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Lectures on Arabic Historins

1928

The present writer, who has translated and annotat ed many of the Arabic hooks which he has published:, is unlikely to be questioned in this style; but . some- thing of the sort might be said about the seven volumes of 'Yaqut's Dictionary of Learned Men, most of which he has had the pleasure (and the labour) of editing twice, without translation, and with a minimum of notes, chiefly of the critical [...] The early history of Islam was a collection of events, recorded tiov one or more eve !, witnesses::: the Murder of ilLiTthman, the Battle of the Camel. , the Battle of Si. :ffin, the Arbitration, the Con quests of the different. cmintries1, furnisbed isolated narratives„ wit4erwards strung Lincto eoutinnons his- tory. [...] The second expedient for 8 ecuri ng exactitude is the isnad, the chain of authorities whereby a nar- rative can be traced to the original eye-witness who narrated it In the case of the sayings and doings of the Prophet this study has furnished a science it consists in testing the links whereby each tradi- tion has reached the men of any age. [...] There are books in the same style: of which the statements are so clearly menda- cious that one marvels at the audacity of the fabri cation, But though the theory of the !smut has occasioned endless troublc„ owing to the inquiries which have to be 'made into the trustworthiness of each transmitter, and the fabrication of traditions. [...] lare have the dictum Poetry is the diwan of the Arabs,," the register of their deeds this Iv as the record of the Days of the Arabs i c the battles between the tribes.
history
Pages
168
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100014
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-vii D.S. Margoliouth view
Lecture I. Conspectus of the subjeot
1-21 unknown view
Lecture II. Pre-Islamic History
22-40 unknown view
Lecture III. The Beoinnings of Arabic History
41-58 unknown view
Lecture IV. Poetry as a Vehicile of History
59-81 unknown view
Lecture V. Historians of the Second Century
82-100 unknown view
Lecture VI. Historiann of the third Century
101-127 unknown view
Lecture VII. Historiann of the Fourth Century
128-146 unknown view
Lecture VIII. Later Historians
147-161 unknown view

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