D S Richards
Biographic Data
| ID | 700588 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D S Richards |
| GIVEN NAMES | D S |
| FAMILY NAME | Richards |
| SIGNATURE | RICHARDS D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athīr for the Crusading Period from al-Kāmil fī’l-ta’rīkh Part 2
The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir (1160-1233 AD), entitled "al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh", is one of the outstanding sources for the history of the mediaeval world. It covers the whole sweep of Islamic history almost up to the death of its author and, with the sources available to him, he attempted to embrace the widest geographical spread; events in Iraq, Iran and further East run in counterpoint with those involving North Africa and Spain. From the time o…
Islam and the Trade of Asia
The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature
"The final volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature explores the Arabic literary heritage of the little-known period from the twelfth to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Even though it was during this time that the famous Thousand and One Nights was composed, very little has been written on the literature of the period generally. In this volume Roger Allen and Donald Richards bring together some of the most distinguished schol…
Saladin in Egypt . Yaacov Lev
Edward Lane's Surviving Arabic Correspondence
The career and scholarship of Edward William Lane, the renowned Orientalist and Arabic lexicographer, have been closely described and evaluated. His life is soon to be the subject of a further study, one planned by Jason Thompson. It may therefore be opportune to take a look at a modest cache of letters in Arabic, both addressed to and written by Lane, which is held in the Griffith Institute at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. These letters were d…
A Late Mamluk Document Concerning Frankish Commercial Practice at Tripoli
Much has been written about the trading relations of the Italian states with the Levant in the period of the Crusades and the late Middle Ages. The bulk of the material that has made these studies possible has been provided by the voluminous archives of the various Italian cities, which also contain a few treaties and letters that originated from Muslim authorities (largely of the Mamluk period) and have been preserved in the original and/or in t…
A Doctor's Petition for a Salaried Post in Saladin's Hospital
Journal Article A Doctor's Petition for a Salaried Post in Saladin's Hospital Get access D. S. RICHARDS D. S. RICHARDS *The Oriental Institute, University of OxfordPusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 5, Issue 2, August 1992, Pages 297–306, https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/5.2.297 Published: 01 August 1992
A petition for aniqtā' addressed to Saladin or al-'ādil
Many years ago the late Dr. Samuel Stern brought to my attention an item preserved among the Geniza documents in the Cambridge University Library. I remember that we used it as part of the illustrative material for a joint course of lectures on medieval Islamic administration, during which I, very much the junior partner, benefited greatly from his experience and store of knowledge. Stern himself intended to publish this piece, but had also broug…
B. Reviews
A HISTORY OF THE ARAB PEOPLES. By ALBERT HOURANI. London, Faber and Faber, 1991. xviii, 551pp. £25 (hb). STUDIES IN ARAB HISTORY. Edited by DEREK HOPWOOD. (St.Antony's/Macmillan series.) London, Macmillan, 1990. 189pp. 5 plates and 3 figures. A HISTORY OF THE SELJUKS: İBRAHIM KAFESOGLU'S INTERPRETATION AND THE RESULTING CONTROVERSY. Translated and edited By GARY LEISER. Carbondale and Edwardsville, Southern Illinois University Press, 1988. 208pp.…
The Maqāmāt of Al-Hamadhāni
A Mamlūk emir's 'square' decree
In his catalogue of the Haram documents, D. P. Little has brought attention to a group of nine items, which he identifies with what the handbooks and other contemporary sources describe as murabba'āt One may accept the translation 'square' for convenience sake, but the surviving examples show that murabba'a should strictly be understood as 'quadrangular'. Under question are documents written on a sheet of paper in 'landscape' mode, folded central…
Mamluk Jerusalem
From the middle of the 13th century to 1517 AD, Jerusalem was ruled by the Mamluk Sultans. This book records the magnificience of design and the skill of the craftsmen of the time. The first part presents historical details on the Mamluk State and Jerusalem under its rule, discusses methods and materials of construction and decoration, and gives suggestions for the care and conservation of the buildings. The second part presents, with numerous ph…
A Damascus scroll relating to a waqf for the Yūnusiyya
The Yūnusiyya is one of those small-scale, largely family-based Sufi orders which proliferated in the later Middle Ages. Little is known of its growth and development. The eponymous founder, one Yūnus ibn Yusuf Ibn Musā'id al-Shaibānī, was a holy man of the type described as majdhūb , which is explained as meaning that he had no shaikh and was self-initiated into the life of devotion and sanctity. He died in 619 (1222–3), approaching ninety years…
