Al-Maqrīzī's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar

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Al-Maqrīzī's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar / volume V, section 4: Persia and its kings, part I / / edited and translated by Jaakko Hameen-Anttila.

Al-Maqrīzī's (d. 845/1442) last work, al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar , was completed a year before his death. This volume, edited by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, covers the history of pre-Islamic Iran from the Creation to the Parthians. Al-Maqrīzī's work shows how Arab historians integrated Iran into wo...

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Maqrīzī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1364-1442.
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Hameen-Anttila, Jaakko.
Maqrīzī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1364-1442.
Place / Publishing House:Boston ;, Leiden : : Brill,, [2017]
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Arabic
Series:Maqrizi, Ahmad ibn'Ali, 1364-1442. Works.
Bibliotheca Maqriziana 05.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 511 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of plates
  • Abbreviations
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. al-Maqrizi and the Ḫabar
  • 2. the Pre-Islamic history of Iran in Arabic and Persian sources
  • 3. al-Maqrizi's sources
  • 4. al-Maqrizi and Orosius
  • 5. al-Maqrizi's use of sources
  • 6. Description of the manuscripts
  • 7. Notes on the translation
  • 8. Names
  • Plates
  • Abbreviations and symbols
  • Critical edition and translation of al-Maqrizi's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar, Vol. V, Section 4: Persia and its kings, Part I: Persia and the four classes of its kings: the first class, the Pišdadians: Usahang
  • Tahmurat
  • Ǧamšid
  • Biwarasf
  • Faridun
  • Manusǧihr
  • Zaw
  • Karšasf
  • Mention of the second class of Persians, the Kayanids: Kay Qubad
  • Kay Kawus
  • Kay Husraw
  • Kay Luhrasf
  • Kay Bistasf
  • Kay Ardašir Bahman
  • Humani
  • Darius the Elder
  • Xerxes
  • Darius the Younger
  • Alexander
  • The mention of Nibyadah bt. Tara'us
  • Aristotle
  • The third class of Persian (kings), the Asganians
  • Bibliography
  • List of quoted manuscripts
  • Index of Qur'anic verses
  • Index of prophetic traditions
  • Index of verses
  • Index of names (people and places)
  • Index of quoted titles in al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar
  • Index of sources in al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar
  • Index of glosses
  • Index of technical terms
  • Facsimile of MS Fatih 4340 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), fols. 76b-127b, 47*a-b, 128a-131a.

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