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

by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila

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 during the Sasanian period and the conquest. Al-Maqrīzī's work shows how Arab historians integrated Iran into world history and how they harmonised various currents of historiography (Middle Persian historiography, Islamic sacred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900452875X
• ISBN13: 9789004528758
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 564 Pages