ISBN (13)9781107127036 
LanguageEnglish 
Classification955.0072 HAN 
Title EntryAuthority and identity in medieval Islamic historiography: 
SubtitlePersian histories from the peripheries 
MediumBook 
Class Scheme & Edition DDC 23 
AuthorHanaoka, Mimi 
Cover
Place of PublicationNew York, USA : 
Publisher's NameCambridge University Press, 
Date of Publication2016 
Extentxvi, 304p.  
Other Detailslist of abbreviations, bibliography, footnotes, indexed  
Series Responsibility - PersonalRobinson, Chase F (editor) 
Series Statement TitleCambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization 
Item DescriptorOffering an innovative, interdiscipinary method of approaching local histories form the Persianite world, highlighting the preoccupation withauthority to rule and legitimacy within disparate regional, provincial, ethnic, sectariain, ideological and professional communities 
Formatted Content NoteSections include – Methodologies for reading hybrid identities and imagined histories; Contexts and authorship; Dreaming of the prophet; Holy bloodlines, prophetic utterances, and taxonomies of belonging; Living virtues of the land; Sacred bodies and sanctified cities; Prophetic etymologies and sacred spaces; The view from Anatolia; and Lessons from the peripheries 
Level Content-AudienceUndergraduate 
Subject Entry Iran - Historiography
Turkey - Historiography
Middle East - Politics and government
Islam and politics - Middle Ages
Iran - Politics and government
Iran - History
Turkey - History 
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