Universalism and Regionalism in the Early Islamic World: The Beginnings of Local History-Writing

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Harry Munt (University of York)

Universalism and Regionalism in the Early Islamic World

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The Beginnings of Local History-Writing

Harry Munt (University of York)

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English

Cambridge University Press
19 March 2026

General studies; Middle Eastern history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Islam

Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

What was the role of local history-writing in the early Islamic World, and why was it such a popular way of thinking about the past? In this innovative study, Harry Munt explores this understudied phenomenon. Examining primary sources in both Arabic and Persian, Munt argues that local history-writing must be situated within its appropriate historical contexts to explain why it was such a popular way of thinking about the past, more popular than most other contemporary forms of history-writing. The period until the end of the eleventh century CE saw many significant developments in ideas about community, about elite groups and about social authority. This study demonstrates how local history-writing played a key role in these developments, forming part of the way that Muslim scholars negotiated the dialogues between more universalist and more particularist approaches to the understanding of communities. Munt further demonstrates that local historians were participating in debates that ranged into disciplines far beyond history-writing.

By: Harry Munt (University of York)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781009648264
ISBN 10: 1009648268
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Pages: 404
Publication Date: 19 March 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Harry Munt is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of York, where his research and teaching focuses on the history of the Islamic world, ca. 600–1500. Previous publications include The Holy City of Medina: Sacred Space in Early Islamic Arabia (2014), which was also published in the Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization series.