Place to Go

Contexts of Learning in Baghdad, 750-1000 C.E.

Edited by Jens Scheiner Edited by Damien Janos

Book cover: Place to Go

Extent: 677 pages

Publisher: Gerlach Press

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Medieval Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 2021)

ISBN: 9783959941303

Price: $202.00

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This work focuses on the intellectual and educational history of Baghdad in the early ‘Abbasid and Buyid periods (8th-10th centuries). It covers a wide range of disciplines taught in the metropolis before the institutionalization of the madrasa system.


This work focuses on the intellectual and educational history of Baghdad in the early ʿAbbāsid and Bāyid periods (8th-10th centuries). It covers a wide range of disciplines taught in the metropolis before the institutionalization of the madrasa system. Among these fields of knowledge are Arabic poetry and literature, the transmission of prophetic reports, Arabic historiography and astronomical-astrological teaching. Christian learning in the city is highlighted by two contributions, while two more papers focus on Jewish practices of knowledge production. The volume seeks to promote a better understanding of Baghdad’s multi-cultural circles of learning, the transmission of knowledge, and common patterns of patronage during this period. With Contributions by E. Abate, A. Borrut, Y. Dehghani Farsani, D. Janos, E. Martin Contreras, L. Ossenbach, C. Ott, H.-P. Pokel, J. Scheiner, N. K. Schmid, N. Schmidt, K. Szilagyi, J. Thomann, I. Toral-Niehoff, J. Watt, C. Wilde, M. Zakeri

  • Edited by Jens Scheiner
  • Edited by Damien Janos