Shi'i Islamic Martyrdom Narratives of Imam al-a usayn (eBook)

An Introduction

Muhammad-Reza Fakhr-Rohani (Autor)

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2023
275 Seiten
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-9229-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Martyrdom narratives (maqtals) represent a prominent genre of Islamic, particularly ShiE1/2i, literature. In this genre, the heart-rending aspects of the martyrdom scenes of religiously prominent people are depicted graphically. Although not exclusively limited to the martyrdom accounts of Imam al-ausayn and his companions, who were martyred on the plain of Karbala, Iraq, a great majority of Islamic martyrdom narratives deal with the Ashura episodes. As the first book-length treatment of this genre in English, this text takes the reader from the dawn of Islam in ancient Arabia, exploring the background of the Battle of Karbala and giving a view of the various maqtals and several related studies. Although examining Arabic and Persian sources, this book presupposes little background knowledge on the part of the reader.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.6.2023
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• ISBN-10: 1-5275-9229-4 / 1527592294
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5275-9229-2 / 9781527592292