Ouyang, Wen-Chin (2022) 'Harun al-Rashid in Premodern Arabic Literary Imaginary: Ideology of Monogamy, Harem Politics, and Court Intrigues.' In: van Berkel, Maaike and Osti, Letizia, (eds.), The Historian of Islam at Work: Essays in Honor of Hugh N. Kennedy. Leiden: Brill, pp. 340-355. (Islamic History and Civilization, vol. 198)
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Abstract
Harun al-Rashid has a powerful presence in the Medieval Arabic Literary Imaginary. This chapter explores the imaginings of the character, entourage and rule of Harun al-Rashid in medieval Arabic storytelling and adab works and examines the role this body of stories and anecdotes interrogates political authority in pre-modern times.
| Item Type: | Book Chapters |
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| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics |
| ISBN: | 9789004525238 |
| Copyright Statement: | This is the version of the chapter accepted for publication in van Berkel, Maaike and Osti, Letizia, (eds.), The Historian of Islam at Work: Essays in Honor of Hugh N. Kennedy. Leiden: Brill, pp. 340-355. published by Brill (2022). Re-use is subject to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004525245_019 |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2022 12:57 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/38170 |
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