Umschlagbild: ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib hebt das Tor einer Festung in Ḫaibar aus den Angeln (Iran, Ende 16. Jh.). Kitābḫāna va Ganǧīna-yi Nusaḫ-i Ḫaṭṭī-yi Mīrās̱-i Ǧahānī-yi Kāḫ-i Gulistān 2237:191a.
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Names: Bockholt, Philip, author.
Title: Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna : Ḫvāndamīrs Ḥabīb as-siyar im Handschriftenzeitalter / Philip Bockholt.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021. | Series: Iran studies, 1569–7401 ; volume 20 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020052267 (print) | LCCN 2020052268 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004442221 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004442238 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Khvānd Mīr, Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ibn Humām al-Dīn, approximately 1475–1535? Ḥabīb al-siyar | Islamic Empire—Historiography. | Shīʻah | Sunnites.
Classification: LCC DS35.67.K48 B63 2021 (print) | LCC DS35.67.K48 (ebook) | DDC 907.2/056—dc23
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