xi, 519 pages 25 cm

Copyright by School of oriental and African studies

Includes bibliographical references

Preface / C. H. Philips ; Introduction / Bernard Lewis ; Part I -- Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Historiography to the 12th/19th Century. 1 -- The Materials Used by Ibn IsḤĀq / W. Montgomery Watt ; 2 -- The Influence of the Biblical Tradition on Muslim Historiography / Franz Rosenthal ; 3 -- The Iraq School of History to the Ninth Century{u2014} a Sketch / A. A. Duri ; 4 -- Islamic Biographical Literature / Sir Hamilton Gibb ; 5 -- The Historiography of the Seljuqid Period / Claude Cahen ; 6 -- Some Notes on Arabic Historiography during the Zengid and Ayyubid Periods (521/1127-648/1250) / M. Hilmy M. Ahmad ; 7 -- The Arabic Historiography of the Crusades / Francesco Gabrieli ; 8 -- The Origin and Development of the Local Histories of Syria / Sami Dahan ; 9 -- The Origin and Development of Historiography in Muslim Spain / Charles Pellat ; 10 -- The Evolution of Persian Historiography / Bertold Spuler ; 11 -- JuvaynĪ and RaSH̲Īd Al-DĪn as Sources on the History of the Mongols / J. A. Boyle ; 12 -- The Persian Historian BayhaqĪ / Mujtaba Minovi ; 13 -- Persian Biographical Literature / Ann K. S. Lambton ; 14 -- The Rise of Ottoman Historiography / Halil Inalcik ; 15 -- The Beginnings of Ottoman Historiography / V. L. Ménage ; 16 -- The Use by Muslim Historians of Non-Muslim Sources / Bernard Lewis ; 17 -- The Utility of Ottoman FetḤnĀmes / G. L. Lewis ; 18 -- The Historiography of Ottoman-Safavid Relations in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / J. R. Walsh ; 19 -- The Traditional Historiography of the Maronites / K. S. Salibi ; 20 -- Historians of Lebanon / A. H. Hourani ; 21 -- Syriac Chronicles as Source Material for the History of Islamic Peoples / J. B. Segal ; 22 -- Armenian Historiography / C. J. F. Dowsett ; Part II -- European (including Russian) Historical Writing on the Near and Middle East from the Middle Ages to the Present Day. 23 -- Byzantine Historians and the Ottoman Turks / Sir Steven Runciman ; 24 -- Renaissance Historical Literature in Relation to the Near and Middle East (with Special Reference to Paolo Giovio) / V. J. Parry ; 25 -- The Treatment of Arab History by Prideaux, Ockley and Sale / P. M. Holt ; 26 -- Islam as an Historical Problem in European Historiography since 1860 / J. W. Fück ; 27 -- Some Remarks on Weil's History of the Caliphs / D. M. Dunlop ; 28 -- Islam and Syria in the Writings of Henri Lammens / K. S. Salibi ; 29 -- Two British Historians of Persia / M. E. Yapp ; 30 -- Historical Writing on the Sudan Since 1820 / R. L. Hill ; 31 -- Soviet Historiography on the Islamic Orient / R. N. Frye ; 32 -- Soviet Writing on Persia from 1906 to 1946 / G. E. Wheeler ; Part III -- Modern Middle Eastern Historical Writing. 33 -- The Historian Al-JabartĪ / David Ayalon ; 34 -- Historiography in Egypt in the Nineteenth Century / Gamal el-Din el-Shayyal ; 35 -- Ottoman Historiography of the Tanzimat Period / Ercüment Kuran ; 36 -- Iranian Historiography / Firuz Kazemzadeh ; 37 -- Development in Arab Historiography as Reflected in the Struggle between 'AlĪ and Mu'Āwiya / N. A. Faris ; 38 -- Reactions to Western Political Influences in 'Alī AḤmad BĀkaTH̲Īr's Drama / Umberto Rizzitano ; Part IV -- General Themes. 39 -- Introductory Remarks / A. H. Hourani ; 40 -- Self-Image and Approach to History / G. E. von Grunebaum ; 41 -- The Historical Development in Islam of the Concept of Islam as an Historical Development / Wilfred Cantwell Smith

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