Winner of the 1999 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize in
Middle Eastern Studies. Described by the BKFS reviewer as "A
ground-breaking work on a subject that has been almost totally
neglected." "Why write history in Persian?" Persian historical
writing has received little attention as compared with Arabic,
especially as seen in the early (pre-Mongol) period. Within the
larger context of the development of Islamic historiography from
the tenth through the twelfth centuries, the case of Persian
historical writing demands special attention. Discussions tend to
concentrate on its sources in pre-Islamic Persian and in Arabic
works, while the reasons for its emergence, its connections with
Iranian and Arabic models, its political and cultural functions,
and its reception, have been virtually ignored. This study answers
these questions and addresses issues relating to the motivation for
writing the works in question; its purpose; the role of the author,
patrons and audiences; the choice of language and the reasons for
that choice; the place of historical writing in the broader debate
over the suitability of Persian for scholarly writing.
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