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The culture of letter-writing in pre-modern Islamic society

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0748633731 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780748633739 (hbk.)
Author	Gully, Adrian
Title	The culture of letter-writing in pre-modern Islamic society / Adrian Gully
Publisher	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008
Physical desc.	xi, [1], 212 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.
Contents	Prologue -- The foundations of letter-writing in pre-modern Islamic society -- Epistolary prose, poetry and oratory: essentials of the debate -- The power of the pen and the primacy of script -- The composition secretary (i): background and status -- The composition secretary (ii): moral and inner qualities -- Balaga, epistolary structure and style -- Epistolary protocol -- Epilogue.
Subject	Letter writing -- Islamic Empire -- History -- To 1500
	Letter writing, Arabic -- History -- To 1500
	Letter writing -- Religious aspects -- Islam
	Arabic letters -- History and criticism
	Scribes -- Islamic Empire -- History -- To 1500
	Islamic Empire -- Social life and customs

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