Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre- And Early Islamic Periods Including the Names of Murdered Poets: Introduced, Edited, Translated from the Arabic, - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Geert Jan van GelderSeries:Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle EastTheme:Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.), Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/Middle EasternPublish date:3/5/2026Pages:388
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004759046ISBN-10:9004759042UPC:9789004759046Book Category:History, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Asia, Middle East, Ancient, Classical & MedievalSize:9.25 x 6.10 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.554Product ID:SCMCH7Z3PY
Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (d. 860), a specialist in Arab history, tribal genealogy, and poetry, who lived in Baghdad, collected in his Prominent Murder Victims many stories of murderers and murder victims from the legendary pre-Islamic past, such as how Bilqīs, the Arabic name for the Queen of Sheba, came to power, to the assassinations ordered by viziers or caliphs in the early Islamic centuries. A lengthy appendix deals with poets from pre- and early Islamic times who were killed. The stories are entertaining as well as informative. Strikingly, the author refrains from explicit moralising. The present book offers a richly annotated English translation together with an improved Arabic text and indexes of persons, places, and rhymes.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004759046ISBN-10:9004759042UPC:9789004759046Book Category:History, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Asia, Middle East, Ancient, Classical & MedievalSize:9.25 x 6.10 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.554Product ID:SCMCH7Z3PY
Geert Jan van Gelder (b. Amsterdam, 1947, PhD Leiden, 1982) was Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford from 1998 until 2012. He published several monographs, editions, translations, and many articles on Classical Arabic Literature.
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