CONTENTS
Preface.......................................................................................................... vii
List of colour plates (between pp. 38 and 39)............................................... ix
Géza Fehérvári (London): Jerusalem, Gateway to paradise.......................... 1
Alexander Fodor (Budapest): A Banner with the Representation of Paradise........................................................................................................ 11
Duncan Haldane (London): Twin Spirits: Angels and Devils Portrayed
in Shah Tahmasp’s Shah Nameh.................................................................. 39
Ghada Hijjawi Qaddumi (Kuwait): Paradise and Hell in Islam:
The Literary Aspect as Represented in Risālat al-ġufrān............................. 55
Tamás Iványi (Budapest): Qabḍ and basṭ: On the History of Two
Ṣūfī Terms: al-Bisṭāmī’s Ascension and His Refutation of the
Delights of Paradise ................................................................................... 67
Avihai Shivtiel (Leeds/Cambridge): Are the Jewish Paradise and Hell
Comparable to those in Islam?.................................................................... 85
Short communication:
Samar Najm Abul Huda (Beirut): The Arabs and the Knowledge
of Precious Stones...................................................................................... 99
Reviews ................................................................................................... 109