The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muhammad - Brossura

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Rashid, Mamar Ibn

 
9781479816828: The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muhammad
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ISBN 10: 1479816825 ISBN 13: 9781479816828
Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 2015

Sinossi

The Expeditions is one of the oldest biographies of the Prophet Muhammad to survive into the modern era. Its primary author, Ma'mar ibn Rashid (714-770 AD/96-153 AH), was a prominent scholar from Basra in southern Iraq who was revered for his learning in prophetic traditions, Islamic law, and the interpretation of the Qur'an. This fascinating foundational seminal work contains stories handed down by Ma'mar to his most prominent pupil, 'Abd al-Razzaq of Sanaa, relating Muhammad’s early life and prophetic career as well as the adventures and tribulations of his earliest followers during their conquest of the Near East.

Edited from a sole surviving manuscript, the Arabic text offers numerous improved readings over those of previous editions, including detailed notes on the text’s transmission and variants as found in later works. This new translation, which renders the original into readable, modern English for the first time, is accompanied by numerous annotations elucidating the cultural, religious and historical contexts of the events and individuals described within its pages.

The Expeditions represents an important testimony to the earliest Muslims’ memory of the lives of Muhammad and his companions, and is an indispensable text for gaining insight into the historical biography of both the Prophet and the rise of the Islamic empire.

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L'autore

Ma'mar ibn Rashid (96-153 H/714-770 AD) was originally a Persian slave from Basra who traveled extensively trading wares for the Azd tribe. Thanks to his nomadic profession and his dealings with the court of the Umayyad caliphs, he became acquainted with—and ultimately the pupil of—one of the greatest Muslim scholars of his generation, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (d. 124 H/742 AD).

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Editore
New York Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2015
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1479816825
ISBN 13 
9781479816828
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
274
Redattore
Anthony Sean W.
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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9780814769638: The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muhammad

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0814769632 ISBN 13:  9780814769638
Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 2014
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