Table of Contents: Classical Arabic biography :

Main Author:	Cooperson, Michael.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:	Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Subjects:	Literature and history > History and criticism. > Islamic Empire. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > History and criticism. > Historical. HISTORY > World. Biography. Historiography. Biografieën. Islamic Empire > Historiography. Islamic Empire > Biography Arabian Peninsula > Biography Islamic Empire.
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Table of Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on transliteration; Note on dating systems; Glossary; CHAPTER 1 The development of the genre; CHAPTER 2 The caliph al-Ma'mun; CHAPTER 3 The Imam 'Ali al-Rida; CHAPTER 4 The Hadith-scholar Ahmad Ibn Hanbal; CHAPTER 5 The renunciant Bishr al-Hafi; Conclusions; Appendix: The circumstances of 'Ali al-Rida's death; Bibliography; Index; Titles in the series.