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The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, a three volume set, contains a fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Yaʿqūbī, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and a biographical sketch of their author. The most important of the works are the History (Ta’rikh) and his Geography (Kitab al-buldan). It also contains a new translation of al-Yaʿqūbī’s political essay (Mushakalat al-nas) and a set of fragmentary texts drawn from other Arabic medieval works. Al-Yaʿqūbī’s writings are among the earliest surviving Arabic-language works of the Islamic period, and thus offer an invaluable body of evidence on patterns of early Islamic history, social and economic organization, and cultural production.
Contributors: Laila Asser, Paul Cobb, Lawrence I. Conrad, Elton Daniel, Fred Donner, Michael Fishbein, Matthew S. Gordon, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadad Kadi (al-Qāḍī), Lutz Richter-Bernberg, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson
The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, a three volume set, contains a fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Yaʿqūbī, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and a biographical sketch of their author. The most important of the works are the History (Ta’rikh) and his Geography (Kitab al-buldan). It also contains a new translation of al-Yaʿqūbī’s political essay (Mushakalat al-nas) and a set of fragmentary texts drawn from other Arabic medieval works. Al-Yaʿqūbī’s writings are among the earliest surviving Arabic-language works of the Islamic period, and thus offer an invaluable body of evidence on patterns of early Islamic history, social and economic organization, and cultural production.
Contributors: Laila Asser, Paul Cobb, Lawrence I. Conrad, Elton Daniel, Fred Donner, Michael Fishbein, Matthew S. Gordon, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadad Kadi (al-Qāḍī), Lutz Richter-Bernberg, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson
Matthew S. Gordon, Ph.D. (1993), Columbia University, is Professor
of Middle East & Islamic History at Miami University. He has
published monographs, textbooks, and numerous articles on medieval
Islamic social and political history, including The Breaking of a
Thousand Swords (SUNY Press, 2001).
Chase F. Robinson, Ph.D. (1992), Harvard University, is
Distinguished Professor and President of the Graduate Center of the
City University of New York. He has written or edited some 8 books
and 40 articles on Islamic history. His most recent book is Islamic
Civilization in 30 Lives (Thames & Hudson, 2016).
Everett K. Rowson, Ph.D. (1982), Yale University, is Associate
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at New York University. He
has published widely in Islamic philosophy, history, and gender and
sexuality studies, as well as classical Arabic literature.
Michael Fishbein, Ph.D. (1988), University of California at Los
Angeles, is a retired Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern
Languages and Cultures at that university, where he taught Arabic
language and literature for many years. He is the translator of
Volumes VIII, XXI, and XXXI of the SUNY History of al-Ṭabarī.
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