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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.
Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography
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Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
language : en
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Release Date : 1999
Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography written by Tayeb El-Hibri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with categories.
Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography
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Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography written by Tayeb El-Hibri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Islamic Empire categories.
The author applies a new literary-critical reading of the early Islamic sources to demonstrate how medieval narrators devised elusive ways of shedding light on the political, social and religious debates of the 'Abbasid' period. This book represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic historiography.
Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography
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Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography written by Tayeb El-Hibri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Islamic Empire categories.
The author applies a new literary-critical reading of the early Islamic sources to demonstrate how medieval narrators devised elusive ways of shedding light on the political, social and religious debates of the 'Abbasid' period. This book represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic historiography.
Parable And Politics In Early Islamic History
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Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2010
Parable And Politics In Early Islamic History written by Tayeb El-Hibri and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Tayeb El-Hibri draws on medieval Islamic chronicles to remap the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy, offering an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. He also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions.
The Abbasid Caliphate
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Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-22
The Abbasid Caliphate 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 2021-04-22 with History categories.
A history of the Abbasid Caliphate from its foundation in 750 and golden age under Harun al-Rashid to the conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, this study examines the Caliphate as an empire and an institution, and its imprint on the society and culture of classical Islamic civilization.
Islamic Historiography
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Author : Chase F. Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003
Islamic Historiography written by Chase F. Robinson 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 2003 with History categories.
How did Muslims of the classical Islamic period understand their past? What value did they attach to history? How did they write history? How did historiography fare relative to other kinds of Arabic literature? These and other questions are answered in Chase F. Robinson's Islamic Historiography, an introduction to the principal genres, issues, and problems of Islamic historical writing in Arabic, that stresses the social and political functions of historical writing in the Islamic world. Beginning with the origins of the tradition in the eighth and ninth centuries and covering its development until the beginning of the sixteenth century, this is an authoritative and yet accessible guide through a complex and forbidding field, which is intended for readers with little or no background in Islamic history or Arabic.
Islamic Historiography
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Author : Tarif Khalidi
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1975-01-01
Islamic Historiography written by Tarif Khalidi and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-01-01 with History categories.
The importance of Muslim historical writing in the medieval period and the fact that few detailed studies exist, make Professor Khalidi's book of special importance both to Arabists and to medievalists. It may be read both as a source for Muslim and non-Muslim history and for the light it sheds on Arabic/Islamic civilization in its prime.
Islamic Historiography
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Author : Tarif Khalidi
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1975-06-30
Islamic Historiography written by Tarif Khalidi and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-06-30 with Religion categories.
The importance of Muslim historical writing in the medieval period and the fact that few detailed studies exist, make Professor Khalidi's book of special importance both to Arabists and to medievalists. It may be read both as a source for Muslim and non-Muslim history and for the light it sheds on Arabic/Islamic civilization in its prime.
Islam In Historical Perspective
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Author : Alexander Knysh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-09-30
Islam In Historical Perspective written by Alexander Knysh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-30 with Political Science categories.
Islam in Historical Perspective integrates history of Islamic societies with discussion of how Muslim scriptures, laws, moral values and myths have shaped lives and thought of individual Muslims and various Muslim communities from the rise of Islam until today. It provides carefully selected historical and scriptural evidence that enables readers to form a comprehensive balanced vision of Islam's evolution. Author Alexander Knysh shows Muslims have made sense of their life experiences by constantly interpreting and re-interpreting Islam's foundational ideas in accordance with ever-changing social and political conditions. In addition to the combined historical and chronological approach, the author offers in-depth discussions of intellectual dialogues and struggles within Islamic tradition. He shows Islam to be a social and political force, while addressing Muslim devotional practices, artistic creativity and structures of everyday life and provides a wealth of historical anecdotes and quotations from original sources that are designed to illustrate principal points.