Al-Maqrīzī's Al-Ḫabar ʿan Al-Basar. Vol. III: Section 1: The Genealogies of ʿadnān and His Descendants (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004677562)

This section of al-Ḫabar ʿan al-basar, the last work of the fifteenth-century historian al-Maqrīzī, presents an overview of the genealogies of the pre-Islamic northern Arabs, regarded as the descendants of the apical ancestor figure ʿAdnān. Al-Maqrīzī's text is embedded in the broader context of the genealogical tradition as a major organising principle in premodern Muslim historiography. The volume highlights the segmentary nature of Bedouin society, which resulted in inherently controversial tribal genealogies and historical traditions. The existence of many conflicting versions of the same pedigrees (and of the historical narratives undergirding each version) affected the Muslim historian's work in subtle but profound ways.

Author: Zoltan Szombathy
ISBN-10: 9004677569
ISBN-13: 9789004677562
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2026
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.41lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 1.44d