The Rebel and the Imām in Early Islam —— Explorations In Muslim Historiography

----- 早期伊斯兰教中的反叛分子与伊玛目：穆斯林史学探索

ISBN: 9781108661171 出版年：2019 页码：320 Najam Haider Cambridge University Press

Engaging with contemporary debates about the sources that shape our understanding of the early muslim world, najam haider proposes a new model for muslim historical writing that draws on late antique historiography to challenge the imposition of modern notions of history on a pre-modern society. Haider discusses three key case studies - the revolt of mukhtar b. Abi 'ubayd (d. 67/687), the life of the twelver shi'i imam musa al-kazim (d. 183/799) and the rebellion and subsequent death of the zaydi shi'i imam yahya b. 'abd allah (d. 187/803) - in calling for a new line of inquiry which focuses on larger historiographical questions. What were the rules that governed historical writing in the early muslim world? what were the intended audiences for these works? in the process, he rejects artificial divisions between sunni and shi'i historical writing.