Narratives of Islamic Origins: The Beginnings of Islamic Historical Writing

by Fred M. Donner

How and why did Muslims first come to write their own history? The author argues in this work that the Islamic historical tradition arose not out of idle curiosity, or through imitation of antique models, but as a response to a variety of challenges facing the Islamic community during its first several centuries (ca. seventh to tenth centuries CE). The narratives that resulted focused on certain themes of Islamic origins, selected to legitimise particular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878501274
• ISBN13: 9780878501274
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Darwin Press, Incorporated
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.