The rebel and the imām in early Islam : explorations in Muslim historiography
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The rebel and the imām in early Islam : explorations in Muslim historiography
Cambridge University Press, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-288) and index
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Description
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 challenge the imposition of modern notions of history on a pre-modern society. Haider discusses three key case studies - the revolt of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd (d. 67/687), the life of the Twelver Shi'i Imam Musa al-Kazim (d. 183/799) and the rebellion and subsequent death of the Zaydi Shi'i Imam Yahya b. 'Abd Allah (d. 187/803) - in calling for a new line of inquiry which focuses on larger historiographical questions. What were the rules that governed historical writing in the early Muslim world? What were the intended audiences for these works? In the process, he rejects artificial divisions between Sunni and Shi'i historical writing.
Table of Contents
- 1. Modeling Islamic historical writing
- 2. The rise and fall of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd (d. 67/687)
- 3. The life of Musa b. Ja'far al-Kazim (d. 183/799)
- 4. The last years of Yahya b. 'Abd Allah (d. 187/803)
- 5. Reconsideration
- Appendix. The narrative elements of Mukhtar's revolt.
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