Al-Maqrizi's al-Habar 'an al-basar - Vol. V, Sections 1-2: The Arab Thieves (English, Arabic, Hardcover)

In The Arab Thieves, Peter Webb critically explores the classic tales of pre-Islamic Arabian outlaws in Arabic Literature. A group of Arabian camel-rustlers became celebrated figures in Muslim memories of pre-Islam, and much poetry ascribed to them and stories about their escapades grew into an outlaw tradition cited across Arabic literature. The ninth/fifteenth-century Egyptian historian al-Maqrizi arranged biographies of ten outlaws into a chapter on 'Arab Thieves' in his wide-ranging history of the world before Muhammad. This volume presents the first critical edition of al-Maqrizi's text with a fully annotated English translation, alongside a detailed study that interrogates the outlaw lore to uncover the ways in which Arabic writers constructed outlaw identities and how al-Maqrizi used the tales to communicate his vision of pre-Islam. Via an exhaustive survey of early Arabic sources about the outlaws and comparative readings with outlaw traditions in other world literatures, The Arab Thieves reveals how Arabic literature crafted lurid narratives about criminality and employed them to tell ancient Arab history.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Bibliotheca Maqriziana, 6
Release date:	March 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Peter Webb
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	364
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-38694-5
Languages:	English • Arabic
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	90-04-38694-7
Barcode:	9789004386945

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