Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    20th Century · Arabic

    Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ

    Jurjī Zaydān

    The genealogies of the ancient Arabs, set out by the founder of al-Hilāl. Zaydān treats lineage as historical evidence rather than inherited honour, which is what made his history controversial.

    Chapters
    7
    Variants
    14
    Genre
    History
    Difficulty
    Intermediate

    chapters

    7 chapters
    1. 01Statementprose
    2. 021 — Totemismprose
    3. 032 — The ancient Arabs, their genealogies and their historyprose
    4. 043 — Mother-right among the Arabsprose
    5. 054 — Totemism among the Arabsprose
    6. 065 — His proofs for the totemism of the Arabsprose
    7. 07Conclusionprose

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    6 of 12 passages read

    Figures— 10 of 15

    William Robertson Smith · John Ferguson McLennan · Muhammad · Herbert Spencer · Ali ibn Abi Talib · Caleb · George Rawlinson · Harun al-Rashid · Jacob · Jurji Zaydan

    Ideas— 10 of 30

    totemism · mother-right · Induction · the Jahiliyah · Evolution · Exogamy · Father-right · Genealogy · blood-vengeance · desert life

    Places— 10 of 27

    Egypt · Africa · Australia · Hadramawt · India · al-Yaman · the Arabian Peninsula · America · Baghdad · Syria

    Groups— 10 of 42

    the Arabs · the Arabs of the Jahiliyah · Banu Asad · Banu Kalb · Greeks · Jews · Orientalists · Quraysh · Romans · Semitic peoples

    Events— 4

    Burial of the totem · Translation of The History of Islamic Civilisation · the conclusion of the essay · the killing of a lion that crosses their path

    Objects— 10 of 11

    The Torah · Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia · al-Hilal · Amulet · Ancient Society · Idols · Margoliouth's letter · Principles of Sociology · the books of the Greeks and the Romans · the monuments of Ashur, Thamud, the Yemen and Hadramawt

    Animals— 10 of 13

    Horses · Serpent · Cats · Dog · Eagle · Lions · Scorpion · The leopard · Wolf · the bull

    79 citations · 69 themes · 818 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.

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