The day begins at sunset :

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" The day begins at sunset : "
Barbara Freyer Stowasser.

Document Type	:	BL
Record Number	:	182912
Doc. No	:	b1037
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Stowasser, Barbara Freyer,1935-2012
Title & Author	:	The day begins at sunset : : perceptions of time in the Islamic world /\ Barbara Freyer Stowasser.
Publication Statement	:	London: I.B.Tauris, 2014
Series Statement	:	Library of Middle East history ;; 48
Page. NO	:	190 pages ;; 23 cm.
ISBN	:	9781780765426 (hardback)
	:	: 1780765428 (hardback)
	:	9780857735546 (eISBN)
	:	0857735543 (eISBN)
Bibliographies/Indexes	:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-179) and index.
Contents	:	Part I. History, Religion, Politics and Time. Calendars: an introduction; The Islamic calendar; Time, the Qur'an and science -- Part II. A Medieval Case Study: Cosmology, Technology and Five Eastern Calendars Through an Islamic Lens. The making of a medieval scientist's career: Abu al-Rayhan al-Biruni; The life and works of al-Biruni; Calendars by the bushel -- Part III. How Daily Muslim Rituals are Still Performed 'on Time'. 'Time sticks': regulating the Islamic day.
Subject	:	Time-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
Subject	:	Islamic calendar.
Subject	:	Astronomy-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
Subject	:	Astronomy-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
Subject	:	Islamic calendar.
Subject	:	Time-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
Subject	:	Islam.
Subject	:	Kalender.
Subject	:	Zeitwahrnehmung.
Dewey Classification	:	‭297.265‬
LC Classification	:	‭BP190.5.T54‬‭S76 2014‬