Education and learning in the early Islamic world / 
edited by Claude Gilliot. 
 - Farnham, Surrey, England ;  Burlington, VT :  Ashgate Variorum,  c2012. 
 - xc, 410 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - The formation of the classical Islamic world ;  volume 43 .
 - Formation of the classical Islamic world ;  v. 43. .
<br/><br/> A collection of previously published material, some of which has been translated into English for inclusion in this volume. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [lxi]-xc) and index. 
<br/><br/> The etiquette of learning in the early Islamic study circle /  Muslim education /  Some aspects of the education of princes at the 'Abbāsid Court /  The age structure of medieval Islamic education /  Advice for teachers :  the 9th century Muslim scholars Ibn Saḥnūn and al-Jāḥiẓ on pedagogy and didactics /  The Islamic preacher wā'iẓ, mudhakkir, qāṣṣ /  The scholarly formation of al-Ṭabarī /  The human element between text and reader :  the ijāza in Arabic manuscripts /  The oral transmission of knowledge in traditional Islam /  The office of the Mustamlī in Arabic scholarship /  The use of writing for the preservation of ancient Arabic poetry /  Authorship and transmission in unauthored literature :  the Akhbār attributed to al-Haytham ibn 'Adī /  On the legacy of the classics in the Islamic world /  On the transmission of Bukhārī's collection of traditions /  The introduction of Ḥaḍith in al-Andalus /  The transmission of knowledge in al-Andalus (up to 300/912) /  Libraries and bibliophiles in the Islamic east /  Arabic books and libraries in the Umaiyad period /  The library of al-Ḥakam II al-Mustanṣir and the culture of Islamic Spain /  Christopher Melchert --  Ignaz Goldziher --  Albert Dietrich --  Richard W. Bulliet --  Sebastian Günther --  Johannes Pedersen --  Claude Gilliot --  Jan Just Witkam --  Georges Vajda --  Max Weisweiler --  F. Krenkow --  Stefan Leder --  Richard Walzer --  Johann Fück --  Isabel Fierro --  Manuela Marín --  Adolph Grohmann --  Ruth Stellhorn Mackensen --  David Wasserstein. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English; occasional phrases in Arabic with English translations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780860787174 (hbk.) 0860787176 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010933555 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA676388  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013547132  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islamic education--History.<br/>Islamic learning and scholarship.<br/>Learning and scholarship--Islamic Empire.<br/>Libraries--Islamic Empire.<br/>Islamic education.<br/>Islamic learning and scholarship.<br/>Learning and scholarship.<br/>Libraries.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Islamic Empire.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LA99  / .E38 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370.91767