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Names: MaqrÄ«zÄ«, Aḥmad ibn Ê»AlÄ«, 1364-1442, author. | MaqrÄ«zÄ«, Aḥmad ibn Ê»AlÄ«, 1364-1442. Khabar Ê»an al-bashar fÄ« ansÄb al-Ê»Arab wa-nasab Sayyid al-Bashar. Selections. | Lecker, Michael, editor. | Perlman, Yaara, translator.
Title: Al-Maqrīzī's al-Ḫabar 'an al-bašar. Volume IV, section 2: the idols of the Arabs / critical edition and introduction by Michael Lecker ; annotated translation by Yaara Perlman.
Other titles: Khabar Ê»an al-bashar fÄ« ansÄb al-Ê»Arab wa-nasab Sayyid al-Bashar. Selections. English | MaqrÄ«zÄ«'s al-Ḫabar 'an al-baÅ¡ar. Volume IV, section 2: the idols of the Arabs
Description: Boston : Brill, 2022. | Series: Bibliotheca Maqriziana, 2211-6737 ; volume 8 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021057536 (print) | LCCN 2021057537 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004499836 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004499867 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: MaqrÄ«zÄ«, Aḥmad ibn Ê»AlÄ«, 1364-1442. Khabar Ê»an al-bashar fÄ« ansÄb al-Ê»Arab wa-nasab Sayyid al-Bashar. | IdolatryâArabian PeninsulaâHistory. | Idols and imagesâWorship.
Classification: LCC CS1549.5 .M36813 2022 (print) | LCC CS1549.5 (ebook) | DDC 202/.18âdc23/eng/20220104
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