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020			_a9781107026056
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100	1		_aNajam Haider
245	1	4	_aThe Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam: _bExplorations in Muslim Historiography
264		1	_aCambridge: _bCambridge University Press, _c2019
300			_a304 p., _btable; _c26 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aModeling Islamic historical writing -- The rise and fall of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd (d. 67/687) -- The life of Musa b. Ja'far al-Kazim (d. 183/799) -- The last years of Yahya b. 'Abd Allah (d. 187/803) -- Reconsideration -- Appendix A. The narrative elements of Mukhtar's revolt.
520			_aTo what extent do contemporary approaches to the study of Islamic historiography reflect the presuppositions that informed the writing of early Muslim historians? A proper answer to this question requires a consideration of the classical and late antique periods. Numerous studies over the last fifty years have shown that Muslim political, social, and intellectual structures appropriated (and further elaborated) preexisting models. This claim is not universally applicable, but it seems to hold in areas ranging from coinage and court culture to legal codes and literature. A similar dynamic likely governed the relationship between late antique and early Muslim historical writing. At the very least, an approach that highlights such continuity promises a better understanding of the source material than does the current propensity to utilize categories drawn from a modern European context.
650			_aMukhtar Bin Abi Ubayd
650			_aMusa bin Ja'far al-Kazim
650			_aYahya bin 'Abd Allah
651		0	_aIslamic Empire _xHistory _y661-750 _xHistoriography
651		0	_aIslamic Empire _xHistory _y750-1258 _xHistoriography
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