 8 to 14, and 16 to 74, 21s. each, cloth. Yol. 75 is composed of Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased, 1898-1904. Price 15s. With Yol...