Medieval Arabic Historiography: Authors as Actors

By K. Hirschler

Using a fresh and original theoretical approach, this extraordinary study is concerned with social contexts and narrative structures of pre-modern Islamic historigraphy written in Arabic in seventh and thirteenth century Syria and Eygpt.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415383773
• ISBN13: 9780415383776
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.5"