Arabic Fatḥ as ‘Conquest’ and its Origin in Islamic Tradition
The Arabic term fatḥ (pl. futūḥ) is often translated as “conquest,” but this meaning is not intrinsic to the root f-t-ḥ either in Arabic or in other Semitic languages. Rather, the word was applied to episodes in the expansion of the early Islamic state by later Muslim writers who described these ev...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Columbia University Libraries
2016-11-01
|
| Series: | Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/7016 |