al-Makīn Ǧirǧis Ibn al-ʿAmīd: Universal History

The Vulgate Recension. From Adam to the End of the Achaemenids

Author: Martino Diez Series: Arabic Christianity

al-Makīn Ǧirǧis Ibn al-ʿAmīd: Universal History

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“The historian of the Christians”: this is how Ibn Ḫaldūn referred to his Coptic predecessor al-Makīn Ibn al-ʿAmīd. His universal chronography is finally available in a critical edition and annotated translation.

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When the 13th-century Coptic official al-Makīn Ibn al-ʿAmīd was thrown into prison by Sultan Baybars, he set out to compile a summary of Biblical, Graeco-Roman, and Islamic history for his own consolation. His work, which drew from a vast array of sources, enjoyed enduring success among various readerships: Oriental Christians, in Arabic-speaking communities but also in Ethiopia; Mamluk historians, including Ibn Ḫaldūn and al-Maqrīzī; and early modern Europe. A major instance of Christian-Muslim interaction in the pre-modern era, Ibn al-ʿAmīd’s chronography is still unpublished in its pre-Islamic part. This volume edits, analyzes, and translates the section from Adam to the Achaemenids.

About the Author

Martino Diez, Ph.D. (2007), is Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Catholic University of Milan. He is scientific director of the Oasis International Foundation. In 2019 he was a visiting member to the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He has mainly published on Abbasid literature (al-Mutanabbī and al-Maʿarrī) and Christian-Muslim relations.