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Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography

Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryIslamHistoriography

ISBN10: 0521650232
ISBN13: 9780521650236
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 25 1999
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.27 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
The reigns of the caliph Harun al-Rashid and his successor al-Ma'mun have long been viewed as the golden age of the medieval Islamic caliphate. Yet how did chroniclers represent this crucial period? Tayeb El-Hibri's book applies a new literary-critical reading to the sources to demonstrate how medieval narrators devised various elusive ways of shedding light on controversial religious, political and social issues, while ostensibly presenting a history loyal to the 'Abbasid dynasty. This is an important book that represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic historiography.

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