This year's first installment of the Islamic Studies reference's third edition includes articles on such matters as Algeria 1830-1962, the Bajalan Kurdish tribe dispersed around the Iraq-Iran border, chess in the Middle East, the Companions of the Prophet, customary law among various Islamic peoples, the Ottoman financial administration office of defterdar, the Hafsid architecture of today's Tunisia, Persian chronicler Hasan Beg Rumlu, women of the Husaynid dynasty, early Abbasid poet Khalaf al-Ahmar, and the Muwashshah genre of strophic poetry. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The Third Edition of Brills Encyclopaedia of Islam is an entirely new work, with new articles reflecting the great diversity of current scholarship. It appears in substantial segments each year, both online and in print. The new scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world.
