Al-Madāʾinī and the Narratives of the ʿAbbāsid Dawla
This is a study on the Arabic historical narratives of the ʿAbbāsid revolution and its aftermath that occurred in 747-755 CE. Its main focus is a medieval work on these events, called the Kitāb al-Dawla, composed by an Arabic Muslim collector and composer of historical narratives, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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Studia Orientalia Electronica
Year: 2017, Volume: 5, Pages: 65-150 |
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Abbasid revolution
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| Summary: | This is a study on the Arabic historical narratives of the ʿAbbāsid revolution and its aftermath that occurred in 747-755 CE. Its main focus is a medieval work on these events, called the Kitāb al-Dawla, composed by an Arabic Muslim collector and composer of historical narratives, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Madāʾinī (d. c.228/842-843). The work is not extant, but its skeleton can be reconstructed on the basis of later quotations of it. Al-Madāʾinī’s Kitāb al-Dawla is an important source for the events of the the ʿAbbāsid revolution: since al-Madāʾinī was not directly sponsored by the ʿAbbāsid dynasty, he was not constrained to be a spokesperson for the ruling house’s propaganda needs. |
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| ISSN: | 2323-5209 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia Orientalia Electronica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.23993/store.63285 |