Al-Dīnawarī's Kitāb al-Aḥbār al-Ṭiwāl : an historiographical study of Sasanian Iran
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Al-Dīnawarī's Kitāb al-Aḥbār al-Ṭiwāl : an historiographical study of Sasanian Iran
（Res orientales, v. 23）
Groupe pour l'étude de la civilisation du Moyen-Orient, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-19) and index
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Description
This book is a study of the pre-Islamic passages of Abu Hanifa Ahmad ibn
Dawud ibn Wanand Dinawari's Kitab al-Akhbar al-Tiwal. It is
intended for scholars of Late Antiquity. Special emphasis is placed on
Dinawari's exposition of the rule of the Sasanian dynasty and questions
relating to the mysterious Khudaynama tradition which are
intimately connected with it. Beginning with a discussion of Dinawari
and his work, the book moves into a discussion of indigenous Iranian
historiography. Speculation on the sources of Kitab al-Akhbar
al-Tiwal follows, and the historiographical investigation of the
most substantial portion of Kitab al-Akhbar al-Tiwal's notices on
the Sasanian dynasty comes next. The findings of the book are set out in
a narrative of Sasanian history at the end.
This book was written
with one main question in mind: what does Dinawari's Kitab al-Akhbar
al-Tiwal have to say about pre-Islamic Iranian history? A host of
other questions arose immediately: who was Dinawari; when did he live;
what did he do; how was his work perceived by others; where did Dinawari
get his information and how did he present it; is Dinawari's information
reliable?
Destine aux specialistes de l'Antiquite tardive,
ce livre etudie les passages du Kitab al-Akhbar al-Tiwal de Abu
Hanifa Ahmad ibn Dawud ibn Wanand Dinawari qui traitent de l'epoque
preislamique, et en particulier de la periode sassanide (224-651 de n.
ere). La problematique principale de l'Auteur a trait aux intentions
d'ecriture de Dinawari lorsqu'il ecrit l'histoire iranienne
pre-islamique - ce qui entraine d'autres interrogations: qui etait
exactement Dinawari? Comment son oeuvre a-t-elle ete percue a son
epoque? Ou a-t-il trouve ses informations et comment les a-t-il
presentees? Ses donnees sont-elles credibles?
Apres une discussion
sur Dinawari et son oeuvre, cet ouvrage aborde la question du role de
l'historiographie iranienne, celle des eventuelles sources du Kitab
al-Akhbar al-Tiwal et de la tradition du Khudaynama.
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