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This volume of al-Tabari's History has a particularly wide sweep
and interest. It provides the most complete and detailed historical
source for the Persian empire of the Sasanids, whose four centuries
of rule were one of the most glorious periods in Persia's long
history. It also gives information on the pre-Islamic Arabs of the
Mesopotamian desert fringes and eastern Arabia (in al-Hira and the
Ghassanid kingdom), and on the quite separate civilization of South
Arabia, the Yemen, otherwise known mainly by inscriptions. It
furnishes details of the centuries'-long warfare of the two great
empires of Western Asia, the Sasanids and the Byzantine Greeks, a
titanic struggle which paved the way for the for the subsequent
rise of the new faith of Islam. The volume is thus of great value
for scholars, from Byzantinists to Semitists and Iranists. It
provides the first English translation of this key section of
al-Tabari's work, one for which non-Arabists have hitherto relied
on a partial German translation meritorious forms time but now 120
years old. This new translation is enriched by a detailed
commentary which takes into account up-to-date scholarship.
This collection of articles by Professor Bosworth contains a series
of studies on the Arab-Persian heartland of the medieval Islamic
world, from the Levant to Afghanistan and the borderlands with
India. The emphasis is on historical, religious, cultural and
literary aspects of the region's history, from pre-Islamic times to
the medieval period. A number of the studies focus on the Arab
caliphate and the successor dynasties that arose from it in the
Iranian world, others focus on Muslim perceptions of other faiths
in the Middle East and on the relations of the ruling Muslim
institution with its non-Muslim minorities. One particular group is
also concerned with the prolonged contacts and interaction between
Islam and the Byzantine Empire.
Abu'l-Fazl Beyhaqi, a secretary at the court of a number of
Ghaznavid rulers in eastern Iran and Afghanistan in the early
Middle Ages, is a most perceptive, as well as intriguing,
commentator on the history of the Islamic Near East. The surviving
volumes of his massive project, dealing in depth with the years
1030-1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an
unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the
time, both in Arabic and Persian. Through a skillful manipulation
of different styles, and timely introduction of the authorial voice
as a framing device to bring a sense of heightened drama, the
historian comments on mankind's individual frailties and the many
lost opportunities that hasten a mighty dynasty's decline. Although
there are already a number of articles and monographs in English
and other Western languages on aspects of his style and historical
approach, this is the first complete translation of the extant
volumes with a detailed commentary.
Abu'l-Fazl Beyhaqi, a secretary at the court of a number of
Ghaznavid rulers in eastern Iran and Afghanistan in the early
Middle Ages, is a most perceptive, as well as intriguing,
commentator on the history of the Islamic Near East. The surviving
volumes of his massive project, dealing in depth with the years
1030-1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an
unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the
time, both in Arabic and Persian. Through a skillful manipulation
of different styles, and timely introduction of the authorial voice
as a framing device to bring a sense of heightened drama, the
historian comments on mankind's individual frailties and the many
lost opportunities that hasten a mighty dynasty's decline. Although
there are already a number of articles and monographs in English
and other Western languages on aspects of his style and historical
approach, this is the first complete translation of the extant
volumes with a detailed commentary.
Abu'l-Fazl Beyhaqi, a secretary at the court of a number of
Ghaznavid rulers in eastern Iran and Afghanistan in the early
Middle Ages, is a most perceptive, as well as intriguing,
commentator on the history of the Islamic Near East. The surviving
volumes of his massive project, dealing in depth with the years
1030-1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an
unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the
time, both in Arabic and Persian. Through a skillful manipulation
of different styles, and timely introduction of the authorial voice
as a framing device to bring a sense of heightened drama, the
historian comments on mankind's individual frailties and the many
lost opportunities that hasten a mighty dynasty's decline. Although
there are already a number of articles and monographs in English
and other Western languages on aspects of his style and historical
approach, this is the first complete translation of the extant
volumes with a detailed commentary.
"The Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) sets out the present
state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. It is a unique and
invaluable reference tool, an essential key to understanding the
world of Islam, and the authoritative source not only for the
religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which
they live.
It contains articles on distinguished Muslims, on tribes and
dynasties, on crafts and sciences, on political and religious
institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the
various countries as well as on the history, topography and
monuments of the major towns and cities. In its geographical and
historical scope it encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, Iran,
Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman
Empire and all other Islamic countries.
Double fascicule 187-188 completes the alphabet and thus the
volume. Upon completion of a volume, covers and prelims are
supplied for binding. A Supplement volume will be published in 2003
and an Index volume, marking the completion of the "Encylopaedia of
Islam, (New Edition), will be published in 2004.
"The Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) sets out the present
state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. It is a unique and
invaluable reference tool, an essential key to understanding the
world of Islam, and the authoritative source not only for the
religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which
they live.
It contains articles on distinguished Muslims, on tribes and
dynasties, on crafts and sciences, on political and religious
institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the
various countries as well as on the history, topography and
monuments of the major towns and cities. In its geographical and
historical scope it encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, Iran,
Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman
Empire and all other Islamic countries.
The New Edition is published in double fascicules of 112 pages.
Eight double fascicules make up one volume. Upon completion of a
volume, covers and prelims are supplied for binding.
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