Arabic Heritage In The Post Abbasid Period

Author : Imed Nsiri
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527530270

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Arabic Heritage in the Post-Abbasid Period by Imed Nsiri Pdf

This book introduces the reader to Arabic heritage, with a particular focus on the post-Abbasid era up to the nineteenth century, often labelled a period of decadence (‘aṣr al-inḥiṭaṭ). It will be a valuable resource for students, as well as researchers and academics wanting to see the larger picture of this period. This book introduces the reader not only to the literature of this era, but also to the different aspects of the heritage of Arabic civilization. The volume comprises seven chapters covering a range of topics, including Arab history, language and identity, Arab-Islamic science, al-Andalus, political and religious movements, Arabic literature, and al-Nahda.

Author : M. J. L. Young,J. D. Latham,R. B. Serjeant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0521028876

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Religion, Learning and Science in the 'Abbasid Period by M. J. L. Young,J. D. Latham,R. B. Serjeant Pdf

Writings in learned subjects from the period eighth to thirteenth centuries, AD.

Author : G. Le Strange
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351625357

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Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate by G. Le Strange Pdf

The history of Baghdad as a metropolis coincides with the history of the rise and fall of the Abbasid Caliphs. In this volume, first published in 1900 and written by a recognized authority in the field, the history of the city and of the Abbasid dynasty are closely interwoven so that, from a scholarly blending of contemporary records and discursive narrative, an accurate picture emerges of the state and society within the capital of the Muslim world during the period from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries.

Author : Bárbara Mujica
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813945743

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Collateral Damage by Bárbara Mujica Pdf

From Homer to Tim O’Brien, war literature remains largely the domain of male writers, and traditional narratives imply that the burdens of war are carried by men. But women and children disproportionately suffer the consequences of conflict: famine, disease, sexual abuse, and emotional trauma caused by loss of loved ones, property, and means of subsistence. Collateral Damage tells the stories of those who struggle on the margins of armed conflict or who attempt to rebuild their lives after a war. Bringing together the writings of female authors from across the world, this collection animates the wartime experiences of women as military mothers, combatants, supporters, war resisters, and victims. Their stories stretch from Rwanda to El Salvador, Romania to Sri Lanka, Chile to Iraq. Spanning fiction, poetry, drama, essay, memoir, and reportage, the selections are contextualized by brief author commentaries. The first collection to embrace so wide a range of contemporary authors from such diverse backgrounds, Collateral Damage seeks to validate and shine a light on the experiences of women by revealing the consequences of war endured by millions whose voices are rarely heard.

Author : A. F. L. Beeston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1983-11-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521240154

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Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period by A. F. L. Beeston Pdf

The History provides an invaluable source of reference of the intellectual, literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world.

Author : Ibn Qutaybah
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781479863334

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The Excellence of the Arabs by Ibn Qutaybah Pdf

A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrest In ninth-century Abbasid Baghdad, the social prestige attached to claims of Arab identity had begun to decline. In The Excellence of the Arabs, the celebrated litterateur Ibn Qutaybah locks horns with those members of his society who belittled Arabness and vaunted the glories of Persian heritage and culture. Instead, he upholds the status of Arabs and their heritage in the face of criticism and uncertainty. The Excellence of the Arabs is in two parts. In the first, Arab Preeminence, which takes the form of an extended argument for Arab privilege, Ibn Qutaybah accuses his opponents of blasphemous envy. In the second, The Excellence of Arab Learning, he describes the fields of knowledge in which he believed pre-Islamic Arabians excelled, including knowledge of the stars, divination, horse husbandry, and poetry. By incorporating extensive excerpts from the poetic heritage—“the archive of the Arabs”—Ibn Qutaybah aims to demonstrate that poetry is itself sufficient evidence of Arab superiority. Eloquent and forceful, The Excellence of the Arabs addresses a central question at a time of great social flux, at the dawn of classical Muslim civilization: What does it mean to be Arab? An English-only edition.

