Early Mamluk Syrian Historiography (2 vols)

Al-Yunini's Dhayl Mir'at al-zaman
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-90-04-10818-9
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1195 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

This laudable work offers a study, translation and partial edition of one of the most important early Mamluk sources and its author. In addition to the work's contribution to Mamluk history, it also makes a significant contribution towards the ultimate goal of having the key texts of early Mamluk historiography accessible to scholars.
In volume I the life and work of al-YÅ«nÄ«nÄ« (d. 1326), the textual history of his Chronicle, its historiographic significance and textual filiation with other independent sources are presented and discussed. Volume II is an edition of the years 697-701/1297-1302 of al-YÅ«nÄ«nÄ«'s Chronicle, collated with the extant fragments of al-JazarÄ«'s (d. 1338) 'hÌ£awÄdith al-zamÄn'.

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• 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 Historiographie

Über Autor(innen)

Li Guo, Ph.D. (1994), Yale University, is Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago. He was educated in China, Yemen, Egypt and the USA and has published on Mamluk historiography, Arabic literature and language pedagogy.