Muslim Studies

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Introductory chapter: Muruwwa and Din -- The Arabic tribes and Islam -- ʿArab and ʿajam -- The Shuʿūbiyya -- The Shuʿūbiyya and its manifestataion in shcolarship: (a) genealogy (b) philology -- Excursuses and annotations -- What is meant by ʿal-Jāhiliyyơa -- On the veneration of the dead in paganism and Islam -- Pagan and Muslim linguistic usage -- The use of of the kunya as a means of paying respect -- Black and white people -- Traditions about the Turks -- Arabicised Persians as Arabic poets. Introductory chapter: Muruwwa and Din -- The Arabic tribes and Islam -- ʿArab and ʿajam -- The Shuʿūbiyya -- The Shuʿūbiyya and its manifestataion in shcolarship: (a) genealogy (b) philology -- Excursuses and annotations -- What is meant by ʿal-Jāhiliyyʼa -- On the veneration of the dead in paganism and Islam -- Pagan and Muslim linguistic usage -- The use of of the kunya as a means of paying respect -- Black and white people -- Traditions about the Turks -- Arabicised Persians as Arabic poets.