{"product_id":"reinterpreting-islamic-historiography-harun-al-rashid-and-the-narrative-of-the-abbasid-caliphate-hardback-9780521650236","title":"Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography; Harun al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate (Hardback) 9780521650236","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReinterpreting Islamic Historiography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHarun al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA brilliant reassessment which will reopen the debate on the veracity of sources in early Islamic history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTayeb El-Hibri (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521650236, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 November 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography is a pioneering work filled with powerful arguments that challenge historians to read Abbasid chronicles in fresh ways, to embrace techniques of literary criticism, and to consider their own assumptions carefully.\"   Kate Lang, Journal of Near Eastern Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe history of the early 'Abbasid Caliphate has long been studied as a factual or interpretive synthesis of various accounts preserved in the medieval Islamic chronicles. Tayeb El-Hibri's book breaks with the traditional approach, applying a literary-critical reading to examine the lives of the caliphs. By focusing on the reigns of Harun al-Rashid and his successors, the study demonstrates how the various historical accounts were not in fact intended as faithful portraits of the past, but as allusive devices used to shed light on controversial religious, political and social issues of the period. The analysis also reveals how the exercise of decoding Islamic historigraphy, through an investigation of the narrative strategies and thematic motifs used in the chronicles, can uncover new layers of meaning and even identify the early narrators. This is an important book which represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic historiography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations and note on the dates\u003cbr\u003e Genealogical table: the line of the early 'Abbasid caliphs\u003cbr\u003e 1. Historical background and introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Harun al-Rashid: where it all started and ended\u003cbr\u003e 3. Al-Amin: the challenge of regicide in Islamic memory\u003cbr\u003e 4. Al-Ma'mun: the heretic Caliph\u003cbr\u003e 5. The structure of civil war narratives\u003cbr\u003e 6. Al-Mutawakkil: an encore of the family tragedy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251977965848,"sku":"9780521650236","price":98.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521650236i.jpg?v=1691927748","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reinterpreting-islamic-historiography-harun-al-rashid-and-the-narrative-of-the-abbasid-caliphate-hardback-9780521650236","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}