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 5119 SOURCES OF ISLAMIC HISTORY I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

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 student 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 Human-Time-History, Concept of History (Tarikh) in Quran, and Muslims' Understanding of History
2 Definition of Islamic History and Its Periods, Difficulties, Problems, and Solutions
3 Emergence and Development of Historiography among Muslims: Factors and Dynamics
4 Methods and Types of Historiography in Islamic Civilization and among Muslims
5 Basic Sources of the Life of the Prophet Muhammad and Early Islamic Period: Prominent Seerah Books and Their Characteristics
6 Analyzing and Evaluation: Seerahs of Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham, Vaqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi
7 Writing and Types of Tabaqat as a Source of Islamic History
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Analyzing and Evaluation: Muhammad Ibn Sa'd's Tabaqat al-Kubra, Khalifa b. Hayyat's Tabaqat, al-Subki's Tabaqat al-Shafiiyya
10 Emergence of Historiography of Wakai-nama/General History
11 Sources of General Islamic History: Tabari and his Tarikh al-Umam wa'l-Muluk
12 Sources of General Islamic History: Mas'udi and his Muruc al-Zahab
13 Sources of General History: Ibn Kutaibah and his al-Maarif, al-Dinawari and his Ahbar at-Tiwal
14 Sources of General History: Ibn Misqawaih and his al-Tacarib al-Umam

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 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Students achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

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 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.255
LO.3555
LO.45
LO.555

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