TY - JOUR
T1 - Al-Hīra and Its Histories
AU - Wood, Philip
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/10
Y1 - 2016/10
N2 - This study considers the production of history-writing in the Nasrid kingdom of al-hīra at the end of the sixth century. It argues that hīran history-writing encompassed king-lists, stories of tribal migration, and episcopal histories for the see of hīra, and that the majority of these were composed in the era of the last Nasrid king, al-Nu'mān III. It goes on to argue that the hīran material embedded in later sources such as al-Tabarī reflects the politics of the hīran court in the period ca. 590–610, the last generation of hīran independence.
AB - This study considers the production of history-writing in the Nasrid kingdom of al-hīra at the end of the sixth century. It argues that hīran history-writing encompassed king-lists, stories of tribal migration, and episcopal histories for the see of hīra, and that the majority of these were composed in the era of the last Nasrid king, al-Nu'mān III. It goes on to argue that the hīran material embedded in later sources such as al-Tabarī reflects the politics of the hīran court in the period ca. 590–610, the last generation of hīran independence.
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U2 - 10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.4.0785
DO - 10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.4.0785
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85142325859
SN - 0003-0279
VL - 136
SP - 785
EP - 799
JO - Journal of the American Oriental Society
JF - Journal of the American Oriental Society
IS - 4
ER -