TY - BOOK ID - 101520908 TI - History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate : writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature PY - 2022 SN - 1838600566 1838600558 9781838600563 9781788319232 1788319230 PB - Bloomsbury Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Arabic literature KW - Islamic literature KW - Muslim literature KW - Religious literature KW - History and criticism KW - Ṣūlī, Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá, KW - E-books KW - Arabic literature. KW - History in literature. KW - Memory in literature. KW - 750-1800. KW - Mémoire dans la littérature. KW - Littérature arabe KW - History and criticism. KW - Histoire et critique. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101520908 AB - "Abu Bakr al-Suli was a noted polymath and table companion in the courts of three Abbasid caliphs. In addition to his work as observer of the court, he is perhaps best known for his poetry - which would have a long-lasting influence on Arabic literature - historiographical insight and skill as a chess player. Letizia Osti here provides the first full-length English-language study devoted to al-Suli. In so doing, she sheds light onto broader questions, such as: How did the Abbasid court make sense of the past? What was the importance of written culture? And book collecting? What does 'historiography' mean in a medieval Islamic context?" ER -