Seek Knowledge: Thought and Travel in the House of Islam

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Explores various facets of the Islamic search for knowledge, with essays on aspects of Thought or Travel. Cover SEEK KNOWLEDGE Other Books by Ian Richard Netton Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations Tables 1 The Mysteries of Islam 2 Foreign Influences and Recurring Ismaili Motifs in the Rasa'il of the Brethren of Purity 3 The Neoplatonic Substrate of Suhrawardi's Philosophy of Illumination: Falsafa as Tasawwuf 4 Theophany as Paradox: Ibn al-`Arabi's Account of al-Khadir in His Fusas al-Hikam 5 The Breath of Felicity: Adab, Ahwal, Magamat and Abu Najib al-Suhrawardi 6 Ibn Jubayr: Penitent Pilgrim and Observant Traveller 7 Myth, Miracle and Magic in the Rihla of Ibn Battfita 8 Arabia and the Pilgrim Paradigm of Ibn Battata: A Braudelian Approach 9 Basic Structures and Signs of Alienation in the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr 10 Tourist Adab and Cairene Architecture: The Mediaeval Paradigm of Ibn Jubayr and Ibn Battuta Index