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Angels tapping at the wine-shop's door : a history of alcohol in the Islamic world /

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Islam is the only major world religion that resists the juggernaut of alcohol consumption. In many Islamic countries, alcohol is banned. In others, it plays little role in social life. Yet, Muslims throughout history did drink, often to excess, hether sultans and shahs in their palaces, or commoners...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthee, Rudolph P., 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2023].
Subjects:
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Islamic countries > History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islamic countries > Social life and customs.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages in art.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Islam and alcohol
  • Alcohol in the premodern Islamic world (c. 600 to c. 1400)
  • Wine in Islamic painting, poetry and Adab literature
  • Alcohol in the early modern Islamic empires : The Ottomans and the Mughals
  • Alcohol in the early modern Islamic empires : The Safavids
  • Changing drinking habits in the nineteenth century : Part One. The Ottoman empire and North Africa
  • Changing drinking habits in the nineteenth century : Part Two. Qajar Iran
  • Alcohol in the modern age : New drinks and drinking customs : Part One. The Arab world
  • Alcohol in the modern age : New drinks and drinking customs : Part Two. Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan.