The Kh arijtes in early Islamic historical tradition : heroes and villains / Hannah-Lena Hagemann.

Author/creator Hagemann, Hannah-Lena author.
Format Book
PublicationEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]
Copyright Date 2021
Descriptionxi, 316 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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SeriesEdinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture. ^A1373006
Abstract "Analyses the narrative function of Kh arijism in 9th- and 10th-century Islamic historiography. The first book-length literary study of Kh arijism. Sheds new light on the creation of historical memory in early Islamic historiography. Emphasises the importance of literary approaches to early Islamic history. Calls for a reassessment of historical Kh arijism based on the findings of this literary analysis. Why are stories told about the Kh arijites - purported rebels and heretics? From the Kh arijites' origins at the Battle of Siff in in 657 CE until the death of the caliph Abd al-Malik b. Marw an in 705 CE, this exhaustive literary analysis provides a fresh perspective on Kh arijite history as depicted in early Islamic historiography.The Islamic tradition portrays Kh arijism as a heretical movement of militantly pious zealots, a notion largely reiterated by what little modern scholarship there is on the Kh arijites. Hannah-Lena Hagemann moves away from the usual positivist reconstructions of Kh arijite history 'as it really was' and instead examines its narrative function in early Islamic historiography. The results of this literary analysis highlight the need for a serious reassessment of the historical phenomenon of Kh arijism as it is currently understood in scholarship" -- Publisher's website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-309) and index.
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