Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre- and Early Islamic Periods Including the Names of Murdered Poets
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Product Details
Author:
Geert Jan van Gelder, Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (d. AH 245/AD 860)
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
388
Publisher:
Brill (March 5, 2026)
Imprint:
Brill
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13:
9789004759046
ISBN-10:
9004759042
Weight:
19.52oz
Dimensions:
6.1" x 9.25" x 0.91"
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Folder:
TWO RIVERS
List Price:
$59.00
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Pub Discount:
35
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$56.05
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
H
Series:
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East
Overview
Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (d. 860), a specialist in Arab history, tribal genealogy, and poetry, who lived in Baghdad, collected in his Prominent Murder Victims many stories of murderers and murder victims from the legendary pre-Islamic past, such as how Bilqīs, the Arabic name for the Queen of Sheba, came to power, to the assassinations ordered by viziers or caliphs in the early Islamic centuries. A lengthy appendix deals with poets from pre- and early Islamic times who were killed. The stories are entertaining as well as informative. Strikingly, the author refrains from explicit moralising. The present book offers a richly annotated English translation together with an improved Arabic text and indexes of persons, places, and rhymes.
