Rediscovering al-Azdī and the Futūḥ al-Shām Narrative : Manuscripts, Parallel Texts, Research History / Jens Scheiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheiner, Jens, Author.

Series:

Islamic History and Thought ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Azdī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -approximately 781. Tārīkh futūḥ al-Shām.

Azdī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh.

Tārīkh futūḥ al-Shām--Authorship.

Tārīkh futūḥ al-Shām.

Syria--History--634-750--Historiography.

Syria.

Islamic Empire--History--622-661--Historiography.

Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 p.)

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Futūḥ al-Shām (The Conquests of Greater Syria), usually attributed to Abū Ismāʿīl Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh al-Azdī al-Baṣrī, is one of the primary sources used for historians studying the early Muslim expansion into Greater Syria. This study revaluates the Futūḥ al-Shām narrative and the question of its compiler-author, investigating the history of the narrative as text through an analysis of a new manuscript and important parallel texts, and revisiting the evidence and hypotheses previous scholars have put forward on both al-Azdī’s life and the Futūḥ al-Shām narrative’s text. It thus offers an overview of the history of Oriental and Islamic Studies on the basis of one work.

Contents:

The Futūḥ al-Shām Narrative in Arabic Manuscripts

The Futūḥ al-Shām Narrative in Muslim and Christian Literature

A History of Azdī-ology

Epilogue. Al-Azdī, the Compiler-Author of the Futūḥ al-Shām Narrative?

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)

ISBN:

1-4632-4383-9

OCLC:

1322124437