Rise of Historical Writing Among the Arabs

Informationen zum Autor Abd Al-Aziz Duri Klappentext This is the first translation of a classic work (Bahth fi nnsh' at 'ilm al ta' rikh 'inda l-'Arab) by the eminent Arab historian A. A. Duri. Published in Beirut in 1960, Duri's book was the first comprehensive effort to trace the origins and early development of Arab historical writing, and to resolve some extremely complex and still debated questions about the reliability of the Arabic historical sources.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Zusammenfassung This is the first translation of a classic work (Bahth fi nnsh' at 'ilm al ta' rikh 'inda l-'Arab) by the eminent Arab historian A. A. Duri. Published in Beirut in 1960, Duri's book was the first comprehensive effort to trace the origins and early development of Arab historical writing, and to resolve some extremely complex and still debated questi

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• Authors: Abd Al-Aziz Duri, Duri Abd Al-Aziz
• Assisted by: Fred M. Donner (Editor), Donner Fred M. (Editor), Lawrence I. Conrad (Editor), Fred Mcgraw Donner (Editor), Lawrence I. Conrad (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 19.04.2016
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780691640877
• ISBN: 978-0-691-64087-7
• Pages: 216
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Modern Classics in Near Eastern Studies
• Subjects: HISTORY / Historiography; Middle East; Historiography; Literary studies: general; Literary theory