The Muslim Conquest Of Iberia

This book explores the medieval Islamic historiography relating to the Arab conquest of Spain in 711, arguing that the body of medieval Arabic tradition about this conquest is a showcase for the diversity and creativity of medieval Islamic history-writing. Developed over six hundred years of writing [...]
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This book explores the medieval Islamic historiography relating to the Arab conquest of Spain in 711, arguing that the body of medieval Arabic tradition about this conquest is a showcase for the diversity and creativity of medieval Islamic history-writing. Developed over six hundred years of writing and rewriting, by scholars from al-Andalus to Iran, the tradition shows how competing priorities shaped myriad variations on a single story - and, in particular, how the scholars and patrons of a corner of the Islamic world distant from Baghdad viewed their own history.