Writing Egypt: Al-Maqrizi and His Historical Project

by Nasser Rabbat

Although al-Maqrizi is recognised as the most influential historian of pre-modern Egypt, he has never received the probing historical treatment warranted by his standing and scholarly output. This book fills that gap. Arranged in three sections, it tells al-Maqrizi's life story in the first, weaves it with historiographical, textual and methodological analysis of his oeuvre in the second, and reconstructs the afterlife of the author and his work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399502824
• ISBN13: 9781399502825
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"