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The Outrider : Abū al-Faḍl al-ʿAbbās / Christopher Clohessy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Islamic History and Thought ; 34Publisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463246228
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.092 23/eng/20240717
LOC classification:
  • BP80.A1214
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO. THE MOTHER AND HER SONS -- CHAPTER THREE. THE FIELD OF KARBALĀʾ -- CHAPTER FOUR. THE WATER-BEARER -- CHAPTER FIVE. CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
Summary: Concealed behind his half-brother al-Husayn, elusive and enigmatic, as though reluctant to draw attention to himself, Abū al-Fadl al-ʿAbbās would eventually be propelled into pre-eminence by history, revered by millions as ‘the water bearer’, ‘the father of excellence’, and ‘the moon of the Hashemites’. A silently valiant man who rarely speaks although, when necessary, is the first to do so, Abū al-Fadl, named by ʿAlī his father for his lion-like ferocity, would be for al-Husayn a diplomat and negotiator, the carrier of the standard and an archetype of selflessness, the intrepid outrider for water, and the last man standing. His unflagging support for his half-brother is iconic, no less so than his stance as the anti-model for those who betrayed al-Husayn’s cause.
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO. THE MOTHER AND HER SONS -- CHAPTER THREE. THE FIELD OF KARBALĀʾ -- CHAPTER FOUR. THE WATER-BEARER -- CHAPTER FIVE. CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

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Concealed behind his half-brother al-Husayn, elusive and enigmatic, as though reluctant to draw attention to himself, Abū al-Fadl al-ʿAbbās would eventually be propelled into pre-eminence by history, revered by millions as ‘the water bearer’, ‘the father of excellence’, and ‘the moon of the Hashemites’. A silently valiant man who rarely speaks although, when necessary, is the first to do so, Abū al-Fadl, named by ʿAlī his father for his lion-like ferocity, would be for al-Husayn a diplomat and negotiator, the carrier of the standard and an archetype of selflessness, the intrepid outrider for water, and the last man standing. His unflagging support for his half-brother is iconic, no less so than his stance as the anti-model for those who betrayed al-Husayn’s cause.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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