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Book SynopsisThe chapter about idol worship in Maqrīzī’s Universal History includes excerpts from books that are no longer extant. They make it harder to argue against the import or even the very existence of pre-Islamic idol worship.
Table of ContentsPreface List of Plates Abbreviations Introduction 1 Idols in Conversion Reports 2 Mecca 3 Medina (Yaṯrib) (§ 110–117) 4 Idols and Treasuries Notes on the Edition and the Translation Plates Abbreviations and Symbols Critical Edition and Translation of al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, vol. IV, Section 2: The Idols of the Arabs Section on the Idols of the Arabs [Their aṣnām and awṯān] Wadd Suwāʿ Yaġūṯ Yaʿūq Nasr Hubal Isāf and Nāʾilah Saʿd ʿĀʾim Ḏū l-Šará Ruḍā Ḍamār Al-Ḥarīš, Ṣaḫr, Šams, al-Bihām, al-Qayn, Šafr, al-Ḥibs, Ġayyān, Isāf, Samūl, Ḥusā, al-Ṭimm, al-Samḥ Sāf, al-Dībāǧ, al-Zabr Huzzam Manāf Dawār Al-Fals Nuhm Al-Suʿayr Al-Uqayṣir Al-ʿUrayf Al-Ḥalāl Aḥmas ʿAmm Anas Al-Šurayr, Ġanm, Ḏū l-Kaffayni Al-Šāriq Marsūġ Al-Bayḍāʾ Kulāl Al-Ḫamīs Al-Mukaymin Yalīl Barkulān Qurs Al-ʿAbd Al-Ǧuṯā Farrāḍ Zaʿbal Al-Ǧalsad Ḥumām ʿAwḍ Saqb Section on al-ǧibt and al-ṭāġūt Al-ʿUzzá Allāt Manāt Ḏū l-Kaʿabāt Ḏū l-Ḫalaṣah The Kaʿbah of Naǧrān Riyām Al-Qalīs/al-Qullays Al-Huǧam The account of Ḏāt Anwāṭ Anṣāb Ruḍā Buss Fire Temple Al-Saʿīdah Bibliography List of Quoted Manuscripts Index of Qurʾānic Verses Index of Verses of Poetry Index of Prophetic Traditions Index of Names (People and Places) Index of Technical Terms Index of Quoted Titles in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar Index of Sources in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar Index of Glosses Facsimile of MS Fatih 4339 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), Fols. 30a–48b
