LEADER 05665nam 22004933 450 001 9910985672503321 005 20241002134948.0 010 $a9789004524255$b(electronic bk.) 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30372720 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30372720 035 $a(CKB)26105569100041 035 $a(OCoLC)1369659187 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926105569100041 100 $a20230211d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Echoes of Fitna $eAccumulated Meaning and Performative Historiography in the First Muslim Civil War 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aChapel Hill :$cBRILL,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (188 pages) 225 1 $aIslamic History and Civilization 311 08$aPrint version: M. Hagler, Aaron The Echoes of Fitna Chapel Hill : BRILL,c2022 327 $aIntro -- ?Contents -- ?Acknowledgements -- ?Introduction. Making Use of Uncertainty -- ?1. The Later Historians: Ibn al-Ath?r and Ibn Kath?r -- ?2. Their Source -- ?3. Establishing the Texts' Relationships -- ?4. Methodology: Performative Historiographical Analysis -- ?5. Mapping the Fitna -- ?6. Structure -- ?Chapter 1. Historical Background of the Fitna and Its Histories -- ?1. A Brief History of Islam before Our Extant Sources and the Emergence of Sectarian Rivalry -- ?2. The Raw Data: The Sectarian Narratives -- ?3. The Fitna as Narrative -- ?4. Historical Context: Damascus during and after the "Sunn? Revival" -- ?5. Conclusion -- ?Part 1. The Slaughter at Karbal?? -- ?Chapter 2. The Karbal?? Narrative -- ?1. The Story of Karbal?? -- ?2. Ibn Kath?r on al-?usayn ibn ?Al? -- ?3. Ibn al-Ath?r on Karbal?? -- ?4. Conclusion -- ?Chapter 3. The Fight and Its Aftermath -- ?1. The Immediate Preparation -- ?2. The Battle -- ?3. Conclusion -- ?Chapter 4. Approaching Karbal?? -- ?1. Towards Karbal?? -- ?2. Umayyad Representatives, Softened and Erased -- ?3. Al-?usayn is Detained and Denied Water -- ?4. Conclusion -- ?5. Next Stop -- ?Part 2. The Betrayal at ?iff?n -- ?Chapter 5. The ?iff?n Narrative -- ?1. Sourcing ?iff?n -- ?2. The Elements of the Story -- ?2.1. The Journey of ?Al? from Ba?ra to K?fa to ?iff?n and Mu??wiya's Journey to ?iff?n -- ?2.2. The Battle by the Water -- ?2.3. The Makeup of the Armies and the Early Skirmishes -- ?2.4. Laylat al-Har?r-the Main Battle -- ?2.5. Call for Arbitration -- Appointment of Arbiters -- Withdrawal of the Armies -- ?2.6. Negotiation, Ruling, and Reneging -- ?3. The Stakes -- ?Chapter 6. The Battle of ?iff?n: Fight and Conclusion -- ?1. Introduction -- ?2. A Broken Link to the Prophet: The Battlefield Death of the Elderly ?Amm?r ibn Y?sir -- ?3. Arbitration, Negotiation, and a Portentous Stalemate. 327 $a?Chapter 7. Preparing the Battle -- ?1. Introduction -- ?2. The Battle of the Camel -- ?3. The Allegiances of ?Amr ibn al-??? and Ab? M?s? al-Ash?ar? -- ?4. The Correspondence between ?Al? and Mu??wiya -- ?5. The Battle by the Water: Softening Umayyad Villainy at ?iff?n -- ?6. Conclusion -- ?Part 3. The Election of ?Uthm?n -- ?Chapter 8. The Story of ?Uthm?n -- ?1. The Sh?r? -- ?2. Six Good Years, Six Bad Years -- ?3. Mu??wiya on the Minbar -- ?4. The Stakes -- ?5. Six Good Years and Six Bad Years: The Caliphate of ?Uthm?n ibn ?Aff?n -- ?5.1. The ?Uthm?n Interlude -- ?5.2. ?Uthm?n's Alteration of the Pilgrimage Rites -- ?Chapter 9. The Sh?r? of ?Uthm?n -- ?1. Introduction -- ?2. Narrating the Sh?r? -- ?3. ?Abd al-Ra?m?n ibn ?Awf: Cynical or Sincere? -- ?4. ?Al?'s Reactions: Playing the Wild Card -- ?5. Looking Backward -- ?Part 4. Further Ripples -- ?Chapter 10. The Stories of Succession -- ?1. Introduction -- ?2. The Death of the Prophet and the S?qifa -- ?3. The Caliphate of ?Umar ibn al-Kha???b -- ?4. The Stakes -- ?Chapter 11. The Prophet Mu?ammad and His Role in the Narrative -- ?Conclusion. The Tapestry of History -- ?1. Karbal?? the Pebble -- ?Bibliography -- ?Index. 330 $a"In The Echoes of Fitna, Aaron M. Hagler engages in a close reading of the fitna narratives of three related texts: al-Tabari's Tarikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk, Ibn al-Athir's al-Kamil fi al-tarikh, and Ibn Kathir's Kitab al-bidaya wa-l-nihaya. Because the latter two texts' presentations of the fitna follow al-Tabari's so closely, moments of divergence in the texts are understood as clear markers of the later historians' goals, perspectives, and literary-narrative strategies. The analysis of these changes demonstrates that the desire to reframe the meaning of Karbala is central to Ibn al-Athir's and Ibn Kathir's narrative construction, and that-while they left al-Tabari's versions of key events intact-small, even minute changes to contextual expository moments fundamentally change their meaning"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aIslamic History and Civilization 606 $aKarbala??, Battle of, Karbala??, Iraq, 680 606 $aShi??ah$xHistory 606 $aIslam$xHistory$yTo 1500 615 0$aKarbala??, Battle of, Karbala??, Iraq, 680. 615 0$aShi??ah$xHistory. 615 0$aIslam$xHistory 676 $a297.8209 700 $aM. Hagler$b Aaron$01792874 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910985672503321 996 $aThe Echoes of Fitna$94332031 997 $aUNINA