Author : Ira M. Lapidus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1019 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521514309

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A History of Islamic Societies by Ira M. Lapidus Pdf

"This third edition of Ira M. Lapidus's classic A History of Islamic Societies has been substantially revised to incorporate the insights of new scholarship and updated to include historical developments in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Lapidus's history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide diffusion to Africa, Spain, Turkey and the Balkans, Central, South and Southeast Asia, and North America, situating Islamic societies within their global, political, and economic contexts. It accounts for the impact of European imperialism on Islamic societies and traces the development of the modern national state system and the simultaneous Islamic revival from the early nineteenth century to the present. This book is essential for readers seeking to understand Muslim peoples."--Publisher information.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1403419071

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The Arab heritage by Anonim Pdf

Author : Guy Le Strange
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Bagdad
ISBN : MINN:31951001012588T

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Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate: from Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources by Guy Le Strange Pdf

Author : Jirjī Zaydān
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Abbasids
ISBN : UVA:X000152636

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Umayyads and ʻAbbásids by Jirjī Zaydān Pdf

History of the Islamic Empire during the reigns of the Omayyad and Abbasid dynasties.

Author : Sarah Bowen Savant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107014084

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The New Muslims of Post-Conquest Iran by Sarah Bowen Savant Pdf

This book focuses on the role of memory and its revision and erasure in the ninth to eleventh centuries.

Author : Roger Allen,Roger M. A. Allen,D. S. Richards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521771603

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Arabic Literature in the Post-Classical Period by Roger Allen,Roger M. A. Allen,D. S. Richards Pdf

The final volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature explores the Arabic literary heritage of the little-known period from the twelfth to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Even though it was during this time that the famous Thousand and One Nights was composed, very little has been written on the literature of the period generally. In this volume Roger Allen and Donald Richards bring together some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to rectify the situation. The volume is divided into parts with the traditions of poetry and prose covered separately within both their 'elite' and 'popular' contexts. The last two sections are devoted to drama and the indigenous tradition of literary criticism. As the only work of its kind in English covering the post-classical period, this book promises to be a unique resource for students and scholars of Arabic literature for many years to come.

Author : Walter Pohl,Rutger Kramer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190067946

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Empires and Communities in the Post-Roman and Islamic World, C. 400-1000 CE by Walter Pohl,Rutger Kramer Pdf

"Empires are not an under-researched topic. Recently, there has been a veritable surge in comparative and conceptual studies, not least of pre-modern empires. The distant past can tell us much about the fates of empires that may still be relevant today, and contemporary historians as well as the general public are generally aware of that. Tracing the general development of an empire, we can discern a kind imperial dynamic which follows the momentum of expansion, relies on the structures and achievements of the formative period for a while, and tends to be caught in a downward spiral at some point. Yet single cases differ so much that a general model is hardly ever sufficient.There is in fact little consensus about what exactly constitutes an empire, and it has become standard in publications about empires to note the profusion of definitions.Some refer to size-for instance, 'greater than a million square kilometers', as Peter Turchin suggested. Apart from that, many scholars offer more or less extensive lists of qualitative criteria. Some of these criteria reflect the imperial dynamic, for instance, the imposition of some kind of unity through 'an imperial project', which allows moving broad populations 'from coercion through co-optation to cooperation and identification'"--

Author : Lara Harb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108490214

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Arabic Poetics by Lara Harb Pdf

Revealing how an aesthetic of wonder underlies classical Arabic treatments of poetry, the Quran, and Aristotelian poetics, this fresh look at the question of literary quality, using the framework of aesthetic theory, is essential reading for scholars and students of Arabic literature, Islamic Studies, literary theory and Islamic art history.

Author : Reuven Snir
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781474420525

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Modern Arabic Literature by Reuven Snir Pdf

The study of Arabic literature is blossoming. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework to help research this highly prolific and diverse production of contemporary literary texts. Based on the achievements of historical poetics, in particular those of Russian formalism and its theoretical legacy, this framework offers flexible, transparent, and unbiased tools to understand the relevant contexts within the literary system. The aim is to enhance our understanding of Arabic literature, throw light on areas of literary production that traditionally have been neglected, and stimulate others to take up the fascinating challenge of mapping out and exploring them.