Mimi Hanaoka: 1 book
Authority and Identity in Medieval Islamic Historiography
Persian Histories from the Peripheries
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Intriguing dreams, improbable myths, fanciful genealogies, and suspect etymologies. These were all key elements of the historical texts composed by scholars and bureaucrats on the peripheries of Islamic empires between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. But how are historians to interpret such narratives?...
