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Publisher's Description: Chase Robinson's Book Is A Timely Introduction To Islamic Historiography, From Its Origins In The Seventh And Eighth Centuries To The Fifteenth Century. It Covers The Rise Of The Tradition, The Historians' Principal Genres, Assumptions And Methods, And Stresses The Social And Political Functions Of Historical Writing. It Is An Authoritative Guide For Students With Little Or No Background In Islamic History Or Arabic. Origins -- The Emergence Of Genre -- Consequences And Models -- Three Categories : Biography, Prosopography, Chronography -- Historiography And Traditionalism -- Historiography And Society -- God And Models Of History -- Historians And The Truth -- Vocations And Professions -- Writing History. Chase F. Robinson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 200-221) And Index.

Author

Robinson, Chase F.

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521629362

Subjects

Religion, Islam