Franz Rosenthal’s enduring scholarly legacy rests on his Muqaddimah translation
Evidence
Rosenthal’s most important works include Das Fortleben der Antike in Islam (Zurich, 1965); A History of Muslim Historiography, 2nd edn (Leiden, 1968); The Herb: Hashish Versus Medieval Muslim Society (Leiden, 1971), and above all his annotated translation of Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History, 3 vols, 2nd edn (London, 1967). — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 968
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddimah, a foundational text on social theory, asadabiyya, and cyclical history.