Ibn A‘tham al-Kūfī and his Kitāb al-futūḥ

Mónika Schönlebér

doi:10.2307/jj.29278479

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With a New Edition of the Text on the Ridda. This two-volume set delves deeply into the life of the Muslim scholar Ibn A‘tham al-Kūfī and his monumental historical work, the Kitāb al-futūḥ (Book of Conquests). Previous research has treated this work with considerable suspicion, and its historical value was called into question almost from the very moment of its discovery. This study firmly situates Ibn A‘tham within the historical context of the early fourth/tenth century, shedding new light on his notable contributions to Islamic historiography. Volume 1 examines Ibn A‘tham’s biography, proposes a refined timeframe for his life and work, and investigates the reception of his work across the Muslim world and in modern scholarship, identifying significant periods of popularity in different regions. Detailed codicological descriptions of the Kitāb al-futūḥ’s surviving Arabic manuscripts underscore the complexity of the textual tradition, while analyses of the sources of the narrative on the ridda (’apostasy’) wars and its poetic elements enrich our understanding of Ibn A‘tham’s sources and his authorial methods. The book also provides critical editions of the Kitāb al-futūḥ’s collective isnāds, prepared on the basis of all available Arabic manuscripts, alongside their translations and detailed analyses. Volume 2 presents a new critical edition of the Kitāb al-futūḥ’s first sections, covering the saqīfa and ridda narratives based on the chronicle’s two manuscripts kept in the Forschungsbibliothek Gotha and the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library in Patna.

