TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clohessy,Christopher
TI  - The Outrider: Abū al-Faḍl al-ʿAbbās 
T2  - Islamic History and Thought
SN  - 9781463246228
AV  - BP80.A1214 
U1  - 297.092 23/eng/20240717
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ
PB  - Gorgias Press
KW  - Karbalāʼ, Battle of, Karbalāʼ, Iraq, 680
KW  - Muslim martyrs
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Karbalāʼ
KW  - Biography
KW  - General
KW  - Islam
KW  - Religion
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463246228
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463246228
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463246228/original
ER  -