Medieval Islamic swords and swordmaking : Kindi's treatise "On swords and their kinds" /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hoyland, Robert G., 1966-
Other Authors:	Gilmour, Brian J. J., Kindī, -approximately 873, Schwarzlose, Friedrich Wilhelm
Format:	Book
Language:	English Arabic
Language Notes:	Parallel text of Kindi's treatise in English and Arabic; commentary and critical matter in English.
Published:	[Cambridge] : Gibb Memorial Trust, [2006]
Subjects:	Kindī, > -approximately 873. > Risālah fī jawāhir al-suyūf. > English. Islamic swords > History. Swords > Islamic Empire > Early works to 1800. Arabic poetry > History and criticism. Swords in literature.

Description
Item Description:	Includes a translation into English of F.W. Schwarzlose's Die Waffen der alten Araber aus ihren Dichtern dargestellt (Leipzig, 1886).
Physical Description:	vii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-212) and index.
ISBN:	0906094526 (hbk.)