The Chronicles and Annalistic Sources of the Early Mamluk Circassian Period

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15626-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 67, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1025 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

The historiography of the Early Mamluk Circassian period is prolific but has not yet received proper scholarly attention. For the first time, this study examines in a comprehensive manner the key sources for the reign of al-Zahir Barquq (784-91, 792-801/1382-9, 1390-9) in terms of their originality and importance. By means of a systematic analysis of the annals of three different years, it provides a critical evaluation of published and manuscript primary sources, identifies the nature of the interdependence amongst authors, and sheds new light on the craft of historical writing.
This book fills a critical gap in the scholarship on Mamluk historiography. The author not only assesses the production of well-known historians (Ibn Khaldun, Ibn al-Furat, al-Maqrizi, Ibn Taghribirdi, etc.), but also studies pivotal authors (Ibn Duqmâq, Ibn Hijji, etc.) whose works has been up until now either ignored or unknown.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Massoud, Sami

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Sami G. Massoud, Ph. D. (2005) in Islamic Studies, McGill University, teaches Social Science at Collège Ahuntsic in Montreal, Canada. He has published articles on Mamluk history and has interests in the Modern Middle-East and in the Indian subcontinent.