Miskawayh: Tajarib al-Umam (Experiences of Nations). 2 Bde./vol.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Dr. Albrecht Noth (1937-1999), langj�igem Professor f�r Geschichte und Kultur des Vorderen Orients in Bonn und Hamburg. Text arabisch. - Bd. 1 Buchblock vom Einband gel�st, aber zusammenh�end, sonst gut. Schutzumschlag beiliegend., Bd. 2 sehr gut. - Miskawaih (um 932- 1030) war ein fr�her arabischer Philosoph und Geschichtsschreiber. Er ist Verfasser des gro�n universalhistorischen Werkes Tadscharib al-umam (Die Erfahrungen der V�lker), worin sich der Autor auf offizielle Dokumente und Kontakte zu Zeitgenossen st�tzen konnte. Es ist eine umfassende Geschichte der Welt nach at-Tabaris Universalgeschichte und gilt als ein bedeutsames Werk der islamischen Geschichtsschreibung. (Wikipedia) / From the library of Prof. Dr. Albrecht Noth (1937-1999), long-time professor for the history and culture of the Near East in Bonn and Hamburg. Arabic text. - Vol. 1 innerbook detached from the cover, but coherent, otherwise good. Dust jacket enclosed. Vol. 2 very good. - Ibn Miskawayh (932�1030), full name Abu 'Ali Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ya'qub ibn Miskawayh was a Persian chancery official of the Buyid era, and philosopher and historian from Parandak, Iran. As a Neoplatonist, his influence on Islamic philosophy is primarily in the area of ethics. He was the author of the first major Islamic work on philosophical ethics entitled the Refinement of Morals, focusing on practical ethics, conduct, and refinement of character. He separated personal ethics from the public realm, and contrasted the liberating nature of reason with the deception and temptation of nature. Miskawayh was a prominent figure in the intellectual and cultural life of his time. In his "Experiences of Nations", he was one of the first major Muslim historians to write a chronicle of contemporary events as an eyewitness. As a Buyid bureaucrat, he worked under the vizier al-Muhallabi and had access to the internal happenings of the court. The chronicle is a universal history from the beginning of Islam, but it cuts off near the end of the reign of 'Adud al-Dawla. (Wikipedia).

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