TARİHÇİ VE COĞRAFYACI OLARAK YA’KûBÎ (Ö. 292/905)

Year 2008, Volume: 1 Issue: 6, 161 - 173, 30.11.2008

Mehmet Salih Arı

Abstract

In this article, the geographer and historian sides of Ya’kubi were investi
gated, and his approaches on history and geography disciplines and refe
rences were emphasized. How much the author reflects the Shi’i point of
view in his explanation of historical event was tried to be described with
some examples. The characteristics of his historical investigations and his
state on world history were researched and his work Tarihu’l-Ya’kûbî and
Kitabu’l-Buldân was endeavored to be evaluated.

Keywords

Ya’kûbî, Historiography of Islâm, Tarihu’l-Ya’kûbî, Kitabu’l Buldân

Ya’qûbî (ö. 292/905) as an Historian and a Geographer

Abstract

In this article, the geographer and historian sides of Ya’kubi were investi
gated, and his approaches on history and geography disciplines and refe
rences were emphasized. How much the author reflects the Shi’i point of
view in his explanation of historical event was tried to be described with
some examples. The characteristics of his historical investigations and his
state on world history were researched and his work Tarihu’l-Ya’kûbî and
Kitabu’l-Buldân was endeavored to be evaluated.

Keywords

Ya’kûbî, Historiography of Islâm, Tarihu’l-Ya’kûbî, Kitabu’l Buldân

References

• Hakkı Dursun Yıldız, “Abbâsîler”, DİA., İstanbul 1988.