Islamic saga historiography served both morale-raising and propaganda ends

Evidence

What is the purpose of this heroic literature? It is meant to stimulate, arouse, encourage, stiffen the sinews and summon up the blood, in Shakespeare’s phrase. It also has some other purposes which become more important in later times. For want of a better term, I would call this purpose PR, public relations. This becomes almost formalized and certainly becomes a profession. Historical PR comes in a number of forms. The most universal is the poem. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1931 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Heroic Islamic history writing doubled as deliberate ruler-serving propaganda. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1931; Ottoman victory bulletins were commissioned historiography sent as political theater to rival rulers — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1932; Islamic historiography sustained semi-epic heroic biography long past its early period. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1930 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Heroic Islamic history writing doubled as deliberate ruler-serving propaganda. #corroborates (0.95) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1931