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

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

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Main Author: Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.
Series:Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, the Near and Middle East, voume 41
Subjects:
Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, > active 8th century > Criticism and interpretation.
Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, > active 8th century > In literature.
Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, > active 8th century > Translations into English.
Arabic prose literature > 622-750 > History and criticism.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Arabic > History and criticism.
Muslim scholars > Islamic Empire > Biography.
Orators > Islamic Empire > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Study
  • 1. Khalid ibn Safwan as a Historical Character
  • 1.1. Historical Context
  • 1.2. Sources
  • 1.2.1. Lost Sources
  • 1.2.2. Existing Stories
  • 1.3. Life and Political Importance
  • 1.3.1. Historicity of the Stories
  • 1.3.2. Historical Khalid
  • 1.4. Genealogy and Family
  • 1.4.1.1. Sinan al-Ahtam
  • 1.4.1.2. 'Amr ibn al-Ahtam
  • 1.4.1.3. 'Abdallah ibn al-Ahtam
  • 1.4.1.4. 'Abdallah ibn 'Abdallah
  • 1.4.1.5. Khaqan ibn 'Abdallah
  • 1.4.1.6. Sab(b)ah ibn Khaqan
  • 1.4.1.7. Muhammad, Ma'mar, and Mu'ammal, Sons of Khaqan
  • 1.4.1.8. Children of 'Amr ibn al-Ahtam
  • 1.4.1.9. `Abdallah ibn 'Amr and Shayba ibn 'Abdallah
  • 1.4.1.10. Shablb ibn Shayba and His Sons
  • 1.4.1.11. Safwan ibn 'Abdallah and His Sons
  • 1.4.1.12. Khalid ibn Safwan's Children
  • 1.5. Khalid's Later Fame
  • 2. Khalid ibn Safwan and Early Arabic Prose
  • 2.1. Linguistic and Literary Context
  • 2.2. Khalid as a Literary Character
  • 2.2.1. Lahhan and Linguistic Authority
  • 2.2.2. Miser
  • 2.2.3. Misogynist
  • 2.2.4. Ascetic
  • 2.2.5. On Eloquence
  • 2.3. Stories and their Rhetorical Features
  • 2.3.1. Maxims and Punch Lines
  • 2.4. Khalid as Storyteller and Transmitter of Poetry
  • 2.5. Anecdotes as Early 'Abbasid Prose
  • 2.5.1. Building Up Stories V.A2.4 (Khalid and Umm Salama)
  • 2.5.2. Building Up Stories 2: B82 (Northern Arabs vs. Southern Arabs)
  • 2.5.3. Literary Technique in the Anecdotes
  • 2.5.3.1. Use of Isnad
  • 2.5.3.2. Change of Narrative Voice
  • 2.5.3.3. Creation of Dialogue
  • 2.5.3.4. Upgrading of Interlocutors
  • 2.5.3.5. Wandering Stories
  • 2.6. Mujakhara and mahasinwa-masawi
  • 2.7. Speeches
  • 2.8. Literary Khalid: Conclusions
  • pt. 2 Translations
  • 3. Stories from al-Baladhurl, Ansab VII/I: 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 mahdsin wa-masdwi
  • 4.4. Lahhan 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).

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