Early Islamic History Reimagined: The Biography of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Azīz in Ibn c Asākir's Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq.
This article presents a close reading of Ibn 'Asākir's (d. 571/1176) biography of 'Umar II in the Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq. Although there was an earlier and substantial historiographical tradition, Ibn 'Asākir's biography is distinct from those of his predecessors in two major ways. First, he strateg...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 134; no. 3; pp. 431 - 452 |
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American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA)
Jul-Sep2014
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