Arabic Documents from the Monastery of St. James in jerusalem
L'A. presente et publie le texte integral et original de documents arabes retrouves au monastere de Saint Jacques de Jerusalem. Parmi eux, le rapport de Mamluk sur la propriete du Calvaire. Ces documents sont publies sous forme photographique, il sont transcrits en alphabet arabe moderne, ils sont decrits puis traduits en Anglais. La source de ces documents est d'origine ottomane
A Report On an Order of Qarăqūš
Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia
Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia: Aspects of Administrative, Economic, and Social History, 11th–14th Century, by Ann K. S. Lambton. (Columbia Lectures on Iranian History, no. 2.) xiii + 425 pages. The Persian Heritage Foundation, New York 1988. - Volume 22 Issue 2
Documents From Sinai Concerning Mainly Cairene Property
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access D. S. RICHARDS D. S. RICHARDS Oriental Institute, University of Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCV, Issue CCCLXXIV, January 1980, Pages 198-a–198, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCV.CCCLXXIV.198-a Published: 01 January 1980
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access D. S. RICHARDS D. S. RICHARDS The Oriental InstituteUniversity of Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIV, Issue CCCLXXIII, October 1979, Pages 910-b–911, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIV.CCCLXXIII.910-b Published: 01 October 1979
A Text of ʽImād Al-Dīn on 12th Century Frankish-Muslim Relations
Islamic Studies
A Mamlūk petition and a report from the Dīwān al-Jaysh
The system of iqṭā', the allotment of the resources of the state, income from land and elsewhere, to individuals to provide them with the means of serving the state, above all in military service, stands out from the pages of the chronicles as the dominant administrative institution of the Mamlūk period; the iqṭā' was the life-blood of the Mamlūk amīrs and the whole military apparatus of the state. All the vast amount of administrative work conne…
Islam and the Trade of Asia. A Colloquium
Papers on Islamic History. I. The Islamic City. A Colloquium
Arabic Documents from the Karaite Community in Cairo
Islam and the Trade of Asia
Islam and the Trade of Asia. A Colloquium
A Late Mamluk Document Concerning Frankish Commercial Practice at Tripoli
Much has been written about the trading relations of the Italian states with the Levant in the period of the Crusades and the late Middle Ages. The bulk of the material that has made these studies possible has been provided by the voluminous archives of the various Italian cities, which also contain a few treaties and letters that originated from Muslim authorities (largely of the Mamluk period) and have been preserved in the original and/or in t…
A petition for aniqtā' addressed to Saladin or al-'ādil
Many years ago the late Dr. Samuel Stern brought to my attention an item preserved among the Geniza documents in the Cambridge University Library. I remember that we used it as part of the illustrative material for a joint course of lectures on medieval Islamic administration, during which I, very much the junior partner, benefited greatly from his experience and store of knowledge. Stern himself intended to publish this piece, but had also broug…
Documents From Sinai Concerning Mainly Cairene Property
Islam and the Trade of Asia
Arabic Documents from the Karaite Community in Cairo
Papers on Islamic History. I. The Islamic City. A Colloquium
Islam and the Trade of Asia. A Colloquium
A Mamlūk petition and a report from the Dīwān al-Jaysh
The system of iqṭā', the allotment of the resources of the state, income from land and elsewhere, to individuals to provide them with the means of serving the state, above all in military service, stands out from the pages of the chronicles as the dominant administrative institution of the Mamlūk period; the iqṭā' was the life-blood of the Mamlūk amīrs and the whole military apparatus of the state. All the vast amount of administrative work conne…
A Text of ʽImād Al-Dīn on 12th Century Frankish-Muslim Relations
Islamic Studies
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access D. S. RICHARDS D. S. RICHARDS The Oriental InstituteUniversity of Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIV, Issue CCCLXXIII, October 1979, Pages 910-b–911, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIV.CCCLXXIII.910-b Published: 01 October 1979
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access D. S. RICHARDS D. S. RICHARDS Oriental Institute, University of Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCV, Issue CCCLXXIV, January 1980, Pages 198-a–198, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCV.CCCLXXIV.198-a Published: 01 January 1980
Documents From Sinai Concerning Mainly Cairene Property
Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia
Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia: Aspects of Administrative, Economic, and Social History, 11th–14th Century, by Ann K. S. Lambton. (Columbia Lectures on Iranian History, no. 2.) xiii + 425 pages. The Persian Heritage Foundation, New York 1988. - Volume 22 Issue 2
Arabic Documents from the Monastery of St. James in jerusalem
L'A. presente et publie le texte integral et original de documents arabes retrouves au monastere de Saint Jacques de Jerusalem. Parmi eux, le rapport de Mamluk sur la propriete du Calvaire. Ces documents sont publies sous forme photographique, il sont transcrits en alphabet arabe moderne, ils sont decrits puis traduits en Anglais. La source de ces documents est d'origine ottomane
A Report On an Order of Qarăqūš
Mamluk Jerusalem
From the middle of the 13th century to 1517 AD, Jerusalem was ruled by the Mamluk Sultans. This book records the magnificience of design and the skill of the craftsmen of the time. The first part presents historical details on the Mamluk State and Jerusalem under its rule, discusses methods and materials of construction and decoration, and gives suggestions for the care and conservation of the buildings. The second part presents, with numerous ph…
A Damascus scroll relating to a waqf for the Yūnusiyya
The Yūnusiyya is one of those small-scale, largely family-based Sufi orders which proliferated in the later Middle Ages. Little is known of its growth and development. The eponymous founder, one Yūnus ibn Yusuf Ibn Musā'id al-Shaibānī, was a holy man of the type described as majdhūb , which is explained as meaning that he had no shaikh and was self-initiated into the life of devotion and sanctity. He died in 619 (1222–3), approaching ninety years…
B. Reviews
A HISTORY OF THE ARAB PEOPLES. By ALBERT HOURANI. London, Faber and Faber, 1991. xviii, 551pp. £25 (hb). STUDIES IN ARAB HISTORY. Edited by DEREK HOPWOOD. (St.Antony's/Macmillan series.) London, Macmillan, 1990. 189pp. 5 plates and 3 figures. A HISTORY OF THE SELJUKS: İBRAHIM KAFESOGLU'S INTERPRETATION AND THE RESULTING CONTROVERSY. Translated and edited By GARY LEISER. Carbondale and Edwardsville, Southern Illinois University Press, 1988. 208pp.…
The Maqāmāt of Al-Hamadhāni
A Mamlūk emir's 'square' decree
In his catalogue of the Haram documents, D. P. Little has brought attention to a group of nine items, which he identifies with what the handbooks and other contemporary sources describe as murabba'āt One may accept the translation 'square' for convenience sake, but the surviving examples show that murabba'a should strictly be understood as 'quadrangular'. Under question are documents written on a sheet of paper in 'landscape' mode, folded central…
A Doctor's Petition for a Salaried Post in Saladin's Hospital
Journal Article A Doctor's Petition for a Salaried Post in Saladin's Hospital Get access D. S. RICHARDS D. S. RICHARDS *The Oriental Institute, University of OxfordPusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 5, Issue 2, August 1992, Pages 297–306, https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/5.2.297 Published: 01 August 1992
A petition for aniqtā' addressed to Saladin or al-'ādil
Many years ago the late Dr. Samuel Stern brought to my attention an item preserved among the Geniza documents in the Cambridge University Library. I remember that we used it as part of the illustrative material for a joint course of lectures on medieval Islamic administration, during which I, very much the junior partner, benefited greatly from his experience and store of knowledge. Stern himself intended to publish this piece, but had also broug…
Edward Lane's Surviving Arabic Correspondence
The career and scholarship of Edward William Lane, the renowned Orientalist and Arabic lexicographer, have been closely described and evaluated. His life is soon to be the subject of a further study, one planned by Jason Thompson. It may therefore be opportune to take a look at a modest cache of letters in Arabic, both addressed to and written by Lane, which is held in the Griffith Institute at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. These letters were d…
A Late Mamluk Document Concerning Frankish Commercial Practice at Tripoli
Much has been written about the trading relations of the Italian states with the Levant in the period of the Crusades and the late Middle Ages. The bulk of the material that has made these studies possible has been provided by the voluminous archives of the various Italian cities, which also contain a few treaties and letters that originated from Muslim authorities (largely of the Mamluk period) and have been preserved in the original and/or in t…
Saladin in Egypt . Yaacov Lev
The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature
"The final volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature explores the Arabic literary heritage of the little-known period from the twelfth to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Even though it was during this time that the famous Thousand and One Nights was composed, very little has been written on the literature of the period generally. In this volume Roger Allen and Donald Richards bring together some of the most distinguished schol…
Islam and the Trade of Asia
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