The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam

ISBN-13: 9781107026056 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 316 str.

Najam Haider

Opis

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 question why we impose modern notions of history on a pre-modern society.

Recenzje

'… this uncompromising analysis will appeal to scholars of early Islam as well as to students of politics and rhetoric - especially those concerned with the interplay among truth, fact, fiction, and influence in scholarly and aesthetic writing … Highly recommended.' R. A. Miller, Choice

Spis treści

1. Modeling Islamic historical writing; 2. The rise and fall of Mukhtâr b. Abî 'Ubayd (d. 67/687); 3. The life of Mûsâ b. Ja'far al-Kâẓim (d. 183/799); 4. The last years of Yaḥyâ b. 'Abd Allâh (d. 187/803); 5. Reconsideration; Appendix. The narrative elements of Mukhtâr's revolt.