A Dictionary of Islam: Being a Cyclopædia of the Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs, together with the Technical and Theological Terms, of the Muhammadan Religion

by Thomas Hughes

Publisher:

W. H. Allen & Co.

, 1885

Overview

A Dictionary of Islam is presented in tabulated form and gives a concise account of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, together with the technical and theological terms, of the Muslim faith. The Dictionary is, for the most part, an exposition of the opinions of the Sunni sect, with explanations of the chief points on which the Shiah and Wahhabi schools of thought differ from it. This volume also provides short biographical notices of persons connected with the early history of Islam.

Product Details

• Title: A Dictionary of Islam: Being a Cyclopædia of the Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs, together with the Technical and Theological Terms, of the Muhammadan Religion
• Author: Thomas Hughes
• Publisher: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1885
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Islam › Dictionaries
• Resource ID: LLS:DICTISLAMHUGHES
• Resource Type: Encyclopedia
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-07T20:24:04Z

About Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes (20 October 1822 – 22 March 1896) was an English lawyer and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown’s School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861).