Book/Printed Material Al-Maqrīzī's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar vol. V, section 4: Persia and its kings, part I

Title

• Al-Maqrīzī's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar vol. V, section 4: Persia and its kings, part I

Names

• Maqrīzī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1364-1442, author
• Hameen-Anttila, Jaakko
• Maqrīzī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1364-1442

Created / Published

• Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2017]

Contents

• List of plates -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. al-Maqrizi and the Ḫabar -- 2. the Pre-Islamic history of Iran in Arabic and Persian sources -- 3. al-Maqrizi's sources -- 4. al-Maqrizi and Orosius -- 5. al-Maqrizi's use of sources -- 6. Description of the manuscripts -- 7. Notes on the translation -- 8. Names -- Plates -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Critical edition and translation of al-Maqrizi's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar, Vol. V, Section 4: Persia and its kings, Part I: Persia and the four classes of its kings: the first class, the Pišdadians: Usahang -- Tahmurat -- Ǧamšid -- Biwarasf -- Faridun -- Manusǧihr -- Zaw -- Karšasf -- Mention of the second class of Persians, the Kayanids: Kay Qubad -- Kay Kawus -- Kay Husraw -- Kay Luhrasf -- Kay Bistasf -- Kay Ardašir Bahman -- Humani -- Darius the Elder -- Xerxes -- Darius the Younger -- Alexander -- The mention of Nibyadah bt. Tara'us -- Aristotle -- The third class of Persian (kings), the Asganians -- Bibliography -- List of quoted manuscripts -- Index of Qur'anic verses -- Index of prophetic traditions -- Index of verses -- Index of names (people and places) -- Index of quoted titles in al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar -- Index of sources in al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar -- Index of glosses -- Index of technical terms -- Facsimile of MS Fatih 4340 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), fols. 76b-127b, 47*a-b, 128a-131a.

Headings

• -  Arabs--Genealogy--Early works to 1800
• -  Iranians--Genealogy--Early works to 1800

Notes

• -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
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• 1 online resource.

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• CS1549.5

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• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2017052393

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2017052393

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