Mónika Schönléber
Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī and his Kitāb al-futūḥ
Author, Textual Tradition, and Ridda Narrative. With a New Edition of the Text on the Ridda (2 Volumes)
Mónika Schönléber
Gerlach Press
Language: English
1. Edition (2025-03)
Hardcover (2 vols.), 742 pages
HC ISBN 9783959941808
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This two-volume study explores the life of the Muslim scholar Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī and his historical work, the Kitāb al-futūḥ (Book of Conquests). This study re-contextualises Ibn Aʿtham within the early fourth/tenth century, highlighting his contributions to Islamic historiography.
Volume 1 examines his biography, refines the timeline of his life and work, and traces its reception across the Muslim world. It provides codicological descriptions of the surviving Arabic manuscripts, analyses the narratives of the ridda (‘apostasy’) wars, and includes critical editions of the Kitāb al-futūḥ’s collective isnāds, accompanied by translations and analyses.
Volume 2 presents a new critical edition of the work’s opening sections, focusing on the saqīfa and ridda narratives, based on manuscripts kept at Forschungsbibliothek Gotha (Germany) and Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library in Patna (India)..
SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, Volume 29
ISSN: 2941- 1556
eISSN: 2941-1572