Al-Maqrīzī's Al-Ḫabar ʿan Al-Basar: Volume IV, Section 2: The Idols of the Arabs

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-49983-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 781 g

Reihe: Bibliotheca Maqriziana

The chapter about idols in Maqrizi’s universal history is made of excerpts from earlier books, some of which are no longer extant. Excerpts from the latter category naturally form the most exciting aspect of this text. Its appearance comes at a time when certain scholars doubt the import or even the very existence of pre-Islamic idol worship. Early Islamic literature often focuses on the contemporaries of the Prophet Muhammad whose stories were a source of pride for their offspring. The crucial moment in one’s life was the conversion, and it is in the context of conversion that we learn about idol worship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lecker, Michael

Weitere Mitwirkende

Perlman, Yaara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Kult, Riten, Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Plates

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Idols in Conversion Reports

2 Mecca

3 Medina (Ya?rib) (§ 110–117)

4 Idols and Treasuries

Notes on the Edition and the Translation

Plates

Abbreviations and Symbols

Critical Edition and Translation of al-Maqrizi’s al-?abar ?an al-bašar, vol. IV, Section 2: The Idols of the Arabs

Section on the Idols of the Arabs [Their a?nam and aw?an]

Wadd

Suwa?

Yagu?

Ya?uq

Nasr

Hubal

Isaf and Na?ilah

Sa?d

?A?im

?u l-Šará

Ru?a

?amar

Al-?ariš, ?a?r, Šams, al-Biham, al-Qayn, Šafr, al-?ibs, Gayyan, Isaf, Samul, ?usa, al-?imm, al-Sam?

Saf, al-Dibag, al-Zabr

Huzzam

Manaf

Dawar

Al-Fals

Nuhm

Al-Su?ayr

Al-Uqay?ir

Al-?Urayf

Al-?alal

A?mas

?Amm Anas

Al-Šurayr, Ganm, ?u l-Kaffayni

Al-Šariq

Marsug

Al-Bay?a?

Kulal

Al-?amis

Al-Mukaymin

Yalil

Barkulan

Qurs

Al-?Abd

Al-Gu?a

Farra?

Za?bal

Al-Galsad

?umam

?Aw?

Saqb

Section on al-gibt and al-?agut

Al-?Uzzá

Allat

Manat

?u l-Ka?abat

?u l-?ala?ah

The Ka?bah of Nagran

Riyam

Al-Qalis/al-Qullays

Al-Hugam

The account of ?at Anwa?

An?ab

Ru?a

Buss

Fire Temple

Al-Sa?idah

Bibliography

List of Quoted Manuscripts

Index of Qur?anic Verses

Index of Verses of Poetry

Index of Prophetic Traditions

Index of Names (People and Places)

Index of Technical Terms

Index of Quoted Titles in al-?abar ?an al-bašar

Index of Sources in al-?abar ?an al-bašar

Index of Glosses

Facsimile of MS Fatih 4339 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), Fols. 30a–48b

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Lecker, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, studies the economic and social history of early Islam, with an emphasis on the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the Jews of the Arabian Peninsula.

Yaara Perlman is a PhD candidate at Princeton University, where she focuses on early Islamic history. In her dissertation, she seeks to extract historical details from genealogical evidence. She holds BA and MA degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.