Rediscovering al-Azdī and the Futūḥ al-Shām Narrative : : Manuscripts, Parallel Texts, Research History / / Jens Scheiner.

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• VerfasserIn: Scheiner, Jens,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic History and Thought ; 28
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (426 p.)

The Futūḥ al-Shām (The Conquests of Greater Syria), usually attributed to Abū Ismāʿīl Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh al-Azdī al-Baṣrī, is one of the primary sources used for historians studying the early Muslim expansion into Greater Syria. This study revaluates the Futūḥ al-Shām narrative and the question of its compiler-author, investigating the history of the narrative as text through an analysis of a new manuscript and important parallel texts, and revisiting the evidence and hypotheses previous scholars have put forward on both al-Azdī’s life and the Futūḥ al-Shām narrative’s text. It thus offers an overview of the history of Oriental and Islamic Studies on the basis of one work.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. THE FUTŪḤ AL-SHĀM NARRATIVE IN ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- CHAPTER 2. THE FUTŪḤ AL-SHĀM NARRATIVE IN MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE -- CHAPTER 3. A HISTORY OF AZDĪ-OLOGY -- EPILOGUE. AL-AZDĪ, THE COMPILER-AUTHOR OF THE FUTŪḤ AL-SHĀM NARRATIVE? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX