Books

سلام عليكم

I just found these books on the arquimedes books website:

http://www.arquimedeslivros.net/index.php?cPath=110

they are basically avaiable from this website and most of them are published by the excellent hugin a publisher dealing mostly with spiritual/alchemical/religious titles.

Only in Portuguese:

this is the result of an international symposium on culture and literature in the Gharb-Al-Andaluz (Portugal during Muslim rule):

This one is an excellent work of the renown historian Santiago Macias on the Islamic period of Mertola-a small village in the south of Portugal where still nowadays you can see the mirhab on the church that was built upon the mosque.

This is an old book on the influence of arabic language in the folklore of a southern area in Portugal surrounding the village of Serpa. specifically focusing on the herdsmen language.

This is a Classic from the Great Adalberto Alves: Qalbi Arabi (My heart is arab):

A Very interesting study on the Muslim Community of Lisbon in the XIV and XV centuries.

This is an interesting study on the Jews of Islam, the two abrahamic brothers.

A Specific study on the Ceramics of Islamic Portugal.

In a time when the Christian Kings of the North could barely sign their own names in the South, Portugal was populated by great sages, walids, teologians, philosophers, jurists and poets. this is the Theological and juridical writings of one of those men. the Great Abul-Walid Al-Baji (the one from Beja-an important city in the south of Portugal)

Ma-Salaama!

A Mix of Amulets, Coins Architecture and stamps...

Continuing with the architecture here we have the Moçarabe church of Lourosa possibly a mosque before:

Another Morabit of Ferreira do alentejo nowadays a small chapel.

The New mosque of Odivelas (Wadi velas'?)

Aisha Sidique.

The CTT company the Portuguese Post Company decided to honour the glourious Al'Gharb Al Andaluz with a collection of commemorative stamps named "Arabic Lisbon-Lisboa Arabe":

here´s one of them:

And here´s the whole collection of 6:

these next are details of amulets and coins from the Islamic period kept in Museum and private collections...

this one is from the Museum in Serpa:

These are coins in a private collection'they are from the almohad period

More coins, these ones coined in Xelb from the almohad period.

An interesting painting based on a poem by Al'Mutamid the muslim Poet and King of Baja (Beja) who was born in Xelb (Silves) and where he spent most of his Childhood.

the translation would be something like:

"Give my salute oh Abu Bakr to those dear places of Silves and tell me if they miss me as much as I miss them..."

An interesting inscription in Évora (Al'Yabura)

a muslim amulet with some Quranic writings to give protection to its user.

Casa Do Alentejo em Lisboa ( Al-Ushbuna)

The Casa do Alentejo is a meeting place for the people from the historic province of Alentejo (além Tejo = beyond the Tagus) who live in Lisbon,This beautiful building is hidden behind a rather unprepossessing exterior.

The main function of the Casa do Alentejo is to introduce the country region to the capital and to cultivate its unique culture. The people from Alentejo moved into the Palácio Alverda in 1932.

The building is notable on account of its unusual interior. The palace dates from the last quarter of the 17th C., but its current appearance is a result of considerable alterations carried out in 1918. The Moorish looking covered inner courtyard with a small fountain in the center is impressive. Copies of the original architectural features give some impression of the Arab influenced Mudejar style which is to be found in southern Spain and Portugal particularly in southern Alentejo.

Enjoy these beautiful pictures which continuously remind me of Alhambra.