Al-Makin Girgis Ibn Al-Amid: Universal History; The Vulgate Recensionp; From Adam to the End of the Achaemenids
Martino Diez, "Al-Makin Girgis Ibn Al-Amid: Universal History; The Vulgate Recensionp; From Adam to the End of the Achaemenids"
English, العربية | ISBN: 9004549986 | 2023 | 1115 pages | PDF | 29 MB
English, العربية | ISBN: 9004549986 | 2023 | 1115 pages | PDF | 29 MB
"When the 13th-century Coptic official al-Makin Ibn al-'Amid was thrown into prison by Sultan Baybars, he set out to compile a summary of Biblical, Graeco-Roman, and Islamic history for his own consolation. His work, which drew from a vast array of sources, enjoyed enduring success among various readerships: Oriental Christians, in Arabic-speaking communities but also in Ethiopia; Mamluk historians, including Ibn Haldun and al-Maqrizi; and early modern Europe. A major instance of Christian-Muslim interaction in the pre-modern era, Ibn al-'Amid's chronography is still unpublished in its pre-Islamic part. This volume edits, analyzes, and translates the section from Adam to the Achaemenids"–