Overview
The reigns of the caliph Harun al-Rashid and his successor al-Ma'mun have long been viewed as the golden age of the medieval Islamic caliphate. Yet how did chroniclers represent this crucial period? Tayeb El-Hibri's book applies a new literary-critical reading to the sources to demonstrate how medieval narrators devised various elusive ways of shedding light on controversial religious, political and social issues, while ostensibly presenting a history loyal to the 'Abbasid dynasty. This is an important book that represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic historiography.
- | Author: Tayeb El-Hibri
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Nov 25, 1999
- | Number of Pages: 250 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0521650232
- | ISBN-13: 9780521650236
