Middle Eastern Studies Theses: Recent submissions
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The Emirate of Damascus in the early Crusading period, 488-549/1095-1154
(University of St Andrews, 1990) - ThesisThis study "The Emirate of Damascus During the Early Crusading Period 488-549/1095-1154 deals with this Emirate which was established in 488/1095, after the defeat and the murder of Taj al-Dawla Tutush near Rayy in ... -
The influence of Imam al-Juwayni on the theology of Imam al-Ghazali
(University of St Andrews, 1996) - ThesisThis thesis seeks to study in depth the influence of Imam al-Juwayni on Imam al-Ghazali's discussion of theology and whether or not the latter's ideas are properly derived from the former. The first chapter deals with ... -
The application of semantics to the translation of pre-Islamic poetry: with special reference to the 'Mu'allaqa' of Imru al-Qays
(University of St Andrews, 1984) - ThesisThis thesis, to the best of our knowledge, is the first attempt to apply semantics to the translation of pre-Islamic poetry. But this is a thorny path. This poetry is some of the most ambiguous, confusing, disorganized ... -
A critical edition of 'Al-ta'rīkh al-islāmī al-mukhtasar' by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm ibn 'Abdullāh ibn Alī ibn Abī al-Dam al-Hamawī (583/1187-642/1244)
(University of St Andrews, 1984) - ThesisThis thesis presents a critical edition of a medieval Arabic text, which is widely known under the insufficiently attested title "al-Ta'rikh al-Muzaffari'.. It is ascribed to a celebrated historian and scholar of the ... -
The rôle of the Arab provincial governors in early Islam
(University of St Andrews, 1963) - ThesisThis thesis is an attempt to introduce the governor of to-day to the work of their earliest predecessors, in the belief that it will prove to be, if not always an example, at least of considerable relevance to the problems ...