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100 1 $aEl-Hibri, Tayeb.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98076611
245 10 $aParable and politics in early Islamic history :$bthe Rashidun caliphs /$cTayeb El-Hibri.
260 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$c[2010], ©2010.
300 $axi, 471 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 00 $gOne.$tIntroduction -- $gTwo.$tAbu Bakr: The Moment of Confirmation -- $gThree.$tÙmar b. al-Khattab: A Saga of Law and Conquest -- $gFour.$tÙthman: The Challenge of Innovation -- $gFive.$tThe Road to Civil War: Issues and Boundaries -- $gSix.$tAli: In the Image of the Prophets -- $gSeven.$tFrom Caliphate to Kingship: Ùmar's Reign and Future Changes -- $gEight.$tConclusion -- $gAppendix 1.$tAbu Mikhnaf's Account of the Saqifa of Banu Sa'ida -- $gAppendix 2.$tThe Succession to Ùmar -- $gAppendix 3.$tManushihr's Declaration.
520 1 $a"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 Shri 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 carly and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing verious rulers. In building an argument for reading the texts as parabolic commentary, he also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions, both by Quraanic exegesis and historical composition."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y622-661$xHistoriography.
650 0 $aCaliphs$zIslamic Empire$xHistoriography.
650 0 $aCaliphate$xHistoriography.
650 0 $aProphets$zIslamic Empire$xHistoriography.
650 0 $aIslam and politics$zIslamic Empire$xHistoriography.
650 0 $aIslamic parables$zIslamic Empire$xHistory.
650 0 $aHistoriography$xPolitical aspects$zIslamic Empire.
650 0 $aHistorians$zIslamic Empire$xHistory.
852 00 $bglx$hDS38.16$i.E425 2010