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Astrology and history in early Islam : aligning heaven and earth /

The first study to highlight the links between astrology and history in early Islam A new study of the construction of historical knowledge in early Islam, highlighting the neglected links between astrology and historyPresents and analyses the entirely overlooked corpus of astrological historiesShed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Borrut, Antoine (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2026.
Series:Critical approaches to Arabic historiography
Subjects:
Astrology, Arab > History.
Islamic astrology > History.
Astrologie arabe > Histoire.
Astrologie islamique > Histoire.
HISTORY / Middle East / General.
HISTORY / General.
SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy.
Islamic astrology
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION THE CENTRALITY OF ASTROLOGY
  • Part I ASTROLOGY, EMPIRE AND HISTORY
  • Part II LAYERS OF FORGETTING
  • Part III THE MAKING OF ISLAMIC HISTORIOGRAPHY
  • CONCLUSION REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING ASTROLOGICAL HISTORIES
  • APPENDIX MAIN ASTROLOGICAL HISTORIES
  • SOURCES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX