englischThe "Silk Roads", through the many engraved paths of communication, by land and sea over the centuries, brought China, the Arabian Peninsula and Oman close. The 9th Conference on Ibadi Studies held at Peking University (PKU) in September (17–19) 2018, entitled "China and the World: [...]

englischThe Ibadis have formed their communities and developed their institutions in a rapidly changing milieu, building their own identities as one of the Islamic denominations. Ibadi sources enable us to grasp their movements and challenges from various points of view over the times. This volume [...]

englischThis bi-lingual lexicon of Arabic maritime terminology reflects the Arab’s linguistic relationship with the sea. It gives in-depth definitions in Arabic and English of nautical Arabic technology in the western Indian Ocean, with a particular emphasis on the eastern and southern coasts of the [...]

englischThe present book is focused on the first collection of legal norms and their discussion in the Ibadi communities and elucidates the role of scholars in the development of the Ibadi jurisprudence as presented by its author Abu Ghanim al- Khurasani in 3rd/9 century with his literal references [...]

englischModernity, strictly speaking, is a most ambiguous term, all the more as concepts of modernity for decades were, and still are, widely discussed in academia and beyond, in particular since the breakdown of communism. The more recently felt appearences of so-called ‘Islamic fundamentalism’ and [...]

englischThis work focuses on Oman’s urban connections with the sea, examining the ports in Oman in order to emphasize their function as centres of commerce and interaction. The importance of the port in the maritime economy is discussed, as well as the deep links that these ports had with the [...]

englischSince the remarkably strong increase in scholarly activity concerning research on the Ibadiyya in the recent decades it is high time to provide insight into the topical state of affairs. The present volume is devoted in particular to the study of Ibadi history and its sources, thus covering [...]

englischThis book is a first attempt to present Omani Quranic manuscripts and their illuminations to a wider public and to discuss their originality in the wider context of Quranic manuscripts, Islamic art as a whole and beyond that in the wider context of Oriental art in general.

The art of Quran [...]

englischThis book is a first attempt to present Omani Quranic manuscripts and their illuminations to a wider public and to discuss their originality in the wider context of Quranic manuscripts, Islamic art as a whole and beyond that in the wider context of Oriental art in general.

The art of Quran [...]