The Encyclopaedia of Islam Three 2017 1

The latest installment in the new edition of the encyclopedia contains articles on such matters as the Iranian Persian Gulf port city of Bushire, Ottoman author Beyani (d. 1006/1597, historical courts of law, Hanaft jurist and chief judge of Baghdad Abu ’Abdallah al-Damaghani (d. 478/1085), the Ionian Sea island known in Arabic as Faskyu and in Greek as Ithaca, the Hamas (Harakat al-Muquwama al-Islamiyya) Islamic resistance movement founded in 1987 during the First Intifada as an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood Association in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, fifth/seventh-century author Ibn ’Abdun in Almoravid Seville, and Muslims in the United Kingdom. The index covers the entire encyclopedia published so far. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)