Арабо-мусульманская историография IX в. о странах и народах Кавказа, Армянского нагорья и смежных областей
By: Arsen Shagini︠a︡n
Publisher: Dmitriĭ Bulanin
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Sankt-Peterburg
Language: rus
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9785860078789
Subjects: History; Historiography; Civilization
Other titles: Arabo-musulʹmanskai︠a︡ istoriografii︠a︡ IX v. o stranakh i narodakh Kavkaza, Armi︠a︡nskogo nagorʹi︠a︡ i smezhnykh oblasteĭ; Arabic-islamic historiography of the 9th c. about countries and peoples of Caucasus, Armenian Highlands and adjacent regions
Notes: "This study is based on the translations from Classical Arabic by Doctor-Professor of History, Professor. St. Petersburg State University, Arsen K. Shahinyan, from the first entirely preserved to our days, the four monuments of the Arabic and Islamic historiography of the 9th c. -- early so-called "Golden Age" of the Islamic science and culture. It is devoted to the countries and peoples of the Southern Caucasus, the Armenian Highlands and Iranian Azerbaijan, as well as adjacent regions of the Northern Caucasus, Asia Minor, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia and Central-Western Iran. The translated materials were extracted from "Tarikh" ("History) by Kalifah ibn Khayyat (Ḫalīfa bin Ḫayyāṭ, d. in 240 AH (854/5 AD)), "Kitab al-akhbar at-tiwal" ("Book of the long traditions") by ad-Dinawari (ad-Dīnawarī, d. in 282 AH (895/6 AD)), "Kitab futuh al-budan" ("Book of the Conquests of Lands") by al-Baladhuri (al-Balād̲urī, d. in 279 AH (892/3 AD)), and "Tarikh" ("History") by al-Ya'qubi (al-Ya'qūbī, d. in 284 AH (897/8 AD)). The translator provides his translations with a detailed scientific comments and textological notes.--Page 4, verso of English-language title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-391) and indexes.

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