Mediaeval Islamic historiography and political legitimacy : Balʻamī's Tārīkhnāma / A.C.S Peacock.
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TextSeries: Routledge studies in the history of Iran and TurkeyPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007Description: xiii, 210 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780415400251 (hardback); 0415400252 (hardback); 9780203964224 (ebook); 0203964225 (ebook)Subject(s): Balʻamī, Abū ʻAlī Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, active 946-973. Tārīkhnāmah-ʼi Ṭabarī | Ṭabarī, 838?-923. Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk | Islamic Empire -- History -- HistoriographyDDC classification: 907.2 | 909.097670072 LOC classification: DS38.2 | .T325173 2007Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | NFIC | General Stacks | 907.2 PEA 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0000080 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-202) and indexes.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Politics, religion and culture in the late Sāmānid state -- The transmission of the Tārīkhnāma's text -- Balʻamī's reshaping of Ṭabarī's history -- The contents and purpose of Balʻamī's alterations to Ṭabarī's History -- The Tārīkhnāma after Balʻamī -- General conclusions -- Comparison of postulated redactions of the Tārīkhnāma -- Comparison of the Arabic translation of the Tārīkhnāma and the Persian text -- Addenda and corrigenda to Daniel's "An annotated inventory of Balʻamī's manuscripts" -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Manuscript index.
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