Shams al-dim al-Sakhawi as a historian of the 9th/15th century : with an edition of that section of his chronicles (Wajiz al-kalam) covering the period 800-849 / 1397-1445

[摘要] Although a prolific writer of history, Sakhawi is, primarily, atraditionist. As such, accuracy both in utterance and writing would,by the very nature of his training, be his first objective.Modern writers appear to have neglected the importance of hiscontribution to the understanding of the history of his century.accept for a few articles, comparatively little has been written. Itis, therefore, strange that such a mine of information as Sakhawi'swriting presents has remained so long in oblivion.In this thesis an attempt has been made to evaluate that contributiontogether with an edition of part of his work.The study has been divided into three sections, the first dealingwith Sakhawi’s life and times. This part of the study is based largelyon his autobiography which was written but a few months before he died.During research no reference was discovered to this most informativework.The section falls into three chapters, the first of which endeavoursto show the political and educational aspects of Cairo during the earlypart of Sakhawi's lifetime. Cairo was his native city and, as such,made great impact on his early life.In the second chapter the position of his family, his Shaykhs, theacademic journeys he made, his residence in Hijaz and the last phase ofhis life are portrayed.The third chapter deals with his activities as an adult, his reputationas a traditionist together with a survey of his works as presented inhis autobiography.In the second part, the study deals exclusively with Sakhawi asa historian of the 9th/15th century. This part also is divided intotwo chapters, the first of which considers the following aspects: -I Sakawi's works on the century;II His motives, methods and literary style andIII His treatment of the history of the century.The second chapter collates Sakhawi's methods of selecting hisinformation and the painstaking efforts he made to verify them, togetherwith his historical achievements, while the last two topics endeavour toevaluate his task as a historian in that century.Section three presents the hitherto unedited part of Wajiz al-Kalam...which deals with the history of the 9th/15th century. This sectionalso falls into the three divisions of preface, text and annotations.The last divides again into two groups one of which deals with thetextual variants mentioned in the footnotes and the other attempts todeal with the interpretation of most of the idiom, colloquial expressionsand the names of places and personalities mentioned in the supplement tothe text.

[发布机构] University:The University of St Andrews;Department:Modern Languages (School of)

[效力级别] Historiography--Islamic Empire

[关键词] Sakhāwī, Muhammad ibn ʻAbd al-Rahmān, 1427 or 8-1497;Historiography--Islamic Empire