The works of Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubı. : an english translation / / Volume 1 : / edited by Matthew S. Gordon [and three others].

• Superior document: Islamic History and Civilization: Studies and Texts ; Volume 152/1
• VerfasserIn: Yaʻqūbī, Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʻqūb, -897?,
• TeilnehmendeR: Gordon, Matthew S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic history and civilization. Volume 152/1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī , a three volume set, contains a fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Yaʿqūbī, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and a biographical sketch of their author. The most important of the works are the History ( Ta’rikh ) and his Geography ( Kitab al-buldan ). It also contains a new translation of al-Yaʿqūbī’s political essay ( Mushakalat al-nas ) and a set of fragmentary texts drawn from other Arabic medieval works. Al-Yaʿqūbī’s writings are among the earliest surviving Arabic-language works of the Islamic period, and thus offer an invaluable body of evidence on patterns of early Islamic history, social and economic organization, and cultural production. Contributors: Laila Asser, Paul Cobb, Lawrence I. Conrad, Elton Daniel, Fred Donner, Michael Fishbein, Matthew S. Gordon, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadad Kadi (al-Qāḍī), Lutz Richter-Bernberg, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson The hardback edition of this title is also available as part of a 3-volume set (hardback, ISBN 978-90-04-35608-5), click here .

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Introduction: The Yaʿqūbī Translation Project / Matthew S. Gordon -- Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī: A Biographical Sketch / Sean Anthony and Matthew S. Gordon -- Manuscripts, Printed Editions, and Translations of al-Yaʿqūbī’s Works / Everett K. Rowson -- The Book of the Adaptation of Men to Their Time and Their Dominant Characteristics in Every Age, Mushākalat al-nās li-zamānihim wa-mā yaglibu ʿalayhim fī kull ʿaṣr -- The Geography Kitāb al-Buldān -- Fragments -- General Bibliography.