Reinterpreting Islamic historiography : Hārūn al-Rashīd and the narrative of the ʻAbbasid caliphate /

"The history of the early 'Abbasid caliphate in the eighth and ninth centuries has long been studied as a factual or interpretive synthesis of various accounts preserved in the medieval chronicles. Tayeb El-Hibri's book breaks with the traditional approach, applying a literary-critica...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: El-Hibri, Tayeb
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Subjects:
Hārūn al-Rashīd, > Caliph, > approximately 763-809.
Hārūn al-Rashīd, > Caliph, > approximately 763-809
Hārūn ar-Rašīd > Kalif > 763-809
Mohammed al-Amin > Abbasidenreich, Kalif > 787-813
Mamun, al- > Abbasidenreich, Kalif > 786-833
Mutawakkil ʻala ʼllāh > Abbasidenreich, Kalif > 822-861
750-1258
HISTORY > World.
Historiography.
Geschichtsschreibung
Islam
Abbasiden.
Geschiedschrijving.
Islamic Empire > History > 750-1258 > Historiography.
Empire islamique > Histoire > 750-1258 > Historiographie.
Islamic Empire.
Abbasidenreich
Islam > Historiografía.
Historiografía islámica.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and note on the dates; The line of the early 'Abbasid caliphs; CHAPTER I Historical background and introduction; CHAPTER 2 Harun al-Rashid: where it all started or ended; CHAPTER 3 Al-Amin: the challenge of regicide in Islamic memory; CHAPTER 4 Al-Ma'mun: the heretic caliph; CHAPTER 5 The structure of civil war narratives; CHAPTER 6 Al-Mutawakkil: an encore of the family tragedy; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index

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