The Arabs, Byzantium and Iran: Studies in Early Islamic History and Culture

ISBN-13: 9780860785835 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 336 str.

C. E. Bosworth

Opis

This collection of studies on the Arab-Persian medieval Islamic world focuses on historical, religious, cultural and literary aspects of the region from pre-Islamic times to the 15th century. Topics include the Arab caliphate and the successor dynasties, and Muslim perceptions of other faiths.

Recenzje

'C. E. Bosworth is a noted authority in Middle East History.' 'Bosworth demonstrates a superb command of Arabic and Persian sources combined with an expert knowledge of relevant secondary sources...For those specialists concerned with Muslim and non-Muslim interaction in the pre-modern Near East, this collection of his articles will be very welcomed.' MESA Bulletin 'It is of course a pleasure to have these articles in one place, particularly since three or four might otherwise remain inaccessible to those without access to good libraries. But the real pleasure is in experiencing Bosworth’s breadth of knowledge and wide expertise on a variety of Persian and Arabic literary genres, covering topics as diverse as irrigation, Christian-Muslim relations, historiography, frontier history, and early Islam in Iran and Afghanistan.' Religious Studies Review, Vol. 24, Number 3 'With its engaging entries, authentic documentation, and lively analysis, Bosworth’s anthology is an asset to, and a valuable reference for, the Middle East specialist.' Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 3

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Madyan Shu’ayb in pre-Islamic and early Islamic lore and history; A note on ta’arrub in early Islam; Some remarks on the terminology of irrigation practices and hydraulic constructions in the eastern Arab and Iranian worlds in the third-fifth centuries A.H.; Abu Hafs ’Umar al-Kirmani and the rise of the Barmakids; Notes on the lives of some ’Abbasid princes and descendants; The concept of dhimma in early Islam; The ’Protected Peoples’(Christians and Jews) in medieval Egypt and Syria; Ghars al-Ni’ma [b.] Hilal al-Sabic’s Kitab al-Hafawat an-nadira and Buyid history; Some historical gleanings from the section on symbolic actions in Qalqasndi’s Subh al-a ’sa; Al-Khwarazmi on the secular and religious titles of the Byzantines and Christians; The Byzantine defence system in Asia Minor and the first Arab incursions; Byzantium and the Syrian frontier in the early Abbasid period; Byzantium and the Arabs: war and peace between two world civilisations; The city of Tarsus and the Arab-Byzantine frontier in early and middle ’Abbasid times; Abu ’Amr ’Uthman al Tarsusi’s Siyar al-thughur and the last years of Arab rule in Tarsus (4th/10th century); The coming of Islam to Afghanistan; An ’Ayyar coin from Sistan; Al-Khwarazmi on various faiths and sects, chiefly Iranian; Rulers of Makran and Qusdar in the early Islamic period; The rulers of Chaghaniyan in early Islamic times; The poetical citations in Baihaqi’s Ta’rikh-i Mas’udi; Farrukhi’s elegy on Mahmud of Ghazna; An early Persian Sufi, Shaykh Abu Sa’id of Mayhanah; Index.