Michael Cooperson

Classical Arabic Biography

The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of Al-Ma'mun

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study explores the origins and development of classical Arabic biography.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780521088541
• ISBN-10: 0521088542
• Artikelnr.: 24926891

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Note on transliteration
Note on dating systems
Glossary
1. The development of the genre
2. The caliph al-Ma'mun
3. The Imam 'Ali al'Rida
4. The Hadith-scholar Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
5. The renunciant Bishr al-Hafi
Conclusions
Appendix: the circumstances of 'Ali al-Rida's death
Bibliography
Index.