Al-Kindi's letter on swords and their types was written between 833 and 841 AD. It is the only work from the early Islamic world devoted to the subject, and although an Arabic edition was published in 1952, the letter remains relatively unknown. The three authors of this edition, combining expertise in classical Arabic, Islamic art history and metal technology, have produced a volume which contains an introduction on the swords of the Islamic world, facsimiles of the two known manuscripts, an English translation of the text, and a detailed commentary on it.
- ISBN10 0197280269
- ISBN13 9780197280263
- Publish Date February 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 150
- Language English