Mapping frontiers across medieval Islam : geography, translation, and the 'Abbāsid Empire / Travis Zadeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zadeh, Travis E., author.

Series:

Library of Middle East history ; 27.

Library of Middle East history ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abbasids.

Islamic Empire--Historical geography.

Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire--Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011.

Summary:

"The story of the 9th-century caliphal mission from Baghdad to discover the legendary barrier against the apocalyptic nations of Gog and Magog mentioned in the Quran has been either dismissed as superstition or treated as historical fact. By exploring the intellectual and literary history surrounding the production and early reception of this adventure, Travis Zadeh traces the conceptualization of frontiers within early 'Abbasid society and re-evaluates the modern treatment of marvels and monsters inhabiting medieval Islamic descriptions of the world."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Section One: Geography, Translation, and the Apocalypse

Chapter One: Routes and Kingdoms

Chapter Two: Models of Translation

Chapter Three: al-Wathiq and the Translators Section Two: Marvelous Alterity

Chapter Four: A Geography of Neighbours

Chapter Five: Pictura ut poesis Section Three: Beyond the Barrier

Chapter Six: To Live to Tell

Chapter Seven: Past the Walls of the Orient

Chapter Eight: Translating along the Margins Postscript: Royal Graffiti

Index

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [262]-285) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780755692859

0755692853

9781786721310

1786721317

OCLC:

1140168566