Ibn Asakir and early Islamic history /
Ibn ʻAsākir's massive Taʼrīkh madīnat Dimashq (TMD) is a veritable gold mine of information for our understanding of the first five and one-half centuries of Islamic history. This book offers important insights on the mechanics of Arabic historiography, in particular on biographical sources...
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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Berlin :
Gerlach Press
2021.
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| Phiên bản: | Second edition. |
| Loạt: | SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1b9f5s7 |
Mục lục:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- 1. JAMES E. LINDSAY, Ibn 'Asākir, His Ta'rīkh madīnat Dimashq and its Usefulness for Understanding Early Islamic History
- 2. SULEIMAN A. MOURAD, Jesus According to Ibn 'Asākir
- 3. FRED M. DONNER, 'Uthmān and the Rāshidūn Caliphs in Ibn 'Asākir's Ta'rīkh madīnat Dimashq: a Study in Strategies of Compilation
- 4. MARIANNE ENGLE CAMERON, Sayf at First: the Transmission of Sayf ibn 'Umar in al-Ṭabarī and Ibn 'Asākir
- 5. STEVEN C. JUDD, Ibn 'Asākir's Sources for the Late Umayyad Period
- 6. PAUL M. COBB, Community versus Contention: Ibn 'Asākir and 'Abbāsid Syria
- SULEIMAN A. MOURAD, Appendix A. Publication History of TMD
- Appendix B. Studies Addressing TMD
- Appendix C. Major Lacunae in TMD
- Appendix D. Pre-Islamic Sacred Biographies in TMD
- Appendix E. Muḥammad, the Rāshidūn, and the Umayyad Caliphs in TMD
- Index