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Subject(s)

• Ibadites—History [Browse]
• Kharijites—History [Browse]

Series

• Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.) [More in this series]
• Studies in comparative religion

Summary note

In Shurāt Legends, Ibādī Identities, Adam Gaiser explores the origins and early development of Islamic notions of martyrdom and of martyrdom literature. He examines the catalogs or lists of martyrs (martyrologies) of the early shurāt (Khārijites) in the context of late antiquity, showing that shurāt literature, as it can be reconstructed, shares continuity with the martyrologies of earlier Christians and other religious groups, especially in Iraq, and that this powerful literature was transmitted by seventh- century shurāt through their successors, the Ibādiyya. Gaiser examines the sources of poems and narratives as quasi-historical accounts and their application in literary creations designed to meet particular communal needs, in particular, the need to establish and shape identity. --Publisher description.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-216) and index.

Contents

• Late antique and early Islamic contexts
• Shurāt battles, Shurāt bodies
• Shurāt boundaries
• Ibāḍī appropriations
• Ibāḍī boundaries.

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ISBN

• 9781611176766 ((hardbound ; : alk. paper))
• 161117676X ((hardbound ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2016028680

OCLC

949866159

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