<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: On Historical Research </title> <atom:link href="http://www.howardandrewjones.com/writing/on-historical-research/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>http://www.howardandrewjones.com/writing/on-historical-research</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2014 02:01:12 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Howard </title> <link>http://www.howardandrewjones.com/writing/on-historical-research#comment-134967</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2014 02:01:12 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howardandrewjones.com/?p=503#comment-134967</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="http://www.howardandrewjones.com/writing/on-historical-research#comment-133380">Kamal S.</a>. I've heard of that book, and it's expense, and if I get a contract for another Dabir and Asim novel, or decide to finish the third one and publish it on my own (something I'll probably get around to eventually) I'll probably read it first. I use Ibn Battuta -- I actually leaned on him more in BONES than I did Desert. The one I'm really interested in getting my hands on hasn't been translated from Arabic. It's another journeyer's tale of how he travelled through India of the same period.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="http://www.howardandrewjones.com/writing/on-historical-research#comment-133380">Kamal S.</a>.</p> <p>I’ve heard of that book, and it’s expense, and if I get a contract for another Dabir and Asim novel, or decide to finish the third one and publish it on my own (something I’ll probably get around to eventually) I’ll probably read it first. I use Ibn Battuta — I actually leaned on him more in BONES than I did Desert. </p> <p>The one I’m really interested in getting my hands on hasn’t been translated from Arabic. It’s another journeyer’s tale of how he travelled through India of the same period.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Kamal S. </title> <link>http://www.howardandrewjones.com/writing/on-historical-research#comment-133380</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamal S.]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 06:09:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howardandrewjones.com/?p=503#comment-133380</guid> <description><![CDATA[I realize this is a 2 year old post, but perhaps this comment may prove useful. Regarding the world of Dabir and Asim, and a look from the underside of the society of the Abbasid Caliphate, There is an amazing book on the Banu Sasan, The Islamic Underworld, it is a very expensive but in-print academic book published by Brill, if I recall. It gives a vivid and picturesque view of a side of that society and age very removed from the halls of Khalifs and Wazirs. Though later in the period Ibn Battuta is an amazing source on medieval Islamic mores, assumptions, and the worldview of a traveling cosmopolitan in that society. Also Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddima, though a dry work of historical analysis, has some valuable material.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I realize this is a 2 year old post, but perhaps this comment may prove useful.</p> <p>Regarding the world of Dabir and Asim, and a look from the underside of the society of the Abbasid Caliphate, There is an amazing book on the Banu Sasan, The Islamic Underworld, it is a very expensive but in-print academic book published by Brill, if I recall. It gives a vivid and picturesque view of a side of that society and age very removed from the halls of Khalifs and Wazirs.</p> <p>Though later in the period Ibn Battuta is an amazing source on medieval Islamic mores, assumptions, and the worldview of a traveling cosmopolitan in that society. Also Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddima, though a dry work of historical analysis, has some valuable material.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>