Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Subject: Middle East And Islamic Studies
The Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam is an entirely new work, which sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World and reflects the great diversity of current scholarship. It is a unique and invaluable reference tool, an essential key to understanding the world of Islam, and the authoritative source not only for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live. The new scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world. Subscriptions: see brill.com
Edited by Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas and Devin J. Stewart.
With Roger Allen, Edith Ambros, Thomas Bauer, Johann Büssow, Carl Davila, Ruth Davis, Ahmed El Shamsy, Maribel Fierro, Najam Haider, Konrad Hirschler, Nico Kaptein, Alexander Knysh, Corinne Lefèvre, Scott Levi, Roman Loimeier, Daniela Meneghini, Negin Nabavi, M'hamed Oualdi, D. Fairchild Ruggles, Ignacio Sánchez, and Ayman Shihadeh.
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The Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam is an entirely new work, which sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World and reflects the great diversity of current scholarship. It is a unique and invaluable reference tool, an essential key to understanding the world of Islam, and the authoritative source not only for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live. The new scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world. Subscriptions: see brill.com
Vasi Alisi
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Vasi Alisi (Vāsiʿ ʿAlīsi) was a well-known Ottoman
münşi (
münşī, “stylist”) who was active during the reign of Sultan Süleyman (Süleymān) I. Sources ascribe various names to him, including Ali Vasi (ʿAlī Vāsiʿ), Ali Çelebi (ʿAlī Çelebi), Abdülvasi Alisi (ʿAbdülvāsiʿ ʿAlīsi), Mevla (Mevlā) Alaeddin/ʿAlāʾeddīn Ali b. Salihzade el-Rumi (ʿAlī b. Ṣāliḥzāde el-Rūmī), or simply Salihzade Rumi. Though the date of his birth is unknown, Phillippopolis (Filibe) is believed to have been his place of birth. He took t…
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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2021-07-19