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Early Mamluk Syrian Historiography, Volume 1
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 21/1
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This laudable work offers a study, translation and partial edition of one of the most important early Mamluk sources and its author. In addition to the work's contribution to Mamluk history, it also makes a significant contribution towards the ultimate goal of having the key texts of early Mamluk historiography accessible to scholars.
In this first volume the life and work of al-Yūnīnī (d. 1326), the textual history of his Chronicle, its historiographic significance and textual filiation with other independent sources are presented and discussed.
In this first volume the life and work of al-Yūnīnī (d. 1326), the textual history of his Chronicle, its historiographic significance and textual filiation with other independent sources are presented and discussed.
Li Guo, Ph.D. (1994), Yale University, is Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago. He was educated in China, Yemen, Egypt and the USA and has published on Mamluk historiography, Arabic literature and language pedagogy.
'...une étape importante de la recherché sur le début de l'historiographie mamelouke en general et sur al-Yūnīnī en particulier.'
Anne-Marie Eddé, Bulletin Critique des Annales Islamologiques, 2001.
Anne-Marie Eddé, Bulletin Critique des Annales Islamologiques, 2001.
All those interested in pre-modern Islamic history and historiography, the history of the Crusades, the history of Syria and Egypt, the history of the Mongol campaigns in the Near East, Military history, hadith literature, and pre-modern Arabic literature.