Portrait of an eighth-century gentleman : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in history and literature

Author(s)

• Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko

Bibliographic Information

Portrait of an eighth-century gentleman : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in history and literature

by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila

（Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, section 1 . The Near and Middle East / edited by Maribel Fierro ... [et al.] ; v. 141）

Brill, c2020

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-264) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman. Khalid ibn S afwan in History and Literature by Jaakko Hameen-Anttila is an in-depth study of the eighth-century Umayyad and early Abbasid orator and courtier Khalid ibn S afwan and the development of his character in adab literature. The book collects and translates all his sayings and stories about him culled from a wide range of Arabic and Persian texts. In the book, Hameen-Anttila studies the mechanisms of change in early narratives, showing how Arabic anecdotes developed and were modified by a series of authors during both their oral and literary transmission, changing a historical person into a literary character. Detailed chapters discuss Khalid in his various roles and analyse the literary techniques of the stories.

Table of Contents

Preface PART 1: Study 1 Khalid ibn S afwan as a Historical Character 1.1 Historical Context 1.2 Sources 1.3 Life and Political Importance 1.4 Genealogy and Family 1.5 Khalid's Later Fame 2 Khalid ibn S afwan and Early Arabic Prose 2.1 Linguistic and Literary Context 2.2 Khalid as a Literary Character 2.3 Stories and their Rhetorical Features 2.4 Khalid as Storyteller and Transmitter of Poetry 2.5 Anecdotes as Early 'Abbasid Prose 2.6 Mufakhara and mah asin wa-masawi 2.7 Speeches 2.8 The Literary Khalid: Conclusions PART 2: Translations 3 Stories from al-Baladhuri, Ansab VII/1: 55-88 (B1-B115) 4 Stories from Other Sources (A1-A108) 4.1 Storyteller and Transmitter of Poetry 4.2 Encounters with Caliphs and Governors 4.3 Mufakharas and mah asin wa-masawi 4.4 Lah h an and Linguistic Authority 4.5 Orator and Wit 4.6 Family 4.7 Miser 4.8 Sayings 4.9 Various Stories 5 Stories Excluded from the Corpus (C1-C3) Bibliography Source References to B1-B115 Index of Personal Names Index of Place Names Index of Topics

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC01623448
• ISBN:
  • 9789004433960
• LCCN: 2020024565
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 272 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PJ7700.K53
  • DC23 : 892.7/53
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, active 8th century -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Arabic prose literature -- 622-750 -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Speeches, addresses, etc., Arabic -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, active 8th century -- In literature
  • LCSH : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, active 8th century -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Muslim scholars -- Islamic Empire -- Biography
  • LCSH : Orators -- Islamic Empire -- Biography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00635968