History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate
Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature
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2024
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4781-1 (ISBN)
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4781-1 (ISBN)
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Abu Bakr al-Suli was a noted polymath and table companion in the courts of three Abbasid caliphs. In addition to his work as observer of the court, he is perhaps best known for his poetry - which would have a long-lasting influence on Arabic literature - historiographical insight and skill as a chess player.
Letizia Osti here provides the first full-length English-language study devoted to al-Suli. In so doing, she sheds light onto broader questions, such as: How did the Abbasid court make sense of the past? What was the importance of written culture? And book collecting? What does ‘historiography’ mean in a medieval Islamic context?
Letizia Osti here provides the first full-length English-language study devoted to al-Suli. In so doing, she sheds light onto broader questions, such as: How did the Abbasid court make sense of the past? What was the importance of written culture? And book collecting? What does ‘historiography’ mean in a medieval Islamic context?
Letizia Osti is Associate Professor of Arabic Literature and Language at the University of Milan. She has been published in journals such as the Journal of Abbasid Studies, the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Literatures is the co-author of Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court (2013).
Introduction
Part I: Person and Persona
Chapter 1 - Life and afterlife
Chapter 2 - In his own words
Chapter 3 - In his own time
Part II: Craft and competence
Chapter 4 - Works and disciplines
Chapter 5 - The well-organised mind
Part III: Insight and hindsight
Chapter 6 - Past and present
Chapter 7 - Persuasion and poetry
Chapter 8 - Perspective and principles
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.03.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Early and Medieval Islamic World |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7556-4781-5 / 0755647815 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7556-4781-1 / 9780755647811 |
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