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History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature

History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature

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Series: Early and Medieval Islamic World

IslamGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 0755647815
ISBN13: 9780755647811
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Dec 26 2024
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Abu Bakr al-Suli was an Abbasid polymath and table companion, as well as a legendary chess player. He was perhaps best known for his work on poetry and chancery, which would have a long-lasting influence on Arabic literature. His decades of service at the court of at least three caliphs give him a unique perspective as an historian of his own time, although he is often valued as an observer rather than an interpreter of events for posterity.

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