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Homa Katouzian, The Persians: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2009). Pp. 464. $50.00 cloth, $30.00 paper
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 42, Heft 4, S. 698-701
ISSN: 1471-6380
Ibn 'Asākir and Early Islamic History, edited by James E. Lindsay. Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, 2001. 126 pages, appendices and index. $27.50 (Cloth) ISBN 0-87850-120-7
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 252-254
Iraq: The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq in the 3rd/9th Century
In: The Middle East journal, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 306-307
ISSN: 0026-3141
Persian Historiography: To the End of the Twelfth Century, Julie Scott Meisami, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1999. xii, 302 pp., appendix, bibliography and index to p. 319. No price indicated
In: Iranian studies, Band 33, Heft 3-4, S. 449-452
ISSN: 1475-4819
The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate
In: The Middle East journal, Band 52, Heft 3, S. 471-472
ISSN: 0026-3141
The Encyclopaedia Iranica and the Encyclopedic Tradition
In: Iranian studies, Band 31, Heft 3-4, S. 377-387
ISSN: 1475-4819
Encyclopedias, with their Pretensions to Comprehensive or Universal knowledge, are by their very nature audacious undertakings. That such exercises in intellectual hubris sometimes fail is not surprising; it is more astonishing how well some of them accomplish their goal. As evidenced by the volumes published to date, the Encyclopaedia Iranica is clearly another such success in the making. One way to appreciate its achievement is to take stock of its place within the encyclopedic tradition by examining the story of its inception and preparation, its vision and purpose, and its general features and strengths as an encyclopedia.
Al-Tabari (Abu Jaʿfar Muhammad ibn Jarir), The History of al-Tabari (Taʾrīkh al-rusul waʾlmulūk). Vol. XXVIII: ʿAbbasid Authority Affirmed, the Early Years of al-Manṣūr A.D. 753–763/A.H. 136–145, trans. Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Biblioteca Persica (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995). Pp....
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 287-289
ISSN: 1471-6380
The Emergence of the 'Abbāsid Autocracy: The 'Abbāsid Army, Khurāsān and Adharbayjān, by Fukuzo Amabe. 333 pages, maps, tables, Arabic sources, notes, glossary, index. Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto University Press, 1995. (Cloth) ISBN 4-87698-024-1
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 77-78
From Zoroastrian Iran to Islam: Studies in Religious History and Intercultural Contacts, by Shaul Shaked. (Variorum Collected Studies Series) 331 pages, notes, addenda, indices. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co., 1995. $89.95 (Cloth) ISBN 0-086078-539-4
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 69-70
R. Stephen Humphreys, Islamic History: A Framework for Inquiry (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1991). Pp. 415
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 111-113
ISSN: 1471-6380
The History of al-Ṭabarī (Ta'rīkh al-rusul wa'l-mulūk). Vol. 13, The Conquest of Iraq, Southwestern Persia, and Egypt, by Muḥammad Ibn Jarīr Al-Ṭabarī. Translated with notes by Gautier H. A. Juynboll. xviii + 217 pages, appendices, bibliography, index. SUNY Press, Albany1987. $44.50/$14.95
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 55-57
Moshe Sharon, Black Banners from the East: The Establishment of the ʿAbbāsid State—Incubation of a Revolt, Max Schloessinger Memorial Series (Jerusalem: Magnes Press/ Hebrew University, 1983). Pp. 265. - Jacob Lassner, Islamic Revolution and Historical Memory: An Inquiry into the Art of ʿAbbāsid Apo...
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 578-583
ISSN: 1471-6380
G. H. A. Juynboll, ed., Studies on the First Century of Islanile Society, Papers on Islamic Society (Carbondale and Edwardsville, III: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982). Pp. 301
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 564-566
ISSN: 1471-6380
The Anonymous "History of the Abbasid Family" and its Place in Islamic Historiography
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 14, Heft 4, S. 419-434
ISSN: 1471-6380
A recent burst of interest in revisionist interpretations of early Islamic and especially Abbasid history may be attributed in large measure to the availability of a number of fresh source materials, one of the most important of which is an anonymous history of the Abbasid family. A number of problems surrounding this work are still far from being satisfactorily resolved, including the questions of its title, the date of its composition, the identity of its author, and its historical and historiographical value.