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Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History : The Rashidun Caliphs / Tayeb El-Hibri.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231150828
  • 9780231521659
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909/.1
LOC classification:
  • DS38.16 .E425 2010
  • DS38.16 .E425 2010
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Genealogical Chart -- ONE. Introduction -- TWO. Abū Bakr -- THREE. 'Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb -- FOUR. 'Uthmān -- FIVE. The Road to Civil War -- SIX. 'Alī -- SEVEN. From Caliphate to Kingship -- EIGHT. Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1. Abū Mikhnaf's Account of the Saqīfa of Banū Sā'ida -- APPENDIX 2. The Succession to 'Umar -- APPENDIX 3. Manūshihr's Declaration -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 AD) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, which read into it the legitimacy of their claims. Yet while descriptive and varied, these approaches have long excluded a third reading, which views the conflict over the succession to the Prophet as a parable. From this vantage point, the motives, sayings, and actions of the protagonists reveal profound links to previous texts, not to mention a surprising irony regarding political and religious issues.In a controversial break from previous historiography, Tayeb El-Hibri privileges the literary and artistic triumphs of the medieval Islamic chronicles and maps the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy. Considering the patterns and themes of these unified narratives, including the problem of measuring personal qualification according to religious merit, nobility, and skills in government, El-Hibri offers an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. In building an argument for reading the texts as parabolic commentary, he also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions, both by Qur'anic exegesis and historical composition.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Genealogical Chart -- ONE. Introduction -- TWO. Abū Bakr -- THREE. 'Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb -- FOUR. 'Uthmān -- FIVE. The Road to Civil War -- SIX. 'Alī -- SEVEN. From Caliphate to Kingship -- EIGHT. Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1. Abū Mikhnaf's Account of the Saqīfa of Banū Sā'ida -- APPENDIX 2. The Succession to 'Umar -- APPENDIX 3. Manūshihr's Declaration -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 AD) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, which read into it the legitimacy of their claims. Yet while descriptive and varied, these approaches have long excluded a third reading, which views the conflict over the succession to the Prophet as a parable. From this vantage point, the motives, sayings, and actions of the protagonists reveal profound links to previous texts, not to mention a surprising irony regarding political and religious issues.In a controversial break from previous historiography, Tayeb El-Hibri privileges the literary and artistic triumphs of the medieval Islamic chronicles and maps the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy. Considering the patterns and themes of these unified narratives, including the problem of measuring personal qualification according to religious merit, nobility, and skills in government, El-Hibri offers an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. In building an argument for reading the texts as parabolic commentary, he also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions, both by Qur'anic exegesis and historical composition.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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