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4. TYRANT DREAMERS FACE ABRAHAMITE INTERPRETERS: A RECURRING MOTIF IN AL-ṬABARĪ’S HISTORY
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- 1. A MOSAIC OF ʿABBĀSID STUDIES 1
- 2. OF MUMMIES, POETS, AND WATER NYMPHS: TRACING THE CODICOLOGICAL LIMITS OF IBN KHURRADĀDHBIH’S GEOGRAPHY 8
- 3. WHO INVITED THE MICROCOSM? 76
- 4. TYRANT DREAMERS FACE ABRAHAMITE INTERPRETERS: A RECURRING MOTIF IN AL-ṬABARĪ’S HISTORY 98
- 5. THE RHETORIC OF GIFTS, OR WHEN OBJECTS TALK 130
- 6. A GRAMMARIAN’S LIFE IN HIS OWN VOICE: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENTS IN ARABIC BIOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE 142
- 7. A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF AL-SHĀFIʿĪ’S IBṬĀL AL-ISTIḤSĀN: APPEARANCE, REALITY, AND LEGAL INTERPRETATION 180
- 8. ABŪ ISḤĀQ AL-NAẒẒĀM: THE ULTIMATE CONSTITUENTS OF NATURE ARE SIMPLE PROPERTIES AND RŪḤ 207
- 9. THE ENIGMATIC REIGN OF AL-WĀTHIQ (R. 227/842–232/847) 218
- 10. IBN QUTAYBA AND THE AHL KHURĀSĀN: THE SHUʿŪBIYYA REVISITED 232
- 11. AL-MAʾMŪN’S MILITARY UNITS AND THEIR COMMANDERS UP TO THE END OF THE SIEGE OF BAGHDAD (195/810–198/813) 245
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- 1. A MOSAIC OF ʿABBĀSID STUDIES 1
- 2. OF MUMMIES, POETS, AND WATER NYMPHS: TRACING THE CODICOLOGICAL LIMITS OF IBN KHURRADĀDHBIH’S GEOGRAPHY 8
- 3. WHO INVITED THE MICROCOSM? 76
- 4. TYRANT DREAMERS FACE ABRAHAMITE INTERPRETERS: A RECURRING MOTIF IN AL-ṬABARĪ’S HISTORY 98
- 5. THE RHETORIC OF GIFTS, OR WHEN OBJECTS TALK 130
- 6. A GRAMMARIAN’S LIFE IN HIS OWN VOICE: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENTS IN ARABIC BIOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE 142
- 7. A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF AL-SHĀFIʿĪ’S IBṬĀL AL-ISTIḤSĀN: APPEARANCE, REALITY, AND LEGAL INTERPRETATION 180
- 8. ABŪ ISḤĀQ AL-NAẒẒĀM: THE ULTIMATE CONSTITUENTS OF NATURE ARE SIMPLE PROPERTIES AND RŪḤ 207
- 9. THE ENIGMATIC REIGN OF AL-WĀTHIQ (R. 227/842–232/847) 218
- 10. IBN QUTAYBA AND THE AHL KHURĀSĀN: THE SHUʿŪBIYYA REVISITED 232
- 11. AL-MAʾMŪN’S MILITARY UNITS AND THEIR COMMANDERS UP TO THE END OF THE SIEGE OF BAGHDAD (195/810–198/813) 245
