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A History of the Caliphate in the Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān of ad-Damīrī
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
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Owing to the voluminousness of the great Arabic works on general history, from the fourth century A.H. onwards many abridgments were made from them by both the authors of the large works themselves and later hands. These concise works contain a brief survey of the history of Islām as is seen in the Kitāb duwal al-islām of adh-Dhahabī or an enumeration oxf the illustrious persons of a longer period as is seen in the Tabaqāt al-huffāz of the same author.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1935 , pp. 143 - 155
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page 143 note 1 For details see my paper “Ein arabisches Kompendium der Weltgeschichte. Das Kitāb duwal al-islām des a
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page 144 note 1 For the sources of the Hayāt al-hayawān see my “Index”, pp. 13–128.
page 144 note 2 In the third edition of the Hayāt al-hayawān al-kuhrā, Cairo, 1305 A.H., in vol. i, pp. 44–96.Google Scholar
page 144 note 3 See Hayāt al-Jiayawān, vol. i, p. 43, 11. 22–5.Google Scholar
page 144 note 1 al-Qur'an, v, 49.
page 144 note 5 See Hayāt al-layawān, vol. i, p. 43, 1. 26, to p. 44, 1. 19.Google Scholar
page 144 note 6 Ibid., vol. ii, p. 196, 1. 28, to p. 197, 1. 9.
page 144 note 7 Ibid., vol. i, p. 44, 11. 20–1.
page 145 note 1 Ibid., 11. 22–3.
page 145 note 2 Ibid., p. 45, 11. 4–6.
page 145 note 3 Ibid., p. 46, 11. 15–6.
page 145 note 4 Ibid., p. 48, 11. 5–12.
page 146 note 1 Ibid., p. 49, 11. 20–2.
page 146 note 2 Ibid., p. 61, 11. 29–30.
page 146 note 3 Ibid., p. 68, 11. 28–31.
page 147 note 1 Ibid., p. 90, 11. 25–6.
page 147 note 2 Ibid., p. 94, 11. 23–32.
page 147 note 3 Ibid., p. 94, 1. 32, to p. 96, 1. 12.
page 147 note 4 Ibid., p. 313, 11. 23–31.
page 148 note 1 According to a saying of ‘A’isha quoted in the article as-sabandā (a bold leopard, vol. ii, p. 14, 11. 26–7), the genii wailed for 'Umar three days before his death.
page 148 note 2 See vol. i, p. 56, 11. 16–25, and vol. ii, p. 245, 11. 14–17.
page 148 note 3 Ibid., vol. i., p. 69, 11. 5–10.
page 148 note 4 Ibid., p. 96, 1. 12.
page 150 note 1 By either al-Ghazālī or al-Harīrī: both the works were consulted by ad-Damīrī. See my “Index”, Nos. 295 (al-Ghazālī) and 432 (al-Harīrī).
page 153 note 1 How much adh-Dhahabiī's works were appreciated by our author is evident from his record on the caliphate of Muhammad al-Muqtafī li amr Allāh: that according to “our friend the Hāfiz Salāhaddīn Khalil ibn Muhammad al-Aqfahsī” this caliph was followed by a certain al-Mustazhir but, not knowing this, he does not mention him, the more so as adh-Dhahabī mentions the caliphs in the order as he gives them (see i, 89, 4–6). A similar discordant view of adh-Dhahabī is also mentioned concerning al-Hākim bi amr Allāh Ahmad ibn al-Mustakfī billāh who, according to al-Husaynī in his Dhayl 'alā l-'Ibar, followed his father al-Mustakfī billāh, whereas adh-Dhahabī asserts at the end of his Dhayl that he was followed by his brother Ibrāhīm (see vol. i, p. 91, 11. 30–4).
page 154 note 1 Vol. i, p. 51, 1. 18, to p. 52, 1. 24.
page 154 note 2 In addition to the four orthodox schools that of Sufyān ath-Thaurī (lived in the eighth century A.D.) is also mentioned by ad-Damīrī.
page 154 note 3 Instead of Ibn Māja, ad-Damīrī quotes ad-Dāraqutnī as the sixth one.
page 154 note 4 Vol. i, p. 93, 1. 3, to p. 94, 1. 14.
page 155 note 1 For a similar treatise on polite manners see also the article as-saqr (the hawk), vol. ii, p. 58, 1. 2, to p. 59, 1. 14.