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DAVID MORRAY, An Ayyubid Notable and His World: Ibn al-Ad―im and Aleppo as Portrayed in His Biographical Dictionary of People Associated with the City (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1994). Pp. 235.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2001

James E. Lindsay
Affiliation:
Department of History, Colorado State University

Abstract

An Ayyubid Notable and His World delivers on its title. David Morray's careful study of Ibn al-Adim's (d. 1262) Bughyat al-talab fi tarikh Halab (Everything Desirable about the History of Aleppo) exemplifies how this important local history can be used to shed light on the social history of medieval northern Syria, especially under the Ayyubids.1

Type
BOOK REVIEW
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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