LEADER 04383nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910791464403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-59906-5 010 $a9786613628893 010 $a0-231-52165-0 024 7 $a10.7312/elhi15082 035 $a(CKB)2560000000050091 035 $a(OCoLC)694142918 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10419594 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486396 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12168168 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486396 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10430581 035 $a(PQKB)11358908 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908786 035 $a(DE-B1597)458831 035 $a(OCoLC)979745482 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231521659 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908786 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10419594 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL362889 035 $a(OCoLC)831121333 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000050091 100 $a20100312d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aParable and politics in early Islamic history$b[electronic resource] $ethe Rashidun caliphs /$fTayeb El-Hibri 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (488 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-231-15082-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tGenealogical Chart -- $tONE. Introduction -- $tTWO. Ab? Bakr -- $tTHREE. 'Umar b. al-Kha???b -- $tFOUR. 'Uthm?n -- $tFIVE. The Road to Civil War -- $tSIX. 'Al? -- $tSEVEN. From Caliphate to Kingship -- $tEIGHT. Conclusion -- $tAPPENDIX 1. Ab? Mikhnaf's Account of the Saq?fa of Ban? S?'ida -- $tAPPENDIX 2. The Succession to 'Umar -- $tAPPENDIX 3. Man?shihr's Declaration -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 AD) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, which read into it the legitimacy of their claims. Yet while descriptive and varied, these approaches have long excluded a third reading, which views the conflict over the succession to the Prophet as a parable. From this vantage point, the motives, sayings, and actions of the protagonists reveal profound links to previous texts, not to mention a surprising irony regarding political and religious issues.In a controversial break from previous historiography, Tayeb El-Hibri privileges the literary and artistic triumphs of the medieval Islamic chronicles and maps the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy. Considering the patterns and themes of these unified narratives, including the problem of measuring personal qualification according to religious merit, nobility, and skills in government, El-Hibri offers an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. In building an argument for reading the texts as parabolic commentary, he also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions, both by Qur'anic exegesis and historical composition. 606 $aCaliphs$zIslamic Empire$xHistoriography 606 $aCaliphate$xHistoriography 606 $aProphets$zIslamic Empire$xHistoriography 606 $aIslam and politics$zIslamic Empire$xHistoriography 606 $aIslamic parables$zIslamic Empire$xHistory 606 $aHistoriography$xPolitical aspects$zIslamic Empire 606 $aHistorians$zIslamic Empire$xHistory 607 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y622-661$xHistoriography 615 0$aCaliphs$xHistoriography. 615 0$aCaliphate$xHistoriography. 615 0$aProphets$xHistoriography. 615 0$aIslam and politics$xHistoriography. 615 0$aIslamic parables$xHistory. 615 0$aHistoriography$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aHistorians$xHistory. 676 $a909/.1 700 $aEl-Hibri$b Tayeb$01484727 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791464403321 996 $aParable and politics in early Islamic history$93703520 997 $aUNINA