Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of Al-Ma'mun by Michael Cooperson

Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of Al-Ma'mun

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

Michael Cooperson

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Premodern Arabic biography has served as a major source for the history of Islamic civilization. In the first book-length study to explore the origins and development of classical Arabic biography, Michael Cooperson demonstrates how Muslim scholar...

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