J D Latham

Biographic Data

ID613162
NAMEJ D Latham
GIVEN NAMESJ D
FAMILY NAMELatham
SIGNATURELATHAM J D
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX0

  • Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and early ʿAbbasid prose

    Julia Ashtiany, T M Johnstone et al.EDITORCHAPTERʻAbbasid belles-lettres2012

    In the annals of Arabic literature Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ occupies a central position. For it is with his work that the history of ʿAbbasid prose literature begins; it is he who opens the door to the golden age of Arabic prose writing; it is by him that a wide humanistic concept of letters is introduced to the Arabs. Though rightly classified as an ʿAbbasid writer and littérateur, Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ lived most of his life in Umayyad times, and it was under…

  • Adab and the concept of belles-lettres

    S A Bonebakker, Julia Ashtiany et al.EDITORCHAPTERʻAbbasid belles-lettres2012

    Adab, the general term used in modern Arabic for literature or belles-lettres, is often also applied by Arab and western scholars to a body of medieval writings (such as those described in chapters 2 to 6 of this volume) which has come to be regarded as constituting a specific literary genre. At the same time, the term adab is frequently encountered among medieval Arab writers in a variety of applications, and, though some of these have literary …

  • ʿAbbasid Belles-Lettres

    Stefan Leder, Julia Ashtiany et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1991

  • B. Reviews and notes of recent bibliographies

    J D Latham, Jonathan Latham et al.ARTICLEBritish Society for Middle…1981

    i. Islamic Bindings & Bookmaking: A Catalogue of an Exhibition, The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago, May 18 — August 18, 1981. By Gulnar Bosch, John Carswell and Guy Petheridge. Chicago, 1981. pp.xii, 235, 177 photographs, 15 colour plates, 15 figures. $40.OO (hard cover), $20.00 (soft cover) plus postage and handling charges (foreign surface mail $3.10 and £2.80 respectively). Inquiries and orders to: The Oriental Institute (Attn.:…

  • B. reviews and notes of recent bibliographies

    J D Latham, Jonathan LathamARTICLEBritish Society for Middle…1979

    i. Islam in sub‐Saharan Africa; a Partially Annotated Guide. Compiled by M. Zoghby. Washington D.C., Library of Congress, 1978. pp.viii + 318. Price: $8.50 ii. The United States and Africa: Guide to U.S. Official Documents and Government‐Sponsored Publications on Africa, 1785–1975. Compiled by Julian W. Witherell. Washington D.C., Library of Congress, 1978. pp.xix + 949. Price $14.75 (including 25 per cent additional for overseas postage)

  • University of Manchester

    J D LathamARTICLEBritish Society for Middle…1977

  • A. Reviews and notes of recent bibliographies

    J P C Auchterlonie, Jeremy D Pearson et al.ARTICLEBritish Society for Middle…1976

    i. Al‐Usūl al‐'arabiyya li‐l‐dirasat al‐Lubnaniyya: dalil bibli‐yūgkrafi bi‐l‐maraji’ at‐ ‘arabiyya al‐muta ‘alliqa bi‐tarikh Lubnan. By Y.A. Daghir, Beirut, al‐Jami'a al‐Lubnaniyya, 1972, pp. 707. LL 30.00. ii. A Handbook of Comparative Librarianship. By S. Simsova and M. Mackee, 2nd edn., London, 1975. PP. 548. £9.75. iii. Pisateli Egipta XX vek. Material y k bibliografii. By N.K. Kotzarev. Moscow, Akademiya Nauk, Institut vostokovedeniya, 1975…

  • The World of Islam festival programme

    J D Latham, Jean LathamARTICLEBritish Society for Middle…1975

    A report introducing the World of Islam Festival (with names of trustees and those responsible for the organization and management of the Festival appeared in this Bulletin I,i (1974),pp.33 f. There have also been progress reports on the Film Programme (ibid.,I,ii (1975),p.113, II,i (1975),p.58). More details have now been released. The 1976 Exhibition Programme with provisional opening dates (public) and locations for exhibitions is as follows

  • University of Manchester

    J D LathamARTICLEBritish Society for Middle…1974

  • Obituaries

    C E Bosworth, Ben Porter et al.ARTICLEBritish Society for Middle…1974

  • Saracenic Archery

    Claude Cahen, J D Latham et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Economic and…1971