Mediaeval Islamic Historiography And Political Legitimacy: Bal'ami's Tarikhnamah (routledge Studies In The History Of Iran And Turkey)

The Tarikhnamah is a history of the world and the oldest surviving work of Persian prose. This book examines it as a political and cultural document and why it became such an influential work in the Islamic world. A.c.s. Peacock's Book, Mediaeval Islamic Historiography And Political Legitimacy: Bal'ami's Tarikhnama Is The First Research Monograph On This Major Historical Work And Shows How Its Composition And Reception Were Influenced By Political Circumstances. Commissioned By The Ruler Of One Of The Largest And Most Powerful Muslims States Of The Tenth Century, The Samanid Dynasty Of Central Asia, And Composed By His Vizier, The Tarikhnama Tells Us Much About The Politics And Ideology Of The Samanid State, Which Remains Comparatively Unstudied Despite Its Importance In Islamic History. Future Generations Continued To Adapt The Text In Accordance With Their Own Political Concerns, Meaning Its Manuscripts Vary Immensely From One Another. Using Newly Discovered Manuscripts, This Study Sheds Much New Light, Not Just On Mediaeval Islamic History And The Development Of Islamic Historiography, But Also On Problems In Manuscripts And The Transmission Of Their Texts.--book Jacket. Politics, Religion And Culture In The Late Sāmānid State -- The Transmission Of The Tārīkhnāma's Text -- Balʻamī's Reshaping Of Ṭabarī's History -- The Contents And Purpose Of Balʻamī's Alterations To Ṭabarī's History -- The Tārīkhnāma After Balʻamī -- General Conclusions -- Comparison Of Postulated Redactions Of The Tārīkhnāma -- Comparison Of The Arabic Translation Of The Tārīkhnāma And The Persian Text -- Addenda And Corrigenda To Daniel's An Annotated Inventory Of Balʻamī's Manuscripts. A.c.s Peacock. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [189]-202) And Indexes. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Figures and Tables......Page 9 Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Abbreviations......Page 13 Introduction......Page 14 1 Politics, religion and culture in the late Samanid state......Page 27 2 The transmission of the Tarikhnama’s text......Page 61 3 Balami's reshaping of Tabari's History......Page 86 4 The contents and purpose of Balami's alterations to Tabari's History......Page 116 5 The Tarikhnama after Balami......Page 150 6 General conclusions......Page 174 Appendix I: Comparison of postulated redactions of the Tarikhnama......Page 181 Appendix II: Comparison of the Arabic translation of the Tarikhnama and the Persian text......Page 184 Appendix III: Addenda and corrigenda to Daniel’s ‘An Annotated Inventory of Balami Manuscripts’......Page 188 Bibliography......Page 193 Subject index......Page 206 Manuscript index......Page 219 Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Politics, religion and culture in the late Sāmānid state The transmission of the Tārīkhnāma's text Balʻamī's reshaping of Ṭabarī's history The contents and purpose of Balʻamī's alterations to Ṭabarī's History The Tārīkhnāma after Balʻamī General conclusions Comparison of postulated redactions of the Tārīkhnāma Comparison of the Arabic translation of the Tārīkhnāma and the Persian text Addenda and corrigenda to Daniel's "An annotated inventory of Balʻamī's manuscripts" Bibliography Subject index Manuscript index.