Boris Liebrenz Books
Die Rifa iya aus Damaskus
In Die Rifāīya Boris Liebrenz explores the book culture of Ottoman Syria (16th to 19th century), using the only surviving Damascene private library of the time as a vantage point. He asks about the...
Read MoreThe Waqf of a Physician in Late Mamluk Damascus and its Fate under the Ottomans
"This book comprises the edition and analysis of a waqf-scroll documenting the charitable foundations of a Damascene physician, Ibn Ḥubayqa, established in the last years of the Mamluk reign. The d...
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