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'Cooperson's book is elegantly written and a pleasure to read.' Journal of Islamic Law and Society
'Cooperson's book is a careful study of an important theme and deserves to become a basic tool for scholars working in the fields of Early Abbasid period or biographical studies.' Journal of Islamic Law and Society
Book Description
Premodern Arabic biography has served as a major source for the history of Islamic civilization. In the first book-length study to explore the origins and development of classical Arabic biography, Michael Cooperson demonstrates how Muslim scholars used the notions of heirship and transmission to document the activities of political, scholarly and religious communities. The author also explains how medieval Arab scholars used biography to reconstruct the life stories of important historical figures. He then examines the careers of four of these figures, analyzing their relationships and their place in later biography.
Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization),Michael Cooperson,David Morgan,Cambridge University Press,0521661994,Biography,General,Historiography,History,History and criticism,History: World,Islamic Empire,Literature and history,Medieval,Sociology,ASIA,Arabic,Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500,History / Medieval,Islamic Empire--Historiography,Islamic countries,Literary studies: general,c 1000 CE to c 1500,c 500 CE to c 1000 CE
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