@article {Lindsay:January 2008:1380-7854:1,
	author = "Lindsay, James E.",
	title = "Sarah and Hagar in Ibn 'Asakir's History of Damascus",
	journal = "Medieval Encounters",
	volume = "14",
	year = "January 2008",
	abstract = "This article examines how Ibn 'As&#257;kir (1105-76)&#8212;in keeping with the well-established <I>fad&#257;' il al-Sh&#257;m</I> (merits of <I>bil&#257;d al-Sh&#257;m</I>) tradition&#8212;fashions portraits of Sarah and Hagar in his <I>Ta'r&#299;kh mad&#299;nat Dimashq</I> (History of Damascus) to extol their special role in the sacred history of God working through his human agents in Syria's past. As is the case in his biographies of other sacred and pious figures in Syria's past, Ibn 'As&#257;kir's biographies of Sarah and Hagar are also intended to provide a moral example as well as pious inspiration for the faithful.",
	pages = "1-14(14)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/me/2008/00000014/00000001/art00001"
	doi = "doi:10.1163/138078507X254622"
}