Ibn ʻAsākir and early Islamic history / edited by James E. Lindsay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lindsay, James E., 1957-

Series:

Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ; 20.

Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan, 1105-1176. Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq--Congresses.

Ibn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan.

Historiography.

Biography.

Biography--Middle Ages.

Damascus (Syria)--History--Early works to 1800--Congresses.

Damascus (Syria).

Biography--Middle Ages, 500-1500--Congresses.

Syria--Historiography--Congresses.

Syria.

Historiography--Syria--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 157 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Darwin Press, 2001.

Contents:

1. Ibn 'Asakir, His Ta'rikh madinat Dimashq and its Usefulness for Understanding Early Islamic History / James E. Lindsay 1

2. Jesus According to Ibn 'Asakir / Suleiman A. Mourad 24

3. 'Uthman and the Rashidun Caliphs in Ibn 'Asakir's Ta'rikh madinat Dimashq: a Study in Strategies of Compilation / Fred M. Donner 44

4. Sayf at First: the Transmission of Sayf ibn 'Umar in al-Tabari and Ibn 'Asakir / Marianne Engle Cameron 62

5. Ibn 'Asakir's Sources for the Late Umayyad Period / Steven C. Judd 78

6. Community versus Contention: Ibn 'Asakir and 'Abbasid Syria / Paul M. Cobb 100

Appendix A. Publication History of TMD / Suleiman A. Mourad 127

Appendix B. Studies Addressing TMD 134

Appendix C. Major Lacunae in TMD 141

Appendix D. Pre-Islamic Sacred Biographies in TMD 144

Appendix E. Muhammad, the Rashidun, and the Umayyad Caliphs in TMD 147.

Notes:

Based on papers presented at a panel entitled Ibn ʻAsākir and early Islamic history held at the Middle East Studies Association meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, November 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0878501207

OCLC:

49225517