An Ayyubid Notable and His World

Ibn Al-'Adīm and Aleppo as Portrayed in His Biographical Dictionary of People Associated with the City
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-90-04-09956-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

This book examines the life and milieu of the thirteenth-century northern Syrian statesman and author Ibn al-‘AdÄ«m, as reflected in his principal work, the dictionary of people associated with his native Aleppo, the 'Bughyat al-tÌ£alab fÄ« ta’rÄ«kh hÌ£alab'.
The book is an examination of the text, in particular Ibn al-‘AdÄ«m's biographies of his contemporaries, and a discussion of topics suggested by the material. These include the influence of different groups within Aleppo, why and how the dictionary was written, and the personality of the author himself.
The study adds social, literary and human dimensions to our knowledge of the place and period. It is also a lucid guide to a long neglected source, the extant Arabic text which has only recently been published in full.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morray

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Über Autor(innen)

David Morray, Ph.D. (1992) Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, is Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic History at University College Dublin. He has published on literary and architectural aspects of medieval northern Syria.