Postal systems in the pre–modern Islamic world

Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-229

  Silverstein, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511497520     Document Type: Book

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