al-Faḍl b. Marwān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" al-Faḍl b. Marwān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Gordon, Matthew S.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060125
Doc. NO	:	ALei522
Main Entry	:	Gordon, Matthew S.
Title & Author	:	al-Faḍl b. Marwān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Gordon, Matthew S.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(615 words)
Abstract	:	Al-Faḍl b. Marwān (b. c. 160/777, d. 250/864) was an ʿAbbāsid courtier and diplomat. Dominique Sourdel has assessed the information available in the Arabic sources: the central references are found in al-Ṭabarī’s Taʾrīkh , with further details provided by the Taʾrīkh of al-Yaʿqūbī and other historiographic works and by select adab texts, notably al-Tanūkhī’s Nishwār al-muḥādara , the source of key remarks. Al-Faḍl’s career is to be set against the backdrop of two interrelated developments: the expansion of the ʿAbbāsid imperial
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei522.pdf