Black Banners
URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/388
Names
- Arabic: الرايات السود = al-Rāyāt al-Sūd 1
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| Event Description | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| before 843 CE | c. 820-843 CE | 687 A.H. / 1288-9 CE | 1993 |
Sources
- 1Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 110, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 155, 158, 159, 160, 161, 166, 171, 174, 180, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 196, 198, 213 [Arabic].
- Black Banners: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 94, 97, 100-11, 113, 114, 140, 142-4, 146-8, 151, 155, 157, 160, 165, 174-81, 195, 196, 431 [English].
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson and Jessica Mutter, “Black Banners” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/388.
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- Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML
- Jessica Mutter: abstract and categorization, matching, Arabic name collection and transcription from Nuʿaym Ibn Ḥammād’s Kitāb al-Fitan