Historians of the Middle East

Table of contents

• Title Page v
• Preface vii
• Contents ix
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Historiography to the 12/19th Century 21
• 1 - The Materials Used by Ibn IsḤĀq 23
• 2 - The Influence of the Biblical Tradition on Muslim Historiography 35
• 3 - The Iraq School of History to the Ninth Century— a Sketch 46
• 4 - Islamic Biographical Literature 54
• 5 - The Historiography of the Seljuqid Period 59
• 6 - Some Notes on Arabic Historiography during the Zengid and Ayyubid Periods (521/1127-648/1250) 79
• 7 - The Arabic Historiography of the Crusades 98
• 8 - The Origin and Development of the Local Histories of Syria 108
• 9 - The Origin and Development of Historiography in Muslim Spain 118
• 10 - The Evolution of Persian Historiography 126
• 11 - JuvaynĪ and RaS+H+̲Īd Al-DĪn as Sources on the History of the Mongols 133
• 12 - The Persian Historian BayhaqĪ 138
• 13 - Persian Biographical Literature 141
• 14 - The Rise of Ottoman Historiography 152
• 15 - The Beginnings of Ottoman Historiography 168
• 16 - The Use by Muslim Historians of Non-Muslim Sources 180
• 17 - The Utility of Ottoman FetḤnĀmes 192
• 18 - The Historiography of Ottoman-Safavid Relations in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 197
• Works Mentioned in the Text 211
• 19 - The Traditional Historiography of the Maronites 212
• 20 - Historians of Lebanon 226
• 21 - Syriac Chronicles as Source Material for the History of Islamic Peoples 246
• Select Bibliography 258
• 22 - Armenian Historiography 259
• Part II - European (including Russian) Historical Writing on the Near and Middle East from the Middle Ages to the Present Day 269
• 23 - Byzantine Historians and the Ottoman Turks 271
• 24 - Renaissance Historical Literature in Relation to the Near and Middle East (with Special Reference to Paolo Giovio) 277
• 25 - The Treatment of Arab History by Prideaux, Ockley and Sale 290
• 26 - Islam as an Historical Problem in European Historiography since 1860 303
• 27 - Some Remarks on Weil's History of the Caliphs 315
• 28 - Islam and Syria in the Writings of Henri Lammens 330
• 29 - Two British Historians of Persia 343
• 30 - Historical Writing on the Sudan Since 1820 357
• 31 - Soviet Historiography on the Islamic Orient 367
• 32 - Soviet Writing on Persia from 1906 to 1946 375
• Part III - Modern Middle Eastern Historical Writing 389
• 33 - The Historian Al-JabartĪ 391
• 34 - Historiography in Egypt in the Nineteenth Century 403
• 35 - Ottoman Historiography of the Tanzimat Period 422
• 36 - Iranian Historiography 430
• 37 - Development in Arab Historiography as Reflected in the Struggle between 'AlĪ and Mu'Āwiya 435
• 38 - Reactions to Western Political Influences in 'Alī AḤmad BĀkaT+H+̲Īr's Drama 442
• Part IV - General Themes 449
• 39 - Introductory Remarks 451
• 40 - Self-Image and Approach to History 457
• 41 - The Historical Development in Islam of the Concept of Islam as an Historical Development 484
• Index 503

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