Persian Historiography / / Julie Scott Meisami.
Winner of the 1999 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize in Middle Eastern Studies. Described by the BKFS reviewer as A ground-breaking work on a subject that has been almost totally neglected."Why write history in Persian?" Persian historical writing has received little attention as com...
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Meisami, Julie Scott, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Persian Historiography / Julie Scott Meisami. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©1999 1 online resource (336 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction -- r Persian Historiography in the Sāmānid Period -- 2 Historiography in the Ghaznavid Period -- 3 The Historiography of the Saljūq Period -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The Major Iranian Dynasties, 204-590/8I9-II94 -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Winner of the 1999 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize in Middle Eastern Studies. Described by the BKFS reviewer as A ground-breaking work on a subject that has been almost totally neglected."Why write history in Persian?" Persian historical writing has received little attention as compared with Arabic, especially as seen in the early (pre-Mongol) period. Within the larger context of the development of Islamic historiography from the 10th through the 12th centuries, the case of Persian historical writing demands special attention. Discussions tend to concentrate on its sources in pre-Islamic Persian and in Arabic works, while the reasons for its emergence, its connections with Iranian and Arabic models, its political and cultural functions, and its reception, have been virtually ignored. This study answers these questions and addresses issues relating to the motivation for writing the works in question; its purpose; the role of the author, patrons and audiences; the choice of language and the reasons for that choice; the place of historical writing in the broader debate over the suitability of Persian for scholarly writing." Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Historiography Iran Early works to 1800. Historiography Persian Gulf Region. Islam Historiography Early works to 1800. Persian philology. Islamic Studies. HISTORY / Historiography. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110780475 print 9780748607433 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474470940 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474470940 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474470940/original |
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