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About the softcover edition...,
By Theseus "theseus" (US of A) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Islamic Names: An Introduction (Islamic Surveys) (Paperback)
A tidy book from Edinburgh University Press: 137 pp in trade paperback.
TABLE OF CONTENTS The Structure of a Name - ism or 'alam; kunya; nasab; nisba; laqab Born on a Friday - The naming of a child Help from God - Religious name-giving Mothers of the Faithful - The naming of girls Lions, Moons, Roses - the nickname or laqab A Name Too Heavy to Bear - changes and transformations of the names Appendix: Some Notes on Turkish Family Names Notes (10 pp) Bibliography (6 pp) Index of Personal Names (30 pp) Index of Places, Ethnic Groups, and Languages Index of Qur'anic Verses Glossary of Technical Terms |
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Islamic Names: An Introduction (Islamic Surveys) by Annemarie Schimmel (Hardcover - December 11, 1990)
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