Reinterpreting Islamic historiography: Hārūn al-Rashīd and the narrative of the ʻAbbasid caliphate
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1. Verfasser: El-Hibri, Tayeb (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Cambridge University Press 1999
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index
"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-critical reading to examine the lives of the caliphs. By focusing on the reigns of Harun al-Rashid and his successors, al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, as well as on the early Samarran period, the study demonstrates how the various historical accounts were not in fact intended as faithful portraits of the past, but as allusive devices used to shed light on controversial religious, political, and social issues of the period, as well as on more abstract themes such as behavior, morality, and human destiny."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 236 pages)
ISBN:0511004311
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