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Prominent murder victims of the pre- and early Islamic periods including the names of murdered poets : introduced, edited, translated from the Arabic, and annotated (2021)

Ibn-Ḥabīb, Muḥammad [VerfasserIn] -860 ; Gelder, Geert Jan van [HerausgeberIn] 1947-

Leiden : BRILL

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 388 Seiten)

ISBN: 9789004446359 , 9789004446342

Series Statement: Handbook of Oriental Studies volume 150

Content: Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (d. 860), a specialist in Arab history, tribal genealogy, and poetry, who lived in Baghdad, collected in his Prominent Murder Victims many stories of murderers and murder victims from the legendary pre-Islamic past, such as how Bilqīs, the Arabic name for the Queen of Sheba, came to power, to the assassinations ordered by viziers or caliphs in the early Islamic centuries. A lengthy appendix deals with poets from pre- and early Islamic times who were killed. The stories are entertaining as well as informative. Strikingly, the author refrains from explicit moralising. The present book offers a richly annotated English translation together with an improved Arabic text and indexes of persons, places, and rhymes

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004446342

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre- and Early Islamic Periods Including the Names of Murdered Poets : Introduced, Edited, Translated from the Arabic, and Annotated Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2021 ISBN 9789004446342

Language: English

Keywords: Arabisch ; Araber ; Verbrechen ; Tötung ; Verbrechensopfer ; Geschichte Anfänge-860

DOI: 10.1163/9789004446359

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Author information: Gelder, Geert Jan van 1947-