Between civil wars : the caliphate of Muʻāwiyah / translated and annotated by Michael G. Morony.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ṭabarī, 838?-923.

Contributor:

Morony, Michael G., 1939-

Series:

Ṭabarī, 838?-923. English ; Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. v. 18.

History of al-Tabari ; v. 18

Bibliotheca Persica

SUNY series in Near Eastern studies

Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.)

طبري, 838?-923. تاريخ الرسل والملوك. English ; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83731210 v. 18.

Standardized Title:

Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. Selections. English

تاريخ الرسل والملوك. Selections. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire--661-750.

Muʻāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān, Caliph, -680.

Muʻāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān.

Islamic Empire--History--661-750.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 261 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1987]

Summary:

This volume presents for the first time in English Tabari's complete account of the twenty-year long reign of the fifth caliph, Mu'awiyah (661-680). The importance of this account lies partly in Tabari's quotation of major portions of the work of earlier authors, such as Abu Mikhnaf and other eighth-century compilers. It is also significant because Tabari's selection of themes has had a decisive influence on modern interpretations of this period, particularly on the identification of what the important issues were in the works of Henri Lammens and Julius Wellhausen. Here one can read the exciting account of the Khariji revolt of Mustawrid ibn Ullifah, the impressive but controversial record of the governorship of Ziyad b. Abihi, the entertaining escapades of the poet Farazdaq in his youth, and the tragic story of Hibn 'Adi. Tabari's presentation of different points of view about these and other events makes his account an indispensable source for early Islamic history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index.

ISBN:

0873959337

9780873959339

0887063144

9780887063145

OCLC:

11867041