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
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
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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