The echoes of fitna : accumulated meaning and performative historiography in the first Muslim civil war

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The echoes of fitna : accumulated meaning and performative historiography in the first Muslim civil war

by Aaron M. Hagler

(Islamic history and civilization, v. 197)

Brill, c2022

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-171) and index

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In The Echoes of Fitna, Aaron M. Hagler engages in a close reading of the fitna narratives of three related texts: al-Tabari's Ta'rikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk, Ibn al-Athir's al-Kamil fi al-ta'rikh, 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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: Making Use of Uncertainty 1 The Later Historians: Ibn al-Athir and Ibn Kathir 2 Their Source 3 Establishing the Texts' Relationships 4 Methodology: Performative Historiographical Analysis 5 Mapping the Fitna 6 Structure 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 "Sunni Revival" 5 Conclusion Part 1 The Slaughter at Karbala' 2 The Karbala' Narrative 1 The Story of Karbala' 2 Ibn Kathir on al-Husayn ibn 'Ali 3 Ibn al-Athir on Karbala' 4 Conclusion 3 The Fight and Its Aftermath 1 The Immediate Preparation 2 The Battle 3 Conclusion 4 Approaching Karbala' 1 Towards Karbala' 2 Umayyad Representatives, Softened and Erased 3 Al-Husayn is Detained and Denied Water 4 Conclusion 5 Next Stop Part 2 The Betrayal at Siffin 5 The Siffin Narrative 1 Sourcing Siffin 2 The Elements of the Story 3 The Stakes 6 The Battle of Siffin: Fight and Conclusion 1 Introduction 2 A Broken Link to the Prophet: The Battlefield Death of the Elderly 'Ammar ibn Yasir 3 Arbitration, Negotiation, and a Portentous Stalemate 7 Preparing the Battle 1 Introduction 2 The Battle of the Camel 3 The Allegiances of 'Amr ibn al-'As and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari 4 The Correspondence between 'Ali and Mu'awiya 5 The Battle by the Water: Softening Umayyad Villainy at Siffin 6 Conclusion Part 3 The Election of 'Uthman 8 The Story of 'Uthman 1 The Shura 2 Six Good Years, Six Bad Years 3 Mu'awiya on the Minbar 4 The Stakes 5 Six Good Years and Six Bad Years: The Caliphate of 'Uthman ibn 'Affan 9 The Shura of 'Uthman 1 Introduction 2 Narrating the Shura 3 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf: Cynical or Sincere? 4 'Ali's Reactions: Playing the Wild Card 5 Looking Backward Part 4 Further Ripples 10 The Stories of Succession 1 Introduction 2 The Death of the Prophet and the Saqifa 3 The Caliphate of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab 4 The Stakes 11 The Prophet Muhammad and His Role in the Narrative Conclusion: The Tapestry of History 1 Karbala' the Pebble Bibliography Index

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