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Medieval Islamic Historiography
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Author : Heather N. Keaney
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-18
Medieval Islamic Historiography written by Heather N. Keaney and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with History categories.
This book is a comparative analysis of the medieval Sunni historiography of the caliphate of Uthman b. Affan and the revolt against him. By comparing treatments of Uthman in pietistic literature and universal chronicles, the work traces the gradual silencing of more critical accounts in favor of those that portray Uthman as a saintly companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Through a comparative analysis of authors between genres and time periods, this book shows how authors were able to convey their personal perspectives on important religio-political tensions that emerged through the revolt against Uthman, namely the tension between Sunnis and Shiis, religious and political authority and appeals to maintain stability and unity vs. appeals for greater justice. This last debate, which in many ways began with the revolt against Uthman, has been repeated most recently in the Arab Spring. This work therefore provides readers with helpful historical context for important contemporary debates.
Arab Conquests And Early Islamic Historiography
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Author : Ryan J. Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-14
Arab Conquests And Early Islamic Historiography written by Ryan J. Lynch and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-14 with History categories.
Winner of the 2021 Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society Book Prize Of the available sources for Islamic history between the seventh and eighth centuries CE, few are of greater importance than al-Baladhuri's Kitab Futuh al-buldan (The Book of the Conquest of Lands). Written in Arabic by a ninth-century Muslim scholar working at the court of the 'Abbasid caliphs, the Futuh's content covers many important matters at the beginning of Islamic history. It informs its audience of the major events of the early Islamic conquests, the settlement of Muslims in the conquered territories and their experiences therein, and the origins and development of the early Islamic state. Questions over the text's construction, purpose, and reception, however, have largely been ignored in current scholarship. This is despite both the text's important historical material and its crucial early date of creation. It has become commonplace for researchers to turn to the Futuh for information on a specific location or topic, but to ignore the grander – and, in many ways, more straightforward – questions over the text's creation and limitations. This book looks to correct these gaps in knowledge by investigating the context, form, construction, content, and early reception history of al-Baladhuri's text.
Islamic History
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Author : R. Stephen Humphreys
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1991-09
Islamic History written by R. Stephen Humphreys and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-09 with History categories.
Humphreys gives a cross-section of Islamic historical studies ranging from the struggles for power within the early Islamic community to the life of the peasantry. Each chapter explores a broad topic in the social and political history of the Middle East and North Africa between A.D. 600 and 1500.
Medieval Muslim Historiography
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Author : Mohamed Taher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Medieval Muslim Historiography written by Mohamed Taher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Islamic Empire categories.
Historical Writings Have For Centuries Constituted An Important And Major Part Of Arab-Muslim Scholarship. This Volume Contains Important Information On: Medieval Arabic Historiography; The Concept Of History In The Modern Arab World; Notes On The Arab Calendar Before Islam; The Topography Of The Hijrah; The Earliest Persian Manuscripts; Arab Historiography; Shibli S Studies In Islamic History; A Valuable Historical Ms. Of Arabic Al-Iktifa; Arabic Historical And Literary Sources; Sayf B. Umar And The Battle Of The Camel; The Reign Of Mu Awiyah; The Tarikh-I-Bayhaq; Al-Beruni And The Bed Of Amu Darya; Ibn Khaldun And His History Of Islamic Civilization; Ibn Khaldun On The Origin, Growth And Decay Of Cities Etc.Students, Scholars And Academics In The Field Of History, Religion, Philosophy And Culture Will Find This Volume Most Useful And Informative.
Authority And Identity In Medieval Islamic Historiography
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Author : Mimi Hanaoka
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-09
Authority And Identity In Medieval Islamic Historiography written by Mimi Hanaoka and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-09 with History categories.
An innovative exploration of the local histories of the Persianate world and its preoccupation with identity, authority, and legitimacy.
The Historiography Of Islamic Egypt
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Author : Hugh N. Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2001-01-01
The Historiography Of Islamic Egypt written by Hugh N. Kennedy and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with History categories.
This collection of essays discusses the rich and varied tradition of history writing in mediaeval and early modern Egypt, providing new insights into the works and the lives and outlooks of their authors.
Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography
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Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-11-25
Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography written by Tayeb El-Hibri and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-25 with History categories.
The history of the early Abbasid Caliphate has long been studied as a factual or interpretive synthesis of various accounts preserved in the medieval Islamic chronicles. Tayeb El-Hibri s book breaks with the traditional approach, applying a literary-critical reading to examine the lives of the caliphs. By focusing on the reigns of Harun al-Rashid and his successors, the study demonstrates how the various historical accounts were not in fact intended as faithful portraits of the past, but as allusive devices used to shed light on controversial religious, political and social issues of the period. The analysis also reveals how the exercise of decoding Islamic historigraphy, through an investigation of the narrative strategies and thematic motifs used in the chronicles, can uncover new layers of meaning and even identify the early narrators. This is an important book which represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic historiography.
Writing History In The Medieval Islamic World
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Author : Fozia Bora
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-06-13
Writing History In The Medieval Islamic World written by Fozia Bora and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-13 with History categories.
In the 'encyclopaedic' fourteenth century, Arabic chronicles produced in Mamluk cities bore textual witness to both recent and bygone history, including that of the Fatimids (969–1171CE). For in two centuries of rule over Egypt and North Africa, the Isma'ili Fatimids had left few self-generated historiographical records. Instead, it fell to Ayyubid and Mamluk historians to represent the dynasty to posterity. This monograph sets out to explain how later historians preserved, interpreted and re-organised earlier textual sources. Mamluk historians engaged in a sophisticated archival practice within historiography, rather than uncritically reproducing earlier reports. In a new diplomatic edition, translation and analysis of Mamluk historian Ibn al-Furat's account of late Fatimid rule in The History of Dynasties and Kings, a widely known but barely copied universal chronicle of Islamic history, Fozia Bora traces the survival of historiographical narratives from Fatimid Egypt. Through Ibn al-Furat's text, Bora demonstrates archivality as the heuristic key to Mamluk historical writing. This book is essential for all scholars working on the written culture and history of the medieval Islamic world, and paves the way for a more nuanced reading of pre-modern Arabic chronicles and of the epistemic environment in which they were produced.
Poetics Of Islamic Historiography
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Author : Bôʻaz Šôšān
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2004
Poetics Of Islamic Historiography written by Bôʻaz Šôšān and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
This book exposes the mimetic assumption involved in early Islamic historiography, its literary practice and whatever subverts it as reflected in ?abar?'s "History," Four major events in the history of early Islam are then subject to analysis based on literary criticism and are shown to produce a new meaning.
A History Of Medieval Islam
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Author : John Joseph Saunders
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1965
A History Of Medieval Islam written by John Joseph Saunders and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with History categories.
This is an introduction to the history of the Muslim East from the rise of Islam to the Mongol conquests. It explains and indicates the main trends of Islamic historical evolution during the Middle Ages, and will help the non-Orientalist to understand something of the relationship between Islam and Christendom in those centuries.