Description: Further DetailsTitle: The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 39Condition: NewSubtitle: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors: al-Ṭabarī's Supplement to His HistoryISBN-10: 0791428206EAN: 9780791428207ISBN: 9780791428207Publisher: State University of New York PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/29/1998Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 590gTranslator: Ella Landau-TasseronContributor: Ella Landau-Tasseron (Translated by)Author: Ella Landau-TasseronGenre: HistoryBook Series: SUNY series in Near Eastern StudiesDescription: The present volume is a collection of excerpts from al-Ṭabarī's biographical work entitled The Supplement to the Supplemented (Dhayl al-mudhayyal).In the introduction to his History, al-Ṭabarī declared his intention to append to it a biographical work for the reader's convenience. Only a collection of excerpts has survived, however. It was first published as part of the Leiden edition of the History and is now presented as a volume in the Ṭabarī Translation Project. It brings together biographies of Companions, successors, and scholars of subsequent generations; many chapters are devoted to women related to the Prophet who played a role in the transmission of knowledge. The biographies vary in length and style, ranging from a mere identification of a person to long accounts and anecdotes.This volume represents a long tradition characteristic of Muslim culture. Muslim scholars developed biographical literature into a rich and complex genre. It was intended to be an auxiliary branch of religious study, aimed at determining the reliability of chains of transmission through which traditions were handed down. More often than not, however, works in this genre contain valuable historical information of the kind often ignored by the authors of mainstream history books. Even though not a complete work, this volume is thus not merely a supplement to al-Ṭabarī's History but also a source in its own right, often supplying new and rare insights into events and social conditions.Release Year: 1998 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 39
Title: The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 39
Subtitle: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors: al-
ISBN-10: 0791428206
EAN: 9780791428207
ISBN: 9780791428207
Release Date: 01/29/1998
Release Year: 1998
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Ella Landau-Tasseron
Contributor: Ella Landau-Tasseron (Translated by)
Series: SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies
Book Title: History of Al-Tabari : Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors
Number of Pages: 406 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: STATE University of New York Press
Topic: Islamic Studies, Islam / History, General
Publication Year: 1998
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, Social Science
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Ella Landau-Tasseron
Book Series: Suny Series in Near Eastern Studies
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
