Intellectual Networks in Timurid Iran
Sharaf al-Dīn ‘Alī Yazdī and the Islamicate Republic of Letters
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
Av İlker Evrim Binbaş, University of London) Binbas, Ilker Evrim (Royal Holloway, İlker Evrim Binbaş, Ilker Evrim Binbas¸, ¿lker Evrim Binbas¿
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2016-05-26
- Mått154 x 238 x 25 mm
- Vikt620 g
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieCambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- Antal sidor362
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- EAN9781107054240
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