TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Al-Madāʾinī and the Narratives of the ʿAbbāsid Dawla
T2  - Articles
JF  - Studia orientalia electronica
SP  - 65
OP  - 150
A1  - Lindstedt, Ilkka, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/kansalliskirjastofikka/Record/arto.013399210
AB  - This is a study on the Arabic historical narratives of the ʿAbbāsid revolution and its aftermath that occurred in 747-755 CE. Its main focus is a medieval work on these events, called the Kitāb al-Dawla, composed by an Arabic Muslim collector and composer of historical narratives, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Madāʾinī (d. c.228/842-843). The work is not extant, but its skeleton can be reconstructed on the basis of later quotations of it. Al-Madāʾinī's Kitāb al-Dawla is an important source for the events of the the ʿAbbāsid revolution: since al-Madāʾinī was not directly sponsored by the ʿAbbāsid dynasty, he was not constrained to be a spokesperson for the ruling house's propaganda needs.
NO  - Studia Orientalia Electronica
ER  -