The Rebel and the Imãm in Early Islam

ISBN-13: 9781108708142 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 318 str.

Najam Haider

Opis

Drawing on case studies from Islamic history, Haider challenges assumptions about the nature of the sources shaping understandings of the early Muslim world.

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.