Kuwait: the Growth of a Historic Identity
During the 1990s a great deal of scholarly effort has been focused on the particular circumstances of Kuwait’s emergence as a state, and as a result much new material has been brought to light. This series of papers given at Peterhouse College, Cambridge on 19 May 1995 by five leading scholars (Ben J. Slot, Ulrich W. Harmann, Grigori Bondarevsky, Richard Schofield & Suhail Shuhaiber), explores the historical, political and social processes which governed the birth, survival,prosperity and ultimatesovereignty of this unique Arab maritime policy.
Early Persian Painting: Kalila and Dimna Manuscripts of the Late Fourteenth Century
Kalila and Dimna or ‘The Fables of Bidpai’ is one of the treasures of world culture, and has been translated through the centuries from China to Spain. This text of moral tales was the most commonly illustrated medieval Islamic text. This book traces the history of the text thorough its many translations unveiling the exquisite paintings that accompanied them and was supported by Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah.
