This book examines the life and milieu of the thirteenth-century northern Syrian statesman and author Ibn al-'Adīm, as reflected in his principal work, the dictionary of people associated with his native Aleppo, the Bughyat al-ṭalab fī ta'rīkh ḥalab. The book is an examination of the text, in particular Ibn al-'Adīm's biographies of his contemporaries, and a discussion of topics suggested by the material. These include the influence of different groups within Aleppo, why and how the dictionary was written, and the personality of the author himself. The...
This book examines the life and milieu of the thirteenth-century northern Syrian statesman and author Ibn al-'Adīm, as reflected in his principal...
