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Title 6 Contents 8 Notes 11 Acknowledgments 13 1 The World of Ibn ‘asakir 14 Damascus in the Fifth/Eleventh Century 15 The Burids 17 Nur al-Din 21 Status of Religious Scholarship 23 Back to Ibn ‘Asakir 26 2 Life and Career 28 Background 28 Education and Travels 30 First Trip 34 Second Trip 36 Return to Damascus 38 Teaching and Character 39 Writings 43 Death 44 3 Scholarship and activism 45 Political Unity and Revivification of Sunnism 47 Trustee of Hadith 50 The College of Hadith 53 In Defense of Ash‘arism 55 Tabyin kadhib al-muftari 57 Preaching of Jihad 59 Al-Arba‘un hadith fi al-hathth ‘ala al-jihad 61 Another Book on Jihad? 63 Religious Merits of Towns and Places 64 Fadl ‘Asqalan 66 Ibn ‘Asakir as Theologian and Historian 66 Was Ibn ‘Asakir a Theologian 66 Was Ibn ‘Asakir a Historian? 68 4 Ta’rikh dimashq 71 The Idea 71 The Book 73 Rehabilitation of Past Figures and Islamic Unity 76 Arrangement and Divisions 79 Transmission 81 Manuscripts 82 Impact 83 Modern Editions 85 5 The ‘Asakir extended family 88 Direct Descendants of Ibn ‘Asakir 90 Descendants of Ibn ‘Asakir’s Sister 92 Descendants of Ibn ‘Asakir’s Brother Muhammad 92 Other Members of the ‘Asakir Family 95 The ‘Asakir Fa

Author

Suleiman A. Mourad

Publisher

Oneworld Publications

Language

EN