Arab Historiography of the Islamic Conquest of Libya
This paper aims at studying how ancient Arabic writers dealt with the Islamic conquest of modern-day Libya. The main purpose is to collect excerpts from Libyan intellectuals, academics or even politicians on this topic and to examine the terms they used from the 19th century on. It will, therefore, provide a chronological overview of this historiographic tradition to show how it started and was then further developed, so that the glorious past became inscribed in the Libyan collective memory.
Parole chiave / Keywords
Conquista araba, Islam, Maghreb, storiografia araba, storiografia libica
Arabic conquest, Islam, Maghreb, Arabic historiography, Libyan historiography