''Beyond the Dar Al-Harb'' is a collection of three

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and

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stories by American writer

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. It was first published by

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in 1985. The title story is original to this collection, and features "Red Jamie", a character from the Thieves World series previously in Dickson's collaborative novel ''Jamie the Red'' (1984) (written with Roland Green). The others appeared in the magazine ''Worlds of Tomorrow'' and the anthology ''The Day the Sun Stood Still'' edited by

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Dar al-Harb In classical Islamic law, the major divisions are ''dar al-Islam'' (lit. territory of Islam/voluntary submission to God), denoting regions where Islamic law prevails, ''dar al-sulh'' (lit. territory of treaty) denoting non-Islamic lands which have ...

is an Arabic term, meaning "house of war".

* "Beyond the Dar al-Harb" * "On Messenger Mountain" * "Things Which Are Caesar’s"

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* * * * * 1985 short story collections Short story collections by Gordon R. Dickson Fantasy short story collections Tor Books books {{1980s-fantasy-story-collection-stub

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