Barīd - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Barīd - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Silverstein, Adam

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060937
Doc. NO	:	ALei1334
Main Entry	:	Silverstein, Adam
Title & Author	:	Barīd - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Silverstein, Adam
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,188 words)
Abstract	:	The barīd was the official system of swift overland communication employed by Muslim rulers throughout much of premodern Islamic history. The English term “postal system” refers to the fact that people and riding-mounts were posted at convenient intervals along a route, in order to allow couriers to rest and obtain new mounts for the next leg of their journey. The original meaning of the Arabic term barīd is unclear. In early Arabic texts, the word could be used with numerous meanings, including postal mount, courier, way-station, the distance
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1334.pdf