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Akhbar Makkah

Akhbār Makkah
Authoral-Azraqī
Original titleAkhbār Makkah wa-mā jāʼa fīhā min al-Āthār
LanguageArabic
GenreHistory
Publication place9th-century Abbasid Caliphate

Akhbār Makkah wa-mā jāʼa fīhā min al-Āthār (Arabic: أخبار مكة وما جاء فيها من الآثار, romanized: Reports of Mecca and the Monuments which came about it) also simplified to just Akhbār Makkah, is a book written by the 9th-century Muslim scholar Al-Azraqi. The book chronicles the history of the city of Mecca from ancient to more contemporary times.

Contents

Akhbar Makkah describes the history of the city of Mecca, from way back to the times of pre-Islamic Arabia until the Umayyad and early Abbasid periods, as well as a glimpse at life in Mecca in the 9th century.[1][2][3] It provides detailed information regarding the construction and history of the Kaaba as well as the Masjid al-Haram and other historical places in the city.[1][2][3] Aside from landmarks and various sights in the city, the author also describes the rituals associated with holy places; both pre-Islamic and Islamic rituals.[1][2][3]

Editions

The original manuscripts in Arabic is stored in the Leiden University Library.[4] The manuscripts have been published into a modern book, of which there are a few editions:

  • A 14th-century reproduction of the manuscript in Arabic that is dated to 13 June 1374 which includes two illustrations of the Kaaba and the Masjid al-Haram under Abbasid rule. It was present in the collection of Sotheby's until it was auctioned off on the 26 April 2024.[5]
  • al-Azraqī (1969). Akhbār Makkah wa-mā jāʼa fīhā min al-Āthār. Dār al-Andalus lil-Nashr.
  • al-Azraqī (1983). Akhbār Makkah wa-mā jāʼa fīhā min al-Āthār. Dār al-Andalus lil-Nashr.
  • al-Azraqī (2004). Akhbār Makkah wa-mā jāʼa fīhā min al-Āthār. Cairo, Egypt: Maktabat al-Thaqāfah al-Dīnīyah. ISBN 9789773411275.
  • al-Azraqī (2005). Akhbār Makkah wa-mā jāʼa fīhā min al-Āthār. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: ‘Abd al-Maqṣūd Muḥammad Sa‘īd Khūjah.

In 1858–1861, a four-volume German translation by the orientalist scholar Ferdinand Wüstenfeld was published in Leipzig.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Al-Sabawi, Ahmad H.M. (2010). Azraqī wa-mawāriduhu fī kitābihi Akhbār Makkah wa-mā jā’a fīhā min al-āthār [Al-Azraqi and his references in his book Akhbār Makkah] (1st ed.). Baghdad, Iraq: Markaz al-Buḥūth wa-al-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīyah, Wakuf Sunni Dewan Research and Islamic Studies Center.
  2. ^ a b c Eid Al-Otaibe, Tufla Abdolraboh (April 2020). "The Resources and Methodology of Al-Azraqi in his book named "AkhbarMecca"". Journal of Scientific Research in Arts: Social Sciences and Humanities. 21 (4). doi:10.21608/JSSA.2020.105697.
  3. ^ a b c Grabar, Oleg (1985). "Upon Reading al-Azraqi". Muqarnas. 3: 1–7. doi:10.2307/1523080. ISSN 0732-2992.
  4. ^ Andrew Marsham (2010). "al-Azraqī". In Dunphy, Graeme (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle. Leiden: Brill. p. 138. ISBN 90-04-18464-3.
  5. ^ "Auction for an early copy of the Akhbār Makkah wa-mā jāʼa fīhā min al-Āthār dated to 1374". Sotheby's. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  6. ^ Wüstenfeld, Ferdinand (1857). Die Chroniken der Stadt Mekka. University of Michigan. Leipzig, In Commission bei F. A. Brockhaus.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhbar_Makkah