Studies on the Jazīra, II: Dunaysir and its History
Studies on the Jazīra, II: Dunaysir and its History
Author(s): C. Edmund BosworthSubject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Islam studies, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Dunaysir; Upper Mesopotamia; Islamic towns; Islamic local histories; Abū Hafs ‘Umar b. al-Khidr al-Turkī.;
Summary/Abstract: This paper looks at the history of the small Islamic town of Dunaysir in the Diyār Rabī'a region of Upper Mesopotamia, which flourished especially in the 12th and 13th centuries A.D. as an agricultural centre and market town, with a lively intellectual and cultural life. A local physician and scholar, Abū Hafs 'Umar b. al-Khidr al-Turkī(d. ca. 1242-1243) wrote a history of the town's notable scholars and literary men. It is important for being the only known history of the town, for its rich biographical information and for being the sole authority for a large amount of Arabic verse by Jaziran poets. Biographical notes on these notables are given, and some illustrative sections of the history translated.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 59/2006
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-10
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
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