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Cover illustration: Stylized portrait of Ê¿UbaidallÄh Ibn BuḫtÄ«Å¡Å«Ê¿, Iraq c. 1225 CE; MS London British Library Or. 2784 fol. 2b © The British Library Board (reproduced with permission).
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Names: Ibn BakhtÄ«shÅ«Ê¿, Ê¿Ubayd AllÄh ibn JibrÄʾīl. | Kahl, Oliver, translator. | Bos, Gerrit, 1948- | Ibn BakhtÄ«shÅ«Ê¿, Ê¿Ubayd AllÄh ibn JibrÄʾīl. TaḥrÄ«m dafn al-aḥyÄʾ.
Title: Ê¿Ubaidallah ibn BuhtiÅ¡uÊ¿ on apparent death : the Kitab TaḥrÄ«m dafn al-aḥyÄʾ, Arabic edition and English translation / by Oliver Kahl ; with a Hebrew supplement by Gerrit Bos.
Other titles: TaḥrÄ«m dafn al-aḥyÄʾ. English
Description: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2018] | Series: Islamic philosophy, theology and science ; Volume 105 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | In Arabic, English and Hebrew; translated from Arabic.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018026308 (print) | LCCN 2018028004 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004372313 (E-book) | ISBN 9789004371286 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Death, Apparent. | Burial, Premature. Classification: LCC RA1063 (ebook) | LCC RA1063 .I1413 2018 (print) | DDC 616.07/8âdc23
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ISSN 0169-8729
ISBN 978-90-04-37128-6 (hardback)
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