| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 272 pages) |
| Series |
Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 53 |
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Islamic history and civilization ; v. 53.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: Tropes of Mimesis; Chapter 2: Chronology is a flexible matter; Chapter 3: Theology and Ideology as History; Chapter 4: Tabari's Voice and Hand; Chapter 5: Structure and/as Argument in the Saqifa Account; Chapter 6: 'Uthman's Murder: Points of View and Tabari's Role; Chapter 7: The Battle of Siffìn: An Ironic Story; Chapter 8: Husayn's Martyrdom: A Tragic Story; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book exposes the mimetic assumption involved in early Islamic historiography, its literary practice and whatever subverts it as reflected in?abari's History. Four major events in the history of early Islam are then subject to analysis based on literary criticism and are shown to produce a new meaning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-264) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ṭabarī, 838?-923. Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk.
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| SUBJECT |
Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk (Ṭabarī) fast |
| Subject |
Historiography.
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historiography.
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HISTORY.
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Historiography
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9004137939 |
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9789004137936 |
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9789047405092 |
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9047405099 |
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1433706490 |
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9781433706493 |
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