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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824341203321

Autore

Keaney Heather N.

Titolo

Medieval Islamic historiography : remembering rebellion / / Heather N. Keaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-134-08106-5

1-138-95256-7

0-203-52054-8

1-134-08099-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in medieval studies ; ; 5

Disciplina

956/.013

Soggetti

Islamic Empire History 622-661 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : narrating 'Uthman -- 2. Representation : 'Uthman in the third/ninth-century syntheses -- 3. Reaction : 'Uthman in the fourth/tenth to sixth/twelfth-century Fadaʼil and chronicles -- 4. Retrenchment : 'Uthman in the seventh/thirteenth-century Fadaʼil and chronicles -- 5. Re-evaluation : 'Uthman in the eighth/fourteenth-century chronicles.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comparative analysis of the medieval Sunni historiography of the caliphate of Uthman b. Affan and the revolt against him. By comparing treatments of Uthman in pietistic literature and universal chronicles, the work traces the gradual silencing of more critical accounts in favor of those that portray Uthman as a saintly companion of the Prophet Muhammad.