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Essays in Islamic Philology, History, and Philosophy

The articles in this volume are dedicated to Professor Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani for the breadth and depth of his interests and his influence on those interests.

They attest to the fact that his fervor and rigorously surgical attention to detail have found fertile ground in a wide variety of disciplines, including (among others) Persian literature and philology; Islamic history and historiography; Arabic literature and philology; and Islamic philosophy and jurisprudence. The volume has brought together some of the most respected scholars in the fields of Islamic studies and Islamic literatures, all his prior students, to contribute with articles that touch on the fields Professor Mahdavi Damghani has so permanently touched with his astonishing scholarship and attention to detail.

About the Authors

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A. Korangy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA;

R.P. Mottahedeh and W. Granara, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

Bibliographic Information

Title: Essays in Islamic Philology, History, and Philosophy

Author(s): A. Korangy,  R.P. Mottahedeh and Wheeler M. Thackston

Publisher: De Gruyter

Length: 478 pages

ISBN: 978-3110313727

Pub. Date: May 24, 2016

Essays in Islamic Philology, History, and Philosophy

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