Rediscovering al-Azdī and the Futūḥ al-Shām Narrative: Manuscripts, Parallel Texts, Research History
Jens ScheinerThe Futūḥ al-Shām (The Conquests of Greater Syria), usually attributed to Abū Ismāʿīl Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh al-Azdī al-Baṣrī, is one of the primary sources used for historians studying the early Muslim expansion into Greater Syria. This study revaluates the Futūḥ al-Shām narrative and the question of its compiler-author, investigating the history of the narrative as text through an analysis of a new manuscript and important parallel texts, and revisiting the evidence and hypotheses previous scholars have put forward on both al-Azdī’s life and the Futūḥ al-Shām narrative’s text. It thus offers an overview of the history of Oriental and Islamic Studies on the basis of one work.
Year:
2022
Publisher:
Gorgias Press
Language:
english
Pages:
426
ISBN 10:
1463243839
ISBN 13:
9781463243838
Series:
Islamic History and Thought; 28
File:
PDF, 17.27 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2022