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Second edition. |
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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser. ; v.20
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SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser.
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
Ibn ʿAsākir'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 from the Middle period. Moreover, two contributions show that Ibn ʿAsākir pursued a political and sectarian agenda within his TMD. 1. James E. Lindsay, Ibn ʿAsākir, His Taʼrīkh madīnat Dimashq and its Usefulness for Understanding Early Islamic History; 2. Suleiman A. Mourad, Jesus According to Ibn ʿAsākir; |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ibn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan, 1105-1176. Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq.
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Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq (Ibn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan) |
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Historiography -- Syria.
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Historiography. |
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Syria. |
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Biography -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
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Damascus (Syria) -- History -- Early works to 1800.
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Syria -- Historiography.
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Biography -- Middle Ages. |
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Syria -- Damascus. |
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500-1500 |
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Early works.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Lindsay, James E., 1957- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9783959941198 |
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Print version: 9783959941181 3959941188 (OCoLC)1202844532 |
| ISBN |
9783959941198 (electronic book) |
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3959941196 (electronic book) |
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9783959941181 |
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3959941188 |
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