Between civil wars : the caliphate of Muà̄wiyah / translated and annotated by Michael G. Morony.

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Ṭabarī, 838?-923

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Morony, Michael G, 1939-

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk ; v. 18. | SUNY series in Near Eastern studies | Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.)Publication details: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1987.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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0585084408
9780585084404

Uniform titles: تاريخ الرسل والملوك. Selections. English Uniform titles:

Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. Selections. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Between civil wars.DDC classification:

909/.097671 19

LOC classification:

DS38.2 .T313 1985 vol. 18

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6,23

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Summary: This volume presents for the first time in English Tabari's complete account of the twenty-year long reign of the fifth caliph, Mu'awiyah (661-680). The importance of this account lies partly in Tabari's quotation of major portions of the work of earlier authors, such as Abu Mikhnaf and other eighth-century compilers. It is also significant because Tabari's selection of themes has had a decisive influence on modern interpretations of this period, particularly on the identification of what the important issues were in the works of Henri Lammens and Julius Wellhausen. Here one can read the exciting account of the Khariji revolt of Mustawrid ibn Ullifah, the impressive but controversial record of the governorship of Ziyad b. Abihi, the entertaining escapades of the poet Farazdaq in his youth, and the tragic story of Hibn 'Adi. Tabari's presentation of different points of view about these and other events makes his account an indispensable source for early Islamic history.

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Translation of excerpts from: Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231).

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This volume presents for the first time in English Tabari's complete account of the twenty-year long reign of the fifth caliph, Mu'awiyah (661-680). The importance of this account lies partly in Tabari's quotation of major portions of the work of earlier authors, such as Abu Mikhnaf and other eighth-century compilers. It is also significant because Tabari's selection of themes has had a decisive influence on modern interpretations of this period, particularly on the identification of what the important issues were in the works of Henri Lammens and Julius Wellhausen. Here one can read the exciting account of the Khariji revolt of Mustawrid ibn Ullifah, the impressive but controversial record of the governorship of Ziyad b. Abihi, the entertaining escapades of the poet Farazdaq in his youth, and the tragic story of Hibn 'Adi. Tabari's presentation of different points of view about these and other events makes his account an indispensable source for early Islamic history.

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