Miskawaih and Arabic Historiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5129328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M S Khan (0000-0001-7894-4819, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 710 |
| Publication date | 1969-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/596943 |
| OpenAlex | W2323299209 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The paper opens with a statement that broadly speaking the Arabic historians can be divided into two classes (i) the traditionists and jurists and (ii) the savants, courtiers and secretaries. The characteristics of the history writing of these two classes of historians have been discussed and Miskawaih has been compared with the major historians belonging to them, in order to bring out clearly the special features of his history writing. It has been stated that Miskawaih belonged to the second group of historians and his concept of history, which he outlined in his voluminous historical work Tajarib al-Umam, was astonishingly modern. The conclusion drawn is that Miskawaih occupies a unique place among the Arabic historians. He belongs to the group of courtiers and secretaries. Even in his own group he possesses a marked individuality and his history has many distinctive features. Although a Persian, he was a remarkable representative of the Arabic culture of his age. He had something to offer to Arabic historiography in the way of political thinking about history and interest in statecraft and civil administration. Miskawaih was the first Arabic historian with a definite concept of history and he applied this to the writing of the history of his own time. This was his personal contribution to Arabic historiography
Arabic · Archaeology · Art · Historiography · Linguistics · Literature · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2020 (44) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |