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Islamic Historiography First published in 1975 State University of New York Press 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12210
1975 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Khalidi, Tarif, 1938 Islamic historiography. Includes index. 1. al-Mas'udi, d. 956? I. Title. DS37. 5. M35K45 907'. 2'024 [B] 75-5933 ISBN 0-87395-282-0 ISBN 0-87395-283-9 (microfiche)
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To A.S.K., A.S.K. and the memory of A.S.K.
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Acknowledgments
This study grew out of a doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of Chicago in 1970. When I first began my studies there, I was granted a generous fellowship from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies which enabled me to work in pleasant and stimulating surroundings. To the then director, Professor William R. Polk, I extend my heartfelt thanks. This study owes most to Professor Muhsin Mahdi, formerly of Chicago and now the James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic at Harvard. His incisive critical comments guided my research and his interest and encouragement sustained my labours. It is a pleasant privilege to have been his student. Professors Wilferd Madelung and Jaroslav Stetkevych of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of the University of Chicago, also read the entire work and encouraged me at every stage of writing. Professor Madelung was particularly helpful on problems of Islamic theology while Professor Stetkevych took great interest in the chapter on adab and both amended and deleted much that would have made this study more imperfect than it is. Professor Nabia Abbott of the Oriental Institute, though not directly involved in this study, was a constant source of inspiration throughout my years at Chicago. The staff of the library of the Oriental Institute was invariably helpful and I would like in particular to thank the librarian, Miss Shirley Lyon, for many hours of patience and courtesy.
In Beirut, my colleague, Professor Constantine K. Zurayk, read the entire work and made numerous and pertinent suggestions for improving it. My brother, Professor Walid Khalidi of the Institute for Palestine Studies, while not directly involved in the present work, has over the years been a stimulating intellectual mentor over a wide spectrum of topics.
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In preparing this study for publication, I again received generous help from many quarters. Mr. Norman Mangouni, Director of the State University of New York Press, extended his interest and gracious assistance at every stage and Mr. W. Bruce Johnson, copy-editor, applied expert revision to the text. I am also deeply grateful for the encouragement and advice of Professor George F. Hourani of the Department of Philosophy of the State University of New York at Buffalo. Mr. Zahi Khuri, Director of Publications at the American University of Beirut, gently shepherded the often bewildered author through the intricacies of publication. My aunt, Mrs. Salwa Jeha Khalidi, typed the manuscript with her usual loving care. Mrs. Suha Tamim, godmother to many books already, compiled the index as a task of friendship. No blame, however, can possibly attach to any of these ladies and gentlemen for my errors of omission or commission. Their labor merits, alas, a more plenteous harvest.
Finally, to my wife, Amal Saidi Khalidi, I owe a debt of gratitude which public acknowledgment does little to repay. She and I alone can settle that account if indeed that account can ever be settled.
TARIF KHALIDI DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
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