Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume 9: Fascicules 159-160: Sipahi-Sufriyya

by Clifford Edmund Bosworth, E. J. Van Donzel (Editor), W. P. Heinrichs (Editor)

This text is part of a work that presents the state of current knowledge of the Islamic world. Articles cover topics as varied as: distinguished Muslims of every age and land; tribes and dynasties; crafts; sciences; political and religious institutions; geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the various countries; and the history, topography and monuments of the major towns and cities. In its geographical and historical scope it encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all other Islamic countries. This text is one of eight double fascicules of 128 pages which form a volume, for which covers and prelims are supplied for binding.

112 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1995

About the author

Clifford Edmund Bosworth FBA is an English historian and orientalist, specializing in Arabic and Iranian studies. He received his B.A. degree from Oxford University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Edinburgh University. He held permanent posts at St. Andrews University, Manchester University, and the Center for the Humanities at Princeton University. He is the author of 100s articles in academic journals and composite volumes. His other contributions include nearly 200 articles in the Encyclopaedia of Islam and some 100 articles in the Encyclopædia Iranica, as well as articles for Encyclopædia Britannica and Encyclopedia Americana. He's currently a visiting professor at the University of Exeter, where he has held the post since 2004.

His book The Islamic dynasties has been translated to Arabic and Persian. He is the chief editor of the Encyclopaedia of Islam and a consulting editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica.