Projecting a New Empire : Formats, Social Meaning, and Mediality of Imperial Arabic in the Umayyad and Early Abbasid Periods

The study delves into the rise of Arabic as an imperial language in the 7th and 8th centuries. It combines insights from papyrological, epigraphic and numismatic evidence to correlate early Islamic scribal practices with broader strategies of imperi

Author: Eugenio Garosi

Publisher: de Gruyter

Publication Date: Jun 17, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 3111543862

ISBN-13: 9783111543864