Writing History in the Medieval Islamic World: The Value of Chronicles as Archives

ISBN-13: 9781784537302 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 272 str.

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Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Illustrations Note on Terminology, Transliteration and Dates Introduction 1 The Archival Function of Historiography 2 An exemplary chronicle as archive: Ibn al-Fura¯t’s Ta’rikh al-duwal wa ’l-muluk 3 Fatimid Archivalia: Narratives and Documents in Late Fatimid Egypt 4 Mamluk Archivalities: Late Fatimid History in Ibn al-Furat’s Chronicle 5 A Micro-Historical Analysis of Ibn al-Furat’s Archive (Part 1): Two Fatimid Vizierates 6 A Micro-Historical Analysis of Ibn al-Furat’s Archive (Part 2): Fatimid Caliphs and Viziers to the Rise of ?ala? al-Din 7 Concluding Remarks: The Value of Chronicles as Archives Appendices Bibliography