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Copyrightjahr: 2025
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-95994-180-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-95994-181-5
Verlag: Gerlach, Berlin
Reihe: SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam
Band: 29
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 536
Produkttyp: Monographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Front Matter Kein Zugriff Seiten i - iv
Table of Contents Kein Zugriff Seiten v - xiv
Foreword and Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff Seiten xv - xviii
Transliteration Kein Zugriff Seiten xix - xxii
List of Tables Kein Zugriff Seiten xxiii - xxiv
List of Figures Kein Zugriff Seiten xxv - xxvi
Abbreviations Kein Zugriff Seiten xxvii - xxviii
1. The Image of an Earlier 4th/10th-Century Islamic Historiographer in Transition Kein Zugriff
2. Why to Study the Kitāb al-futūḥ’s Ridda Narrative Kein Zugriff
3. Chapter Overview Kein Zugriff
1. Part 1 Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 13 - 14
2. 1. 1. 1.1 Ibn Aʿtham Misidentified: Sir William Ouseley and William Nassau Lees Kein Zugriff
    2. 1.2 Ferdinand Wüstenfeld’s ‘H. 1003’ [1594–1595] Kein Zugriff
    3. 1.3 ‘H. 314?’: Fraehn and the Adoption of His Date Kein Zugriff
    4. 1.4 3rd/9th Century: Kurat and the Challenging of Fraehn’s Dating Kein Zugriff
    5. 1.5 ‘Wr. 204/819’: Semenov, Mukhliṣ, Shaban, and Conrad Kein Zugriff
    6. 1.6 The Decades of Disagreement Kein Zugriff
    7. 1.7 ‘320/932 or Later’ Kein Zugriff
    8. 1.8 The Discovery of al-Sahmī’s Taʾrīkh Jurjān for Ibn Aʿtham’s Biography Kein Zugriff
  2. 1. 2.1 The Reliability and Chronological Implications of al-Sahmī’s Account Kein Zugriff
    2. 2.2 Ibn Aʿtham and al-Sallāmī Kein Zugriff
    3. 2.3 The Problem of the Year 204 Kein Zugriff
    4. 2.4 On the Identity of ‘Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Qurashī’ Kein Zugriff
    5. 2.5 On the Identity of ‘Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad’ Kein Zugriff
    6. 2.6 Late 3rd/9th- and 4th/10th-Century Informants in the Kitāb al-futūḥ Kein Zugriff
    7. 2.7 Findings Kein Zugriff
  3. 3 The Appearance of Ibn Aʿtham’s Name in Biographical Literature: A Recapitulation Kein Zugriff
  4. 4 Conclusions Kein Zugriff
3. 1. 1. 1.1 From the 4th/10th to the 6th/12th Century Kein Zugriff
    2. 1.2 From the 7th/13th to the 9th/15th Century Kein Zugriff
    3. 1.3 From the 10th/16th to the 13th/19th Century Kein Zugriff
    4. 1.4 Conclusions: Peaks and Troughs in the Interest in the Kitāb al-futūḥ and Ibn Aʿtham’s Potential Shīʿī Inclination Kein Zugriff
  2. 2 Excursus: Ibn Aʿtham’s ‘Kitāb al-futūḥ’ and His ‘Kitāb al-taʾrīkh’ Kein Zugriff
  3. 1. 3.1 The Age of Innocence Kein Zugriff
    2. 3.2 A Historiographer in Exile Kein Zugriff
    3. 3.3 Rediscovering Ibn Aʿtham’s Work for Islamic Historiography Kein Zugriff
    4. 3.4 Findings Kein Zugriff
  4. 4 Conclusions Kein Zugriff
1. Part 2 Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 161 - 164
2. 1. 1. 1.1 MS Patna Kein Zugriff
    2. 1.2 MS Gotha Kein Zugriff
    3. 1.3 A Comparative Look at the Two Manuscripts Kein Zugriff
  2. 1. 2.1 MS Milan Kein Zugriff
    2. 2.2 MS Istanbul Kein Zugriff
    3. 2.3 MS Dublin Kein Zugriff
    4. 2.4 MS Birmingham Kein Zugriff
    5. 2.5 MS Ankara Kein Zugriff
    6. 2.6 Concluding Remarks on the Manuscript Tradition Kein Zugriff
  3. 3 Persian Manuscripts of Mustawfī’s Translation Kein Zugriff
  4. 1. 4.1 Editions of the Kitāb al-futūḥ Kein Zugriff
    2. 4.2 Editions of the ‘Kitāb al-ridda’ Kein Zugriff
    3. 4.3 Editions of the Persian Translation Kein Zugriff
  5. 5 Conclusions Kein Zugriff
1. 1. 1 The Lost Topical Monographs Kein Zugriff
  2. 2 The Ridda in Comprehensive Histories Kein Zugriff
  3. 1. 3.1 The Main Themes of Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative and What Has Been Left Out Kein Zugriff
    2. 3.2 Peculiarities of Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative Kein Zugriff
2. 1. 1 Ibn Aʿtham’s Habit of Referring to His Sources Kein Zugriff
  2. 1. 2.1 Critical Edition and Translation Kein Zugriff
    2. 2.2 General Observations Kein Zugriff
    3. 2.3 Branch 1: Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mubārak Kein Zugriff
    4. 2.4 Branch 2: Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd/ʿUbayd Allāh b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Qurashī al-Madanī and His Sources Kein Zugriff
    5. 2.5 Branch 2: Ibn Isḥāq and His Sources Kein Zugriff
    6. 2.6 Findings Kein Zugriff
  3. 1. 3.1 The Mālik Episode Within Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative Kein Zugriff
    2. 3.2 Summary of the Episode and Its Main Features Kein Zugriff
    3. 3.3 Parallel Texts to the Episode Kein Zugriff
    4. 3.4 A Search for Ibn Isḥāq and al-Wāqidī’s Traditions Kein Zugriff
    5. 3.5 Findings Kein Zugriff
  4. 4 Conclusions Kein Zugriff
3. 1. 1 Poetry in Historical Works: Methodological Considerations Kein Zugriff
  2. 2 A Structural Overview of the Poetic Corpus in Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative Kein Zugriff
  3. 3 A Framework for Analysis: Descriptive Classification of Poetry in Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative and Its Lessons Kein Zugriff
  4. 1. 4.1 The Kitāb al-futūḥ’s Current General Introduction Kein Zugriff
    2. 4.2 The Saqīfa Narrative Kein Zugriff
    3. 4.3 The Onset of the Ridda Narrative Kein Zugriff
    4. 4.4 The End of the Ridda Narrative Kein Zugriff
    5. 4.5 Findings Kein Zugriff
  5. 5 Conclusions Kein Zugriff
4. 1. 1. 1.1 Edition and Translation Kein Zugriff
    2. 1.2 List of Authorities Kein Zugriff
    3. 1.3 Commentary Kein Zugriff
  2. 1. 2.1 Edition and Translation Kein Zugriff
    2. 2.2 List of Authorities Kein Zugriff
    3. 2.3 Commentary Kein Zugriff
  3. 3 General Conclusions on the Collective Isnāds Kein Zugriff
Summary Kein Zugriff Seiten 435 - 438
1. 1. Arabic Sources Kein Zugriff
  2. Persian Sources Kein Zugriff
2. 1. Manuscript Catalogues Kein Zugriff
  2. Research Literature Kein Zugriff
1. Concordance 1: Marginal Numbers in the Ḥaydarābād Edition and Folio Numbers in MS Gotha Kein Zugriff
2. Concordance 2: Current Folio Order in MS Gotha and Marginal Numbers in the Ḥaydarābād Edition Kein Zugriff
3. Concordance 3: The Correct Folio Order of MS Gotha Kein Zugriff
4. Table A.1: The Distribution and Length of Poems in MSs Patna and Gotha and the Methods of Omitting Poems in the Latter Kein Zugriff
5. Table A.2: Introductory Sentences of and Allusions to Poems in MSs Patna and Gotha Kein Zugriff
6. Table A.3: Classification of the Poetic Corpus of Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative Kein Zugriff
7. Figure A.1: The Isnād Tree of Isn 2 Kein Zugriff
8. Figure A.2: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 2 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths Kein Zugriff
9. Figure A.3: The Isnād Tree of Isn 3 Kein Zugriff
10. Figure A.4: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 3 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths Kein Zugriff
11. Figure A.5: The Isnād Tree of Isn 4 Kein Zugriff
12. Figure A.6: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 4 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths Kein Zugriff
13. Figure A.7: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 4 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths Kein Zugriff
14. Figure A.8: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 4 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths Kein Zugriff
1. Index of Personal Names, Tribes, and Termini Kein Zugriff
2. Index of Titles Kein Zugriff
3. Index of Place Names Kein Zugriff
About the Author Kein Zugriff Seiten 535 - 536