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Author Cooperson, Michael.

Title Classical Arabic biography : the heirs of the prophets in the age of al-Maʼmūn / Michael Cooperson.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 217 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on transliteration; Note on dating systems; Glossary; CHAPTER 1 The development of the genre; CHAPTER 2 The caliph al-Ma'mun; CHAPTER 3 The Imam 'Ali al-Rida; CHAPTER 4 The Hadith-scholar Ahmad Ibn Hanbal; CHAPTER 5 The renunciant Bishr al-Hafi; Conclusions; Appendix: The circumstances of 'Ali al-Rida's death; Bibliography; Index; Titles in the series.
Summary In the first book-length study to explore the origins of classical Arabic biography, the author demonstrates how Muslim scholars used notions of heirship and transmission to document the activities of political, scholarly and religious communities. The author illustrates his argument by analysing four figures whose biographies exemplify a particular tradition.
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Subject Islamic Empire -- Historiography.
Islamic Empire.
Historiography.
Islamic Empire -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Literature and history -- Islamic Empire.
Literature and history.
Arabian Peninsula -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Cooperson, Michael. Classical Arabic biography. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521661994 (DLC) 00509084 (OCoLC)43377559
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