Authority and Identity in Medieval Islamic Historiography Persian Histories from the Peripheries |
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| Author:
| Hanaoka, Mimi |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-12703-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2016 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $143.95 |
Book Description:
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Mimi Hanaoka offers an innovative interdisciplinary approach to the literary aspects of local histories from the Persianate world between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. She highlights the preoccupation with authority to rule and legitimacy within disparate regional, provincial, ethnic, sectarian, ideological, and professional communities.
Mimi Hanaoka offers an innovative interdisciplinary approach to the literary aspects of local histories from the Persianate world between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. She highlights the preoccupation with authority to rule and legitimacy within disparate regional, provincial, ethnic, sectarian, ideological, and professional communities.