Crosby The History, Poetry, and Genealogy of the Yemen

The Akhbar of Abid b. Sharya Al-Jurhumi
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3567-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 412 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Islamic Studies

The History, Poetry, and Genealogy of the Yemen is the earliest known history of pre-Islamic Yemen. Attributed to the South Arabian historian ‘Abid b. Sharya al-Jurhumi, it recounts in prose and poetry six saga cycles of ancient personages and events of the Yemen. Here, two sagas, the dispersion of Sam’s descendants from Babel to the Yemen, and the destruction of the tribes of ‘Ad and Thamud, are translated with complete annotation. The tales of Luqman b. ‘Ad and his seven vultures, Sulayman and Bilqis, the Himyarite kings, and Tasm and Jadis are given in full synopses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crosby, Elise W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Acknowledgments (page 7)
- Abbreviations (page 9)
- Part 1: Introduction (page 11)
- 1. Abid b. Sharya and his Akhbar (page 15)
- 2. The contents of Akhbar (page 25)
- 3. The poems (page 55)
- 4. Authenticity and dating (page 61)
- 5. The manuscripts and editions of Akhbar (page 71)
- Part 2: The Complete and Perfect History of Abid b. Sharya al-Jurhumi on the History, Poetry, and Genealogy of the Yemen (page 77)
- 6. The introduction of Akhbar and the cycle of the dispersion of Sam's descendants (page 79)
- 7. The story of the destruction of the Ad (page 97)
- 8. The story of the last Ad (page 147)
- 9. The story of the Thamud (page 151)
- Part 3: Comparative register of poems (page 187)
- 10. Poems occurring in Akhbar and Tijan (page 189)
- 11. Poems of well-known poets quoted in Akhbar (page 201)
- Part 4: The Arabic text of Abid's Akhbar (page 209)
- Bibliography (page 395)
- Index of References (page 403)