Arabic historical thought in the classical period / Tarif Khalidi
1994, 1st edition. New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #389078
ISBN: 0521465540
Physical description; 250 pp. Contents; 1. The birth of a tradition -- 2. History and Hadith. From Hadith to history. Sacred history. Muhammad ibn Ishaq. The isnad debate of the 3rd/9th century. Sacred history continued: the scholarly consensus of Waqidi and Ibn Sad. Tribal history: genealogy. Tribal history continued: genealogy reformulated. The genealogies of al-Baladhuri. Tribal history continued: the conquests. The conquests: three representative histories. The histories of prophets. Tabari, the 'imam' of Hadith historiography. Concluding observations -- 3. History and Adab. The rise of Adab. The Umayyad state secretaries. From Adab to History: 2nd-4th/8th-10th centuries. Adab, Hikma and history: Jahiz. Adab, Hadith and history: Ibn Qutayba. Intention, space, time and number. Intention. Space. Time. Number. Three aspects of historical thought: pattern, argument and style -- 4. History and Hikma. Masudi: Adab, Hikma, history. The khabar: jurists and theologians. The khabar: four formulations of the 5th/11th century. Subjects; Historiography Islamic Empire. Islam. Arabic Literature. Writing.
Price: €85.00