The presentation of the plague of 749/1348 and the fitna of 762/1361 by the Damascene scholar Ibn Kathîr
Journal: Babylon Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier
Year: 2022

Two of Ibn Kathîr’s detailed reports are analysed as stories and the aim is to identify the message he wants to transmit through them. The focus is on Ibn Kathîr’s narrative techniques and a connection is drawn to Hayden White’s archetypes of stories.