Death, Graves and the Hereafter in Islam: Muslim Perceptions of the Last Things During the Middle Ages and Today
Guest-edited by Bronislav Ostřanský and Miroslav Melčák
Special issue of Archív Orientální 83:3 (2015) iv, 228 pp.
Miroslav Melčák
List of John Benjamins publications for which Miroslav Melčák plays a role.
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Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Other African languages
Articles
2015 Introduction to the Special Issue on Death, Graves and the Hereafter in Islam: Muslim Perceptions of the Last Things During the Middle Ages and Today Death, Graves and the Hereafter in Islam: Muslim Perceptions of the Last Things During the Middle Ages and Today, Ostřanský, Bronislav and Miroslav Melčák (eds.), pp. 381–384 | Article
2012 Reconstruction of the Lost Ayyubid Waqf. Madrasa al-Shāmīya al-Juwwānīya in Damascus as Depicted in the Fatāwā of Taqī al-Dīn al-Subkī (d. 756/1355) Archív Orientální 80:1, pp. 1–39 | Article
Research on waqfs of pre-Ottoman Damascus is hindered by a limited number of preserved original waqf documents. This assertion is particularly true with respect to the Ayyubid period, which makes us dependent on alternative sources of information. Of these the most promissing ones prove to be… read more
2010 The Development of Dīwān al-awqāf in Egypt in the 19th Century: Regulations of 1837 and 1851 Archív Orientální 78:1, pp. 1–34 | Article
The paper traces the establishment and development of dīwān al-awqāf in Egypt in the 19th century. It analyzes two manuscript documents stored in the Egyptian state archive in Cairo. The first one is a regulation of 1837, entitled Lā’ihat tartīb camalīyat al-awqāf bi-l-thughūr wa al-banādir. The… read more