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Between civil wars : the caliphate of Muà̄wiyah /
This volume presents for the first time in English Tabari's complete account of the twenty-year long reign of the fifth caliph, Mu'awiyah (661-680). The importance of this account lies partly in Tabari's quotation of major portions of the work of earlier authors, such as Abu Mikhnaf a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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Albany, N.Y. :
State University of New York Press,
©1987.
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| Colección: | Ṭabarī, 838?-923. Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk.
v. 18. SUNY series in Near Eastern studies. Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.) |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume presents for the first time in English Tabari's complete account of the twenty-year long reign of the fifth caliph, Mu'awiyah (661-680). The importance of this account lies partly in Tabari's quotation of major portions of the work of earlier authors, such as Abu Mikhnaf and other eighth-century compilers. It is also significant because Tabari's selection of themes has had a decisive influence on modern interpretations of this period, particularly on the identification of what the important issues were in the works of Henri Lammens and Julius Wellhausen. Here one can read the exciting account of the Khariji revolt of Mustawrid ibn Ullifah, the impressive but controversial record of the governorship of Ziyad b. Abihi, the entertaining escapades of the poet Farazdaq in his youth, and the tragic story of Hibn 'Adi. Tabari's presentation of different points of view about these and other events makes his account an indispensable source for early Islamic history. |
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| Notas: | Translation of excerpts from: Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231). |
| ISBN: | 0585084408 9780585084404 |