Historians of the Middle East

Oxford University Press

1962

xi, 519 p.

Historical writings of the peoples of Asia ; 4

Preface / by C.H. Philips -- Introduction / by Bernard Lewis and P.M. Holt. Part I. Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Historiography to the 12th/19th Century. The Materials Used by Ibn Isḥāq / W. Montgomery Watt -- The Influence of the Biblical Tradition on Muslim Historiography / Franz Rosenthal -- The Iraq School of History to the Ninth Century : A Sketch / A.A. Duri -- Islamic Biographical Literature / Sir Hamilton Gibb -- The Historiography of the Seljuqid Period / Claude Cahen -- Some Notes on Arabic Historiography During the Zengid and Ayyubid Periods (521/1127-648/1250) / M. Hilmy and M. Ahmad -- The Arabic Historiography of the Crusades / Francesco Gabrieli -- The origin and Development of the Local Histories of Syria / Sami Dahan -- The Origin and Development of Historiography in Muslim Spain / Charles Pellat -- The Evolution of Persian Historiography / Bertold Spuler -- Juvaynī and Rashīd Al-Dīn as Sources on the History of the Mongols / J.A. Bole -- The Persian Historian Bayhaqī / Mujtaba Minovi -- Persian Biographical Literature / Ann K.S. Lambton -- The Rise of Ottoman Historiography / Halil Inalcik -- The Beginnings of Ottoman Historiography / V.L. Ménage -- The use by Muslim historians of non-Muslim sources / Bernard Lewis -- The Utility of Ottoman Fetḥnāmes / G.L. Lewis -- The Historiography of Ottoman-Safavid Relations in the Sixteen and Seventeenth Centuries / J.R. Walsh -- The Traditional Historiography of The Maronites / K.S. Salibi -- Histoirans of Lebanon / A.H. Hourani -- Syriac Chronicles as Source Material for the History of Islamic Peoples / J.B. Segal -- Armenian Historiography / C.J.F. Dowsett. Part II. European (Including Russian) Historical Writing on the Near and Middle East from the Middle Ages to the Present Day. Byzantine Historians and the Ottoman Turks / Sir Steven Runciman --Renaissance Historical Literature in Relation to the Near and Middle East (With Special Reference to Paolo Giovio) / V.J. Parry -- The Treatment of Arab History by Prideaux, Ockley and Sale / P.M. Holt -- Islam as an Historical Problem in European Historigraphy Since 1800 / J.W. Fück -- Some Remarks on Weil's History of the Caliphs / D.M. Dunlop -- Islam and Syria in the Writings of Henri Lammens / K.S. Salibi -- Two British Historians of Persia / M.E. Yapp -- Historical Writings on the Sudan Since 1820 / R.L. Hill -- Soviet Historiography on the Islamic Orient / R.N. Frye -- Soviet Writing on Persia from 1906 to 1946 / G.E. Wheeler. Part III. Modern Middle Eastern Historical Writing. The Historian Al-Jabartī / David Ayalon -- Historiogrpahy in Egypt in the Nineteenth Century / Gamal el-Din el-Shayyal -- Ottoman Historiography of the Tanzimat Period / Ercüment Kuran -- Iranian Historiography / Firuz Kazemzadeh -- Development in Arab Historiography as Reflected in the Struggle between 'Alī amd mu'āwiya / N.A. Faris -- Reactions to Western Political Influences in 'Alī Aḥmad Bākathīr's Drama / Umberto Rizzitano. Part IV. General Themes. Introductory Remarks / A.H. Hourani -- Self-image and Approach to History / G.E. von Grunebaum -- The Historical Development in Islam of the Concept of Islam as an Historical Development / Wilfred Cantwell Smith.

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