Early Sunni historiography : a study of the Tarikh of Khalifa born Khayyat /

Early Sunni historiography : a study of the Tarikh of Khalifa born Khayyat /

In Early Sunnī Historiography , Tobias Andersson presents the first full-length study of the earliest Islamic chronological history extant: the Tārīkh ( Chronicle ) of the Basran ḥadīth scholar and historian Khalīfa born Khayyāṭ al-ʿUṣfurī (d. 240/854). The book examines how Khalīfa worked as a hist...

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Main Author: Andersson, T. S. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 157.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386341.

Subjects:

ʻUṣfūrī, Khalīfah ibn Khayyāṭ, > -854. > Tārīkh Khalīfah ibn Khayyāṭ.
Umayyad dynasty > History > Early works to 1800.
Islamic Empire > History > 661-750 > Early works to 1800.

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Call Number: DS38.5.U743

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Conventions
  • Introduction
  • The Transmission of Khalīfa's Tārīkh
  • Khalīfa's Life and Works
  • Social and Intellectual Context
  • Khalīfa's Sources
  • Khalīfa's Methods
  • Structure and Arrangement of the Tārīkh
  • Themes I: Prophethood, Community and Hegemony
  • Themes II: Leadership and Civil War
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Citations of Khalīfa in al-Bukhārī's al-Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.