Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature /

Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature /

Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman. Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila is an in-depth study of the eighth-century Umayyad and early Abbasid orator and courtier Khālid ibn Ṣafwān and the development of his character in adab literature. The book collects and tran...

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Main Author: Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 141.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004405868.

Subjects:

Arabic prose literature > 622-750 > History and criticism.
Muslim scholars > Islamic Empire > Biography.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Arabic > History and criticism.

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Call Number: PJ7700.K53

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Preface
  • Study
  • Khālid ibn Ṣafwān as a Historical Character
  • Khālid ibn Ṣafwān and Early Arabic Prose
  • Translations
  • Stories from al-Balādhurī, Ansāb VII/1: 55-88
  • Stories from Other Sources
  • Stories Excluded from the Corpus
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Source References to B1-B115
  • Index of Personal Names
  • Index of Place Names
  • Index of Topics.