عنوان

A medieval Islamic book of gifts and treasures:

TLpq303838846

انگلیسی

A medieval Islamic book of gifts and treasures:

[Thesis]

Ghada Hijjawi Qaddumi

Translation, annotation, and commentary on the "Kitab al-Hadaya wa al-Tuhaf"

O. S. Grabar, Annemarie

Harvard University

1990

416-416 p.

Ph.D.

Harvard University

1990

This dissertation consists of an annotated translation of a unique medieval Arabic work entitled usdalHad\bar a y\bar a \ wausd al-Tuhaf, commonly known as al-Dhakha'ir wa al-Tuhaf, an introduction, a conclusion, and a glossary. The text is a selection from the existing parts of a much longer original work, whose value resides in the documented material it provides. The wide spectrum of its content covers a number of varied topics, but it concentrates more specifically on artifacts in the history of Islamic art. Chronologically, it extends from the immediate pre-Islamic period, mentioned in passing, until the year 463/1071. It covers the time of the Prophet--peace be upon him--and that of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Umayyads, and it dwells on the Abbasid times until Caliph al-Qa'im (r. 422-67/1031-75) and on the Fatimids in Egypt until al-Mustansir (r. 427-87/1036-94), ending during his reign in the year 463/1071. It includes provincial and semi-autonomous dynasties, such as the Tulunids, the Hamdanids, the Samanids, and others. The opening chapter of the text, which occupies the third of the material, deals with gifts. The other chapters discuss banquets for famous weddings and the completion of the recitation of the Qur'an. Various festivities, bequests, booty, and the Fatimid treasures dispersed in 461/1069 are also described. The introduction of the dissertation identifies the author of the work, about whom bibliographical sources are silent. The title itself and the sources used by the author are investigated. The emphasis of the conclusion discusses the versatility of the book's content and deals with issues of technical vocabulary. The people and events mentioned in the book are identified, inasmuch as was possible. Notes and a preliminary glossary of technical terms are provided.

Language, literature and linguistics

Literature

Literature

Middle Ages

Middle Eastern literature

Middle Eastern literature

Ghada Hijjawi Qaddumi

O. S. Grabar, Annemarie

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[Thesis]

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