The calligraphic state
Subtitle: textual domination and history in a Muslim society
By: Brinkley Messick.
Series: Comparative studies on Muslim societies -- 16
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Berkeley; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Islam -- Yemen.; Manuscripts, Arabic -- Yemen -- Public opinion.; Islamic law -- Yemen.; Diplomatics, Arabic -- yemen -- History.; Public opinion -- Yemen.; Yemen -- Civilisation -- 20th century.
Notes: Bibliography: p317-331. - Includes index.