Islamic historiography / Chase F. Robinson.
Robinson, Chase F.
2003
BP49 .R63 2003 (Mapit)
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Title Islamic historiography / Chase F. Robinson.
Author Robinson, Chase F.
ISBN 0521620813 (alk. paper)
0521629365 (pbk.)
Publication Details Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Language English
Description xxv, 237 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number BP49 .R63 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 297/.07/22
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-221) and index.
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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.

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