Tayeb El-Hibri

Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A brilliant reassessment which will reopen the debate on the veracity of sources in early Islamic history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9780521650236
• ISBN-10: 0521650232
• Artikelnr.: 22206756

Inhaltsangabe

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.