Islamic historiography / Chase F. Robinson.
Islamic historiography / Chase F. Robinson.
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Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N907.2053/1
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English
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xxv, 237 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Chronology I. The historians of the formative period -- Chronology II. The historians of the classical period -- Pt. I. Origins and categories. 1. Origins. 2. The emergence of genre. 3. Consequences and models. 4. Three categories: biography, prosopography, chronography -- Pt. II. Contexts. 5. Histo...
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Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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England
Date Published
2003.
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"Islamic Historiography is an introduction to the principal genres, issues, and problems of Islamic historical writing in Arabic, and the first such study to stress the social and political functions of historical writing in the Islamic world. Beginning with the origins of the tradition in the eighth and ninth centuries and covering its development...
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Islamic historiography / Chase F. Robinson.
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Themes in Islamic history.
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 200-221) and index.
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N907.2053/1
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0521629365 (pbk.) :
9780521620819 (alk. paper) :
0521620813 (alk. paper) :
9780521629362 (pbk.) :
9780521620819 :
0521620813 :
9780521620819 (alk. paper)
0521620813 (alk. paper)
9780521629362 (pbk.)
0521629365 (pbk.)
9780521620819 (cased) :
0521620813 (cased) :
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297.0722
907.2053
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991016113719702626
