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The calligraphic state: textual domination and history in a Muslim society
Messick, Brinkley Morris.
Year: c1993.
Publisher:  University of California Press. 
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Frontmatter
ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I AUTHORITY
Chapter 1. Genealogies of the Text
Chapter 2. The Pen and the Sword
Chapter 3. Disenchantment
PART II TRANSMISSION
Chapter 4. Audition
Chapter 5. The New Method
Chapter 6. Print Culture
PART III INTERPRETATION
Chapter 7. Relations of Interpretation
Chapter 8. Shari‛a Society
Chapter 9. Judicial Presence
Chapter 10. Court Order
PART IV INSCRIPTION
Chapter 11. Evidence of the Word
Chapter 12. Spiral Texts
CONCLUSION
BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE
GLOSSARY
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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Title: The calligraphic state : textual domination and history in a Muslim society Brinkley Messick.
Author: Messick, Brinkley Morris
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E-Distribution Information: University of Michigan Library, Scholarly Publishing Office
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2008
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Source Version: The calligraphic state : textual domination and history in a Muslim society Brinkley Messick. 
Messick, Brinkley Morris
Berkeley: University of California Press, c1993.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00285
Subject Headings: • Islam -- Yemen (Republic)
• Manuscripts, Arabic -- Yemen (Republic) -- Public opinion
• Islamic law -- Yemen (Republic)
• Public opinion -- Yemen (Republic)
• Diplomatics, Arabic -- Yemen (Republic) -- History
• Yemen (Republic) -- Civilization -- 20th century
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