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The present work is concerned with the influence of English

This study examines certain epistolary works by the Arabic prose master and polymath, `Amr b. Bah[dotbelow]r al-Jah[dotbelow]iz[dotbelow] (ca 160-255/776-869). It describes how the words of the addressees to whom these letter-essays are ostensibly written, become a rhetorical de…

The central question addressed in this dissertation is how the Qur' an was used in political rhetoric during the career of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 198-218/813-833). Chapter I is an introduction to the topic, and includes a discussion of my theoretical framework and meth…