Journal article

Meta-Narratives: Political Legitimacy, Fate and Piety in the Narratives of the Abbasid Civil War

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to highlight some of the broader moral and religious concerns of Abbasid historiography as pertains to the Abbasid Civil War and the ensuing reign of al-Ma'mun.

Keywords

Abbasid historiographyIbn A'thamal DinawariIslamic HistoriographyAbbasid Civil Waral Aminal Ma'mun

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