Print
EmailBrowse All
| All (8593) | Subject Entries (5652) | Biographies (1903) | Chaptered Works (345) | Primary Sources (465) | Images & Maps (640) |
Previous
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Displaying: vag - ven
Vagkat (Subject Entry)
See under Ura tyube . ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Valencia (Subject Entry)
Conquest and Settlement The Roman colony of Valentia was founded in 138 bce . Despite its fertile hinterland and the proximity of the coast, ...
Source: Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Varamin (Subject Entry)
Town in Iran 60 km southeast of Tehran. It was an agricultural satellite of Rayy until the 1220s, when Rayy was irreparably destroyed by ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Varieties of Islam Today (Map)
2. Languages of the Muslim World ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Varieties of Islam Today (Map)
4. Islam in the Americas ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Varieties of Islam Today (Map)
1. Core Muslim Groups in the Middle East ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Varieties of Islam Today (Map)
3. Ethnicity and culture ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Varieties of Islam Today (Map)
5. Some Inter-continental Migrations of Muslims ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Varieties of Islam Today (Subject Entry)
THE ARABIC term umma (community of believers) indicates the unity of all Muslims beyond ethnic, linguistic, cultural and national boundaries. During the Prophet's time, ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Vazir (Subject Entry)
See Vizier ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Vedat (Biography)
( b. Istanbul , 1873 ; d. Istanbul , 1942 ). Turkish architect and teacher . After completing his secondary education at the Ecole ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Veil (Subject Entry)
See Hijāb . ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Veil (Subject Entry)
See Ḥijāb . ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
Veil (Subject Entry)
See Chador ; Hijab ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Veil ( Sitr ) and Self-Manifestation ( Tajallī ) (c. 1050) (Primary Source)
The Treatise of Abd al-Karim ibn Hawazin al-Qushayri (d. 1074) is one of the most influential explanations of Sufi thought and practice. Scholars often ...
By: Abd al-Karim ibn Hawazin al- Qushayri
Veiling (Subject Entry)
See Hijab . ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Veiling (Subject Entry)
[ This entry has two subentries: Historical Discourse Contemporary Discourse .] Historical Discourse The historical production of what we now refer to as the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women
Veiling and Other Religious Symbols (Chaptered Work)
In the aftermath of 9/11 and the anti-Muslim sentiments it has generated, a number of Muslim women began to wear the hijab, which has ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam; from chapter The Globalization of Islam
Veli Can (Biography)
( b. Tabriz ; fl. Istanbul , c. 1580 – c. 1600 ). Ottoman painter . According to the Ottoman chronicler Mustafa ῾Ali , ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Veneto-Saracenic (Subject Entry)
Term applied to a large group of 15th- and 16th-century metalwares, primarily in European collections, once attributed to Muslim craftsmen working in Venice. The ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
