COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOURCES OF ISLAMIC HISTORY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5220 SOURCES OF ISLAMIC HISTORY I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To gain the students those who have to write an MA thesis and to make academic studies in the discipline of Islamic History;
- knowledge on Islam s and Muslims understanding of history;
- the concepts and factors affecting the emergence and development process of History in Islamic civilization and among Muslim historians;
- knowledge about the historiography types and forms developed by Muslim historians;
- the ability of using and recognizing the prominent sources written and the historians wrote on Islamic history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the semester, the students will; have knowledge on the Quranic perspective to History.
2   learn how historiography emerged among Muslims.
3   experience the methods of historiography on the existed sources.
4   recognize the types of historical sources written by Muslim historians.
5   gain ability of using the sources such as Seerah, Maghazi, Tabaqat and biography of Islamic history and general history, regional history, and dynasty history by learning methodology of these sources.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Sources of Islamic History: Ibn al-Cawzi and his al-Muntadham fi Tarikh al-Umam wa'l-Muluk
2 General Sources of Islamic History: Ibn al-Athir and his al-Qamil fi at-Tarikh
3 General Sources of Islamic History: Ibn Khaldun's View of History and his al-Muqaddima and al-Ibar
4 Writing and Methods of Wafayat/Biography Books as a Source of Islamic history
5 Analyzing and Evaluation: Ibn Halliqan's Wafayat al-A'yan and Safadi's al-Wafi bi'l-Wafayat
6 Futuhat Books in Islamic History: Balazuri, Ibn al-A'sam al-Qufi's Kitab al-Futuh
7 Books of Travels (Sayahatnama) as a Source of Islamic History: Ibn Batuta and his Tuhfat an-Nazar, Ibn Cubair and his ar-Rihla, Nasi-I Husraw and his Safarnama
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Geography in Muslims and Some Geographers and Their Works
10 Regional and Local Historiography in Islamic History and Analyzing Some Prominent Works: Tarikhu Baghdad, Tarikhu Dimashq, Tarikhu Esfahan, Tarikhu Nisabur etc.
11 Dynastical Historiography in Muslims: Historians of Ghaznavids Period: Bairuni and His Works, Utbi and His Tarikh al-Yamini, Gardizi and his Zain al-Ahbar
12 Dynastical Historiography in Muslims: History Books of Seljukids Period: Zubdah al-Nusra wa Nuhbah al-Usra, Tarikhu Dawlat al-Salchuk, Kitabu Ahbar al-Dawlat al-Salchukiyyah
13 Historians of Mamluks Period
14 Historiography in Ottomans and Some Prominent Historians and Their Works

Recomended or Required Reading

- Franz Rosenthal, A History of Muslim Historiography
- Ramazan Şeşen, Müslümanlarda Tarih-Coğrafya Yazıcılığı
-Claude Cahen, Introduction To The History of The Muslim East
-Mehmet Şeker-Rıza Savaş, Islam Tarihinin Kaynakları (Arapçadan Tecüme); Rıza Savaş, Siyer ve Kaynakları ve Temel Islam tarihi kaynakları
- Sabri Hizmetli, Islam Tarihçiliği Üzerine
- Josef Horovitz, Tarihçiliğin Doğuşu, Trc. Ramazan Altınay-Ramazan Özmen.
- Mustafa Fayda (Ed.), Islâm Tarihinde Usûl Meselesi, Islâmî Ilimlerde Metodoloji (Usûl) Meselesi 2
-Franz Babinger, Osmanlı Tarih Yazarları Ve Eserleri, Terc. Coşkun Üçok

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question - answer, studying on examples, assignment and practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Students achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, assignments, final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.genc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 16:00 - 18:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.145
LO.25
LO.34
LO.4455
LO.53

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