Between memory and power : the Syrian space under the late Umayyads and early Abbasids (c. 72-193/692-809) / by Antoine Borrut ; translated by Anna Bailey Galietti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borrut, Antoine, author.

Contributor:

Bailey Galietti, Anna, translator.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East (2014) ; Section 1, v. 162.

Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section one, The Near & Middle East, 0169-9423 ; volume 162

Standardized Title:

Entre mémoire et pouvoir. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Umayyad dynasty--Historiography.

Umayyad dynasty.

Abbasids--Historiography.

Abbasids.

Syria--Historiography.

Syria.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

xxi, 513 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"Between Memory and Power intends to demonstrate that a robust culture of historical writing existed in 2nd/8th century Syria, and to offer new methodological approaches to access this now lost history, torn between memory and oblivion. By studying the making of Umayyad heroes or Abbasid origins-myths, this book aims to reveal the successive meanings granted to Syrian history, and to identify the various layers of historical writing and rewriting during the first centuries of Islam. Taken together, these elements make possible a history of meanings of the very space of Syria, articulated around power and its expression, which grants a clear coherence to the period, extending well beyond the dynastic caesura of 132/750"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface to the English translation (2022)

Acknowledgements to the French edition (2011)

Translator's note

List of illustrations

Abbreviations

Introduction

A time of writings and rewritings: writing history in the Syrian space

A time of writings and rewritings: historiographic filters and Vulgates

A time of writings and rewritings: sources on the margins of the historiographic Vulgate?

The second/eight-century Syrian space: between memory and oblivion

The creation of Umayyad heroes Maslama B. 'Abd Al-Malik, combat hero

The creation of Umayyad Heroes: 'Umar B. 'Abd Al-'Aziz, the "holy" Caliph

Interpreting the Abbasid revolution in the Syrian space

Exercising power in the Syrian space in the second/eighth century: a history of meanings

Conclusion

Sources

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Borrut, Antoine. Between memory and power

ISBN:

9789004466319

9004466312

OCLC:

1374842763