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

Mónika Schönlebér

doi:10.2307/jj.29278479

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Copyright year: 2025
Publication date: 01.01.2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-95994-180-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-95994-181-5
Publisher: Gerlach, Berlin
Series: SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam
Volume: 29
Language: English
Pages: 536
Product type: Book Titles

Front Matter No access Pages i - iv
Table of Contents No access Pages v - xiv
Foreword and Acknowledgements No access Pages xv - xviii
Transliteration No access Pages xix - xxii
List of Tables No access Pages xxiii - xxiv
List of Figures No access Pages xxv - xxvi
Abbreviations No access Pages xxvii - xxviii
1. The Image of an Earlier 4th/10th-Century Islamic Historiographer in Transition No access
2. Why to Study the Kitāb al-futūḥ’s Ridda Narrative No access
3. Chapter Overview No access
1. Part 1 Introduction No access Pages 13 - 14
2. 1. 1. 1.1 Ibn Aʿtham Misidentified: Sir William Ouseley and William Nassau Lees No access
    2. 1.2 Ferdinand Wüstenfeld’s ‘H. 1003’ [1594–1595] No access
    3. 1.3 ‘H. 314?’: Fraehn and the Adoption of His Date No access
    4. 1.4 3rd/9th Century: Kurat and the Challenging of Fraehn’s Dating No access
    5. 1.5 ‘Wr. 204/819’: Semenov, Mukhliṣ, Shaban, and Conrad No access
    6. 1.6 The Decades of Disagreement No access
    7. 1.7 ‘320/932 or Later’ No access
    8. 1.8 The Discovery of al-Sahmī’s Taʾrīkh Jurjān for Ibn Aʿtham’s Biography No access
  2. 1. 2.1 The Reliability and Chronological Implications of al-Sahmī’s Account No access
    2. 2.2 Ibn Aʿtham and al-Sallāmī No access
    3. 2.3 The Problem of the Year 204 No access
    4. 2.4 On the Identity of ‘Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Qurashī’ No access
    5. 2.5 On the Identity of ‘Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad’ No access
    6. 2.6 Late 3rd/9th- and 4th/10th-Century Informants in the Kitāb al-futūḥ No access
    7. 2.7 Findings No access
  3. 3 The Appearance of Ibn Aʿtham’s Name in Biographical Literature: A Recapitulation No access
  4. 4 Conclusions No access
3. 1. 1. 1.1 From the 4th/10th to the 6th/12th Century No access
    2. 1.2 From the 7th/13th to the 9th/15th Century No access
    3. 1.3 From the 10th/16th to the 13th/19th Century No access
    4. 1.4 Conclusions: Peaks and Troughs in the Interest in the Kitāb al-futūḥ and Ibn Aʿtham’s Potential Shīʿī Inclination No access
  2. 2 Excursus: Ibn Aʿtham’s ‘Kitāb al-futūḥ’ and His ‘Kitāb al-taʾrīkh’ No access
  3. 1. 3.1 The Age of Innocence No access
    2. 3.2 A Historiographer in Exile No access
    3. 3.3 Rediscovering Ibn Aʿtham’s Work for Islamic Historiography No access
    4. 3.4 Findings No access
  4. 4 Conclusions No access
1. Part 2 Introduction No access Pages 161 - 164
2. 1. 1. 1.1 MS Patna No access
    2. 1.2 MS Gotha No access
    3. 1.3 A Comparative Look at the Two Manuscripts No access
  2. 1. 2.1 MS Milan No access
    2. 2.2 MS Istanbul No access
    3. 2.3 MS Dublin No access
    4. 2.4 MS Birmingham No access
    5. 2.5 MS Ankara No access
    6. 2.6 Concluding Remarks on the Manuscript Tradition No access
  3. 3 Persian Manuscripts of Mustawfī’s Translation No access
  4. 1. 4.1 Editions of the Kitāb al-futūḥ No access
    2. 4.2 Editions of the ‘Kitāb al-ridda’ No access
    3. 4.3 Editions of the Persian Translation No access
  5. 5 Conclusions No access
1. 1. 1 The Lost Topical Monographs No access
  2. 2 The Ridda in Comprehensive Histories No access
  3. 1. 3.1 The Main Themes of Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative and What Has Been Left Out No access
    2. 3.2 Peculiarities of Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative No access
2. 1. 1 Ibn Aʿtham’s Habit of Referring to His Sources No access
  2. 1. 2.1 Critical Edition and Translation No access
    2. 2.2 General Observations No access
    3. 2.3 Branch 1: Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mubārak No access
    4. 2.4 Branch 2: Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd/ʿUbayd Allāh b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Qurashī al-Madanī and His Sources No access
    5. 2.5 Branch 2: Ibn Isḥāq and His Sources No access
    6. 2.6 Findings No access
  3. 1. 3.1 The Mālik Episode Within Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative No access
    2. 3.2 Summary of the Episode and Its Main Features No access
    3. 3.3 Parallel Texts to the Episode No access
    4. 3.4 A Search for Ibn Isḥāq and al-Wāqidī’s Traditions No access
    5. 3.5 Findings No access
  4. 4 Conclusions No access
3. 1. 1 Poetry in Historical Works: Methodological Considerations No access
  2. 2 A Structural Overview of the Poetic Corpus in Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative No access
  3. 3 A Framework for Analysis: Descriptive Classification of Poetry in Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative and Its Lessons No access
  4. 1. 4.1 The Kitāb al-futūḥ’s Current General Introduction No access
    2. 4.2 The Saqīfa Narrative No access
    3. 4.3 The Onset of the Ridda Narrative No access
    4. 4.4 The End of the Ridda Narrative No access
    5. 4.5 Findings No access
  5. 5 Conclusions No access
4. 1. 1. 1.1 Edition and Translation No access
    2. 1.2 List of Authorities No access
    3. 1.3 Commentary No access
  2. 1. 2.1 Edition and Translation No access
    2. 2.2 List of Authorities No access
    3. 2.3 Commentary No access
  3. 3 General Conclusions on the Collective Isnāds No access
Summary No access Pages 435 - 438
1. 1. Arabic Sources No access
  2. Persian Sources No access
2. 1. Manuscript Catalogues No access
  2. Research Literature No access
1. Concordance 1: Marginal Numbers in the Ḥaydarābād Edition and Folio Numbers in MS Gotha No access
2. Concordance 2: Current Folio Order in MS Gotha and Marginal Numbers in the Ḥaydarābād Edition No access
3. Concordance 3: The Correct Folio Order of MS Gotha No access
4. Table A.1: The Distribution and Length of Poems in MSs Patna and Gotha and the Methods of Omitting Poems in the Latter No access
5. Table A.2: Introductory Sentences of and Allusions to Poems in MSs Patna and Gotha No access
6. Table A.3: Classification of the Poetic Corpus of Ibn Aʿtham’s Ridda Narrative No access
7. Figure A.1: The Isnād Tree of Isn 2 No access
8. Figure A.2: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 2 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths No access
9. Figure A.3: The Isnād Tree of Isn 3 No access
10. Figure A.4: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 3 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths No access
11. Figure A.5: The Isnād Tree of Isn 4 No access
12. Figure A.6: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 4 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths No access
13. Figure A.7: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 4 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths No access
14. Figure A.8: A Possible Reconstruction of the Isnād Tree of Isn 4 Based on the Presumed Dates of Deaths No access
1. Index of Personal Names, Tribes, and Termini No access
2. Index of Titles No access
3. Index of Place Names No access
About the Author No access Pages 535 - 536