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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.
Price: $182.00
Pages: 242
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Islamic History and Civilization
Publication Date:
01 December 1998
ISBN: 9789004110281
Format: Other
'...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.
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.