ABSTRACT
Explores various facets of the Islamic search for knowledge, with essays on aspects of Thought or Travel.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section |92 pages
Section One Thought
chapter |23 pages
1 The Mysteries of Islam
chapter |16 pages
3 The Neoplatonic Substrate of Suhrawardī's Philosophy of Illumination
Falsafa as Taṣawwuf
section |61 pages
Section Two Travel
chapter |10 pages
7 Myth, Miracle and Magic in the Rihla of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa
chapter |9 pages
10 Tourist Ādāb and Cairene Architecture
The Mediaeval Paradigm of Ibn Jubayr and Ibn Baṭṭūṭa