Arab conquests and early Islamic historiography : the Futuh al-Buldan of al-Baladhuri / Ryan J. Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, Ryan Joseph, 1987- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, -892. Futūḥ al-buldān.

Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá.

Islamic Empire--Historiography.

Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire--History--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Summary:

"Of the available sources for Islamic history between the seventh and eighth centuries CE, few are of greater importance than al-Baladhuri's Kitab Futūḥ al-buldan (The Book of the Conquest of Lands). Written in Arabic by a ninth-century Muslim scholar working at the court of the 'Abbasid caliphs, the Futūḥ's content covers many important matters at the beginning of Islamic history. It informs its audience of the major events of the early Islamic conquests, the settlement of Muslims in the conquered territories and their experiences therein, and the origins and development of the early Islamic state. Questions over the text's construction, purpose, and reception, however, have largely been ignored in current scholarship. This is despite both the text's important historical material and its crucial early date of creation. It has become commonplace for researchers to turn to the Futūḥ for information on a specific location or topic, but to ignore the grander - and, in many ways, more straightforward - questions over the text's creation and limitations. This book looks to correct these gaps in knowledge by investigating the context, form, construction, content, and early reception history of al-Baladhuri's text."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: The Early Arabic Historical Tradition and the Problematic Nature of the "Narrative Sources"

Chapter 1: The text of Futūḥ al-buldān

Chapter 2. The author and the context

Chapter 3: The sources of Futūḥ al-buldān

Chapter 4: The Content and Themes of the Text

Chapter 5. The matter of genre and the classification of Futūḥ al-buldān

Chapter 6: The Medieval Reception and Reuse of the Futūḥ

Conclusion: A Portrait of Authority

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781838604424

1838604421

9781838604417

1838604413

9781838604400

1838604405

OCLC:

1125106591