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Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman
KhÄlid ibn SÌ£afwÄn in History and Literature
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Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman. KhÄlid ibn SÌ£afwÄn in History and Literature by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila is an in-depth study of the eighth-century Umayyad and early Abbasid orator and courtier KhÄlid ibn SÌ£afwÄn and the development of his character in adab literature. The book collects and translates all his sayings and stories about him culled from a wide range of Arabic and Persian texts.
In the book, Hämeen-Anttila studies the mechanisms of change in early narratives, showing how Arabic anecdotes developed and were modified by a series of authors during both their oral and literary transmission, changing a historical person into a literary character. Detailed chapters discuss KhÄlid in his various roles and analyse the literary techniques of the stories.
In the book, Hämeen-Anttila studies the mechanisms of change in early narratives, showing how Arabic anecdotes developed and were modified by a series of authors during both their oral and literary transmission, changing a historical person into a literary character. Detailed chapters discuss KhÄlid in his various roles and analyse the literary techniques of the stories.
Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, Ph.D. (1994), is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies (University of Edinburgh). His most recent monographs are Al-MaqrÄ«zÄ«âs al-Ḫabar Ê¿an al-baÅ¡ar, Vol. V, Section 4: Persia and Its Kings, Part I (Brill, 2018) and KhwadÄynÄmag. The Middle Persian Book of Kings (Brill, 2018).
Preface
1 KhÄlid ibn SÌ£afwÄn as a Historical Character
â1.1âHistorical Context
â1.2âSources
â1.3âLife and Political Importance
â1.4âGenealogy and Family
â1.5âKhÄlidâs Later Fame
2 KhÄlid ibn SÌ£afwÄn and Early Arabic Prose
â2.1âLinguistic and Literary Context
â2.2âKhÄlid as a Literary Character
â2.3âStories and their Rhetorical Features
â2.4âKhÄlid as Storyteller and Transmitter of Poetry
â2.5âAnecdotes as Early Ê¿AbbÄsid Prose
â2.6âMufÄkhara and mahÌ£Äsin wa-masÄwÄ«
â2.7âSpeeches
â2.8âThe Literary KhÄlid: Conclusions
3 Stories from al-BalÄdhurÄ«, AnsÄb VII/1: 55â88 (B1âB115)
4 Stories from Other Sources (A1âA108)
â4.1âStoryteller and Transmitter of Poetry
â4.2âEncounters with Caliphs and Governors
â4.3âMufÄkharas and mahÌ£Äsin wa-masÄwÄ«
â4.4âLahÌ£hÌ£Än and Linguistic Authority
â4.5âOrator and Wit
â4.6âFamily
â4.7âMiser
â4.8âSayings
â4.9âVarious Stories
5 Stories Excluded from the Corpus (C1âC3)
Bibliography
Source References to B1âB115
Index of Personal Names
Index of Place Names
Index of Topics
PART 1: Study
1 KhÄlid ibn SÌ£afwÄn as a Historical Character
â1.1âHistorical Context
â1.2âSources
â1.3âLife and Political Importance
â1.4âGenealogy and Family
â1.5âKhÄlidâs Later Fame
2 KhÄlid ibn SÌ£afwÄn and Early Arabic Prose
â2.1âLinguistic and Literary Context
â2.2âKhÄlid as a Literary Character
â2.3âStories and their Rhetorical Features
â2.4âKhÄlid as Storyteller and Transmitter of Poetry
â2.5âAnecdotes as Early Ê¿AbbÄsid Prose
â2.6âMufÄkhara and mahÌ£Äsin wa-masÄwÄ«
â2.7âSpeeches
â2.8âThe Literary KhÄlid: Conclusions
PART 2: Translations
3 Stories from al-BalÄdhurÄ«, AnsÄb VII/1: 55â88 (B1âB115)
4 Stories from Other Sources (A1âA108)
â4.1âStoryteller and Transmitter of Poetry
â4.2âEncounters with Caliphs and Governors
â4.3âMufÄkharas and mahÌ£Äsin wa-masÄwÄ«
â4.4âLahÌ£hÌ£Än and Linguistic Authority
â4.5âOrator and Wit
â4.6âFamily
â4.7âMiser
â4.8âSayings
â4.9âVarious Stories
5 Stories Excluded from the Corpus (C1âC3)
Bibliography
Source References to B1âB115
Index of Personal Names
Index of Place Names
Index of Topics
All interested in Classical Arabic prose literature, Umayyad/early Abbasid history, and prosopography.