Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun

ISBN: 9780521088541 出版年：2000 页码：242 Michael Cooperson Cambridge University Press

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