The Calligraphic State
Subtitle: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 29, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780520076051
Subjects: Anthropology; Islam; Islamic studies; Middle East - General; Religion - World Religions; History: World; Yemen; Public opinion; Anthropology - General; Islam - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Islamic law; Manuscripts, Arabic
First sentence: Viewed in detail, the development of the shari'a across the Muslim lands was a phenomenon involving specific men and specific texts.