Ibn 'Asākir and Early Islamic History

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Edited by James E. Lindsay

Publisher:: Gerlach Books
Online publication date:: August 2025
Print publication year:: 2021
Online ISBN:: 9783959941198
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783959941198

Subjects:: Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History, Middle East History
Series:: Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

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Ibn 'Asakir's massive Ta'rikh madinat Dimashq (TMD) is a veritable gold mine of information for our understanding of the first five and one-half centuries of Islamic history. This book offers important insights on the mechanics of Arabic historiography, in particular on biographical sources from the Middle period. Moreover, two contributions show that Ibn 'Asakir pursued a political and sectarian agenda within his TMD.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List Of Contributors
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

1 - Ibn 'Asākir, His Ta'rīkh madīnat Dimashq and its Usefulness for Understanding Early Islamic History
pp 1-23

2 - Jesus According to Ibn 'Asākir
pp 24-43

3 - 'Uthmān and the Rāshidūn Caliphs in Ibn 'Asākir's Ta 'rīkh madīnat Dimashq: a Study in Strategies of Compilation
pp 44-61

4 - Sayf at First: the Transmission of Sayf ibn 'Umar in al-'Tabarī and Ibn 'Asākir
pp 62-77

5 - Ibn 'Asākir's Sources for theLate Urnayyad Period
pp 78-99

6 - Community versus Contention: Ibn 'Asākir and 'Abbāsid Syria
pp 100-126

APPENDIX A - Publication History Of TMD
pp 127-133

APPENDIX B - Studies Addressing TMD
pp 134-140

APPENDIX C - Major Lacunae In TMD
pp 141-143

APPENDIX D - Pre-Islamic Sacred Biographies In TMD
pp 144-146

APPENDIX E - Muḥammad, The Rashidun, And The Umayyad Caliphs In TMD
pp 147-148

General Index
pp 149-157

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