The Echoes of Fitna : Accumulated Meaning and Performative Historiography in the First Muslim Civil War
| The Echoes of Fitna : Accumulated Meaning and Performative Historiography in the First Muslim Civil War |
| Autore | M. Hagler Aaron |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill : , : BRILL, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 pages) |
| Disciplina | 297.8209 |
| Collana | Islamic History and Civilization |
| Soggetto topico |
Karbalāʾ, Battle of, Karbalāʾ, Iraq, 680
Shīʻah - History Islam - History - To 1500 |
| ISBN | 9789004524255 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Making Use of Uncertainty -- 1. The Later Historians: Ibn al-Athīr and Ibn Kathīr -- 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 "Sunnī Revival" -- 5. Conclusion -- Part 1. The Slaughter at Karbalāʾ -- Chapter 2. The Karbalāʾ Narrative -- 1. The Story of Karbalāʾ -- 2. Ibn Kathīr on al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī -- 3. Ibn al-Athīr on Karbalāʾ -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The Fight and Its Aftermath -- 1. The Immediate Preparation -- 2. The Battle -- 3. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Approaching Karbalāʾ -- 1. Towards Karbalāʾ -- 2. Umayyad Representatives, Softened and Erased -- 3. Al-Ḥusayn is Detained and Denied Water -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Next Stop -- Part 2. The Betrayal at Ṣiffīn -- Chapter 5. The Ṣiffīn Narrative -- 1. Sourcing Ṣiffīn -- 2. The Elements of the Story -- 2.1. The Journey of ʿAlī from Baṣra to Kūfa to Ṣiffīn and Muʿāwiya's Journey to Ṣiffīn -- 2.2. The Battle by the Water -- 2.3. The Makeup of the Armies and the Early Skirmishes -- 2.4. Laylat al-Harīr-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 Ṣiffīn: Fight and Conclusion -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Broken Link to the Prophet: The Battlefield Death of the Elderly ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir -- 3. Arbitration, Negotiation, and a Portentous Stalemate.
Chapter 7. Preparing the Battle -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Battle of the Camel -- 3. The Allegiances of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ and Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī -- 4. The Correspondence between ʿAlī and Muʿāwiya -- 5. The Battle by the Water: Softening Umayyad Villainy at Ṣiffīn -- 6. Conclusion -- Part 3. The Election of ʿUthmān -- Chapter 8. The Story of ʿUthmān -- 1. The Shūrā -- 2. Six Good Years, Six Bad Years -- 3. Muʿāwiya on the Minbar -- 4. The Stakes -- 5. Six Good Years and Six Bad Years: The Caliphate of ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān -- 5.1. The ʿUthmān Interlude -- 5.2. ʿUthmān's Alteration of the Pilgrimage Rites -- Chapter 9. The Shūrā of ʿUthmān -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Narrating the Shūrā -- 3. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf: Cynical or Sincere? -- 4. ʿAlī'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 Sāqifa -- 3. The Caliphate of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb -- 4. The Stakes -- Chapter 11. The Prophet Muḥammad and His Role in the Narrative -- Conclusion. The Tapestry of History -- 1. Karbalāʾ the Pebble -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910985672503321 |
M. Hagler Aaron
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| Chapel Hill : , : BRILL, , 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Karbala Story and Early Shi'ite Identity / / Torsten Hylén
| The Karbala Story and Early Shi'ite Identity / / Torsten Hylén |
| Autore | Hylén Torsten |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2025] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) : 10 b/w illustrations (1 b/w map, 5 b/w tables & 4 b/w figures) |
| Collana | Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Karbalāʾ, Battle of, Karbalāʾ, Iraq, 680, in literature
Karbalāʾ, Battle of, Karbalāʾ, Iraq, 680 RELIGION / Islam / History |
| ISBN |
9781399522076
1399522078 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Note on Conventions -- Note on the Cover Image -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Genealogy of the Imams -- Map of the Region -- 1 Introduction: The Karbala Story and Shiʿite Identity -- 2 Studying the Karbala Story as Myth -- PART I THE KARBALA STORY -- 3 Three Times Karbala: Early Accounts of the Killing of al-Ḥusayn -- 4 Karbala and Covenant according to Abū Mikhnaf -- PART II REVENGE OR MARTYRDOM: THE STORY OF THE TAWWĀBŪN (THE ‘PENITENTS’) -- 5 Introducing the Story of the Tawwābūn -- 6 Betrayal and Guilt in the Tawwābūn’s Speeches and Letters -- 7 The Visit to al-Ḥusayn’s Grave -- 8 The Story of the Tawwābūn: Date and Concluding Remarks -- PART III FROM SKIRMISH TO COSMIC BATTLE -- 9 Al-Mukhtār and the Mahdi -- 10 The Contest over the Imams in Early Shiʿism -- 11 Al-Ḥusayn among the Imams -- 12 Conclusion: Mythmaking and Identity in Early Shiʿism -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910987491903321 |
Hylén Torsten
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2025] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Karbala Story and Early Shi'ite Identity / / Torsten Hylén
| The Karbala Story and Early Shi'ite Identity / / Torsten Hylén |
| Autore | Hylén Torsten |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2025] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) : 10 b/w illustrations (1 b/w map, 5 b/w tables & 4 b/w figures) |
| Collana | Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Karbalāʾ, Battle of, Karbalāʾ, Iraq, 680, in literature
Karbalāʾ, Battle of, Karbalāʾ, Iraq, 680 RELIGION / Islam / History |
| ISBN |
9781399522076
1399522078 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Note on Conventions -- Note on the Cover Image -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Genealogy of the Imams -- Map of the Region -- 1 Introduction: The Karbala Story and Shiʿite Identity -- 2 Studying the Karbala Story as Myth -- PART I THE KARBALA STORY -- 3 Three Times Karbala: Early Accounts of the Killing of al-Ḥusayn -- 4 Karbala and Covenant according to Abū Mikhnaf -- PART II REVENGE OR MARTYRDOM: THE STORY OF THE TAWWĀBŪN (THE ‘PENITENTS’) -- 5 Introducing the Story of the Tawwābūn -- 6 Betrayal and Guilt in the Tawwābūn’s Speeches and Letters -- 7 The Visit to al-Ḥusayn’s Grave -- 8 The Story of the Tawwābūn: Date and Concluding Remarks -- PART III FROM SKIRMISH TO COSMIC BATTLE -- 9 Al-Mukhtār and the Mahdi -- 10 The Contest over the Imams in Early Shiʿism -- 11 Al-Ḥusayn among the Imams -- 12 Conclusion: Mythmaking and Identity in Early Shiʿism -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996659464403316 |
Hylén Torsten
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2025] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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