The History (Taʾrikh) by Ibn Wāḍiḥ Al-Yaʿqūbī

Ibn Wāḍiḥ Qui Dicitur Al-Yaʿqūbī, Historiae Vol. 2
Pp. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-37121-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Latin, Arabisch, 630 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1 g

Abu al-'Abbas al-Ya'qubi was a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the third/ninth century. On the occasion of the publication of The Works of Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi. An English translation, edited by Matthew S. Gordon, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson, and Michael Fishbein (Leiden, 2017-2018), Brill is making the classic Arabic edition of al-Ya'qubi’s Ta'rikh by M.Th. Houtsma (2 vols., 1883) available in paperback for the first time.

Volume 2 covers the period from the rise of Islam to the first years of the Reign of Caliph al-Mu'tamid 'Ala ’llah (r. from 256/870). The text ends c. 259/872-873. The current volume offers the Arabic text only. The English translation is found in Volume 3 of The Works of Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Houtsma, M Th

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Martijn Theodoor Houtsma (1851-1943), invariably referred to as M. Th. Houtsma, was a Dutch orientalist. He was a fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a leading expert on the history of the Seljuks. He remains best known for his work as editor of the first edition (1913–38) of Brill´s Encyclopaedia of Islam.