Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography
Harun al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate
A brilliant reassessment which will reopen the debate on the veracity of sources in early Islamic history. Les mer
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A brilliant reassessment which will reopen the debate on the veracity of sources in early Islamic history.
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Utgitt:
2007
Forlag: Cambridge University Press
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 248
ISBN: 9780521033046
Format: 23 x 15 cm
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Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and note on the dates; Genealogical table: the line of the early 'Abbasid caliphs;
1. Historical background and introduction; 2. Harun al-Rashid: where it all started and ended; 3. Al-Amin: the challenge of
regicide in Islamic memory; 4. Al-Ma'mun: the heretic Caliph; 5. The structure of civil war narratives; 6. Al-Mutawakkil:
an encore of the family tragedy; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.