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

Angels tapping at the wine-shop's door: a history of alcohol in the Islamic world
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ISBN 1787388158 (hardcover)
9781787388154 (hardcover)
Author Matthee, Rudolph P. 1953-
Title Angels tapping at the wine-shop's door : a history of alcohol in the Islamic world / Rudi Matthee
Publisher London : C. Hurst & Co., 2023
Physical desc. xi, 384 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-364) and index.
Contents Introduction -- 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.
Subject Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Islamic Empire -- History
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Islamic countries -- History
Drinking of alcoholic beverages in art
Islam -- Social aspects
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10014832 394.13 MAT
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