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SIJPESTEIJN, P. M., Shaping a Muslim State. The World of a Mid-Eighth-Century Egyptian Official. Oxford University Press, 2013. 592p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Studies in Byzantium. This is an outstanding book which transforms our understanding of the reality of the early Muslim state ... Petra Sijpesteijn has succeeded in presenting this rebarbative material with clarity and elegance, whether it is in the discussion of the broad outlines of early Islamic history, or the minutiae of grammar and lexicography. It is absolutely fundamental reading for anyone, scholar or student, who woshes to understand the origins of the Muslim world. Hugh Kennedy, The Times Literary Supplement 28/11/14 (Publisher's information). € 210.61 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199673902