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Cover illustration: The mythological Iranian Shah Key Kavus airborne. Ferdowsi, Shahnameh. Late Mughal: Lahore or Delhi, probably first quarter of the 19th century, set into 16th-century margin paper. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper. Published with kind permission of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, MS 723.
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Names: Günther, Sebastian, editor. | Pielow, Dorothee Anna Maria, editor.
Title: Die Geheimnisse der oberen und der unteren Welt : Magie im Islam zwischen Glaube und Wissenschaft / herausgegeben von Sebastian Günther, Dorothee Pielow.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018. | Series: Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 158 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018040079 (print) | LCCN 2018042146 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004387577 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004387164 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Magic–Religious aspects–Islam.
Classification: LCC BP190.5.M25 (ebook) | LCC BP190.5.M25 G423 2018 (print) | DDC 297.3/9–dc23
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