The rebel and the imam in early Islam: explorations in Muslim historiography

Engaging with contemporary debates about the sources that shape our understanding of the early Muslim world, Najam Haider proposes a new model for Muslim historical writing that draws on Late Antique historiography to challenge the imposition of modern notions of history on a pre-modern society. Hai...

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1. Verfasser: Haider, Najam Iftikhar 1974- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019
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Zusammenfassung:Engaging with contemporary debates about the sources that shape our understanding of the early Muslim world, Najam Haider proposes a new model for Muslim historical writing that draws on Late Antique historiography to challenge the imposition of modern notions of history on a pre-modern society. Haider discusses three key case studies - the revolt of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd (d. 67/687), the life of the Twelver Shi'i Imam Musa al-Kazim (d. 183/799) and the rebellion and subsequent death of the Zaydi Shi'i Imam Yahya b. 'Abd Allah (d. 187/803) - in calling for a new line of inquiry which focuses on larger historiographical questions. What were the rules that governed historical writing in the early Muslim world? What were the intended audiences for these works? In the process, he rejects artificial divisions between Sunni and Shi'i historical writing
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Modeling Islamic historical writing -- The rise and fall of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd (d. 67/687) -- The life of Musa b. Ja'far al-Kazim (d. 183/799) -- The last years of Yahya b. 'Abd Allah (d. 187/803) -- Reconsideration -- Appendix A. The narrative elements of Mukhtar's revolt
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ISBN:9781139199223
DOI:10.1017/9781139199223

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