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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lindsay, James E., 1957- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2021.
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser.
Temas:
Ibn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan, > 1105-1176. > Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq.
Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq (Ibn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan)
500-1500
Historiography > Syria.
Biography > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Biographies > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Biography > Middle Ages.
Historiography.
Damascus (Syria) > History > Early works to 1800.
Syria > Historiography.
Syria.
Syria > Damascus.
Early works.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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