Al-Maqrīzī's Al-Ḫabar ʿan Al-Basar, Vol. V, Section 4: Persia and Its Kings, Part I

Now available in Open Access thanks to support of the University of Helsinki. Al-Maqrīzī's (d. 845/1442) last work, al-Ḫabar ʿan al-basar, was completed a year before his death. This volume, edited by Jaakko H?meen-Anttila, covers the history of pre-Islamic Iran from the Creation to the Parthians. Al-Maqrīzī's work shows how Arab historians integrated Iran into world history and how they harmonized various...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004355537
• ISBN13: 9789004355538
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 522 Pages