Abbasid Studies IV : Occasional Papers of the School of ʿAbbasid Studies Leuven, July 5– July 9, 2010
Soon after their successful revolution in 750 AD, the Abbasids supplanted the Umayyad dynasty, built the new city of Baghdad, Iraq which became the capital of the Islamic Empire. The civilization that the AbbAsids helped to create carried forth the torch of knowledge lit by ancient Greece, Rome, Byz...
| Weitere Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Havertown : Gibb Memorial Trust,
2013
|
| Schlagworte: | Abbasids Islamic civilization Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258 Electronic books |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (289 p) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1: A Mosaic of ʿAbbāsid Studies; Chapter 2: Of Mummies, Poets, and Water Nymphs: Tracing the Codicological Limits of Ibn Khurradādhbih's Geography; Chapter 3: Who Invited the Microcosm?; Chapter 4: Tyrant Dreamers Face Abrahamite Interpreters: A Recurring Motif in al-Ṭabarī's History; Chapter 5: The Rhetoric of Gifts, or when Objects Talk; Chapter 6: A Grammarian's Life in his own Voice Autobiographical Fragments in Arabic Biographical Literature
- Chapter 7: A Preliminary Study of al-Shāfiī's Ibṭāl al-istiḥsān: Appearance, Reality, and Legal InterpretationChapter 8: Abū Isḥāq al-Naẓẓām: The Ultimate Constituents of Nature are Simple Properties and Rūḥ; Chapter 9: The Enigmatic Reign of al-Wāthiq (r. 227/842-232/847); Chapter 10: Ibn Qutayba and the Ahl Khurāsān: The Shuūbiyya Revisited; Chapter 11: Al-Mamūn's Military Units and their Commanders up to the End of the Siege of Baghdad (195/810-198/813)