Tajarib al-Umam
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Tajarib al-Umam is a major 11th-century Arabic historical chronicle by the Persian philosopher-historian Ibn Miskawayh, covering political and moral lessons drawn from earlier Islamic and pre-Islamic events.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose work
ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ medieval Islamic historiography work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
derive political lessons from past events
ⓘ
illustrate moral consequences of actions of rulers ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Buyid dynasty history ⓘ |
| author | Ibn Miskawayh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Buyid domains ⓘ |
| coversPeriod |
early Islamic period
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pre-Islamic era ⓘ up to the author’s own time ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 11th century ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic political ethics
ⓘ
history of the Islamic world ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
lessons drawn from history
ⓘ
moral evaluation of rulers ⓘ political events ⓘ |
| genre |
adab
ⓘ
history ⓘ moral and political treatise ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicity | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | multi-volume chronicle ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Islamic ethical literature
ⓘ
later Muslim historians ⓘ |
| hasMedium | manuscript ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
didactic
ⓘ
moralizing ⓘ philosophical ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Islamic ethical philosophy
ⓘ
Persian historiographical traditions ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Islamic history
ⓘ
moral lessons from historical events ⓘ political ethics ⓘ pre-Islamic history ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
analytical
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annalistic ⓘ |
| originalTitle | تجارب الأمم ⓘ |
| regionOfReception | Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of ethical historiography in Islam
ⓘ
major source for Buyid-era history ⓘ |
| titleInArabic | تجارب الأمم NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Experiences of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Islamic historiography studies
ⓘ
studies of Islamic political thought ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Persian philosopher-historian ⓘ |
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