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Intro
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction. Making Use of Uncertainty
1. The Later Historians: Ibn al-Athīr and Ibn Kathīr
2. Their Source
3. Establishing the Texts' Relationships
4. Methodology: Performative Historiographical Analysis
5. Mapping the Fitna
6. Structure
Chapter 1. Historical Background of the Fitna and Its Histories
1. A Brief History of Islam before Our Extant Sources and the Emergence of Sectarian Rivalry
2. The Raw Data: The Sectarian Narratives
3. The Fitna as Narrative
4. Historical Context: Damascus during and after the "Sunnī Revival"
5. Conclusion
Part 1. The Slaughter at Karbalāʼ
Chapter 2. The Karbalāʼ Narrative
1. The Story of Karbalāʼ
2. Ibn Kathīr on al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī
3. Ibn al-Athīr on Karbalāʼ
4. Conclusion
Chapter 3. The Fight and Its Aftermath
1. The Immediate Preparation
2. The Battle
3. Conclusion
Chapter 4. Approaching Karbalāʼ
1. Towards Karbalāʼ
2. Umayyad Representatives, Softened and Erased
3. Al-Ḥusayn is Detained and Denied Water
4. Conclusion
5. Next Stop
Part 2. The Betrayal at Ṣiffīn
Chapter 5. The Ṣiffīn Narrative
1. Sourcing Ṣiffīn
2. The Elements of the Story
2.1. The Journey of ʿAlī from Baṣra to Kūfa to Ṣiffīn and Muʿāwiya's Journey to Ṣiffīn
2.2. The Battle by the Water
2.3. The Makeup of the Armies and the Early Skirmishes
2.4. Laylat al-Harīr-the Main Battle
2.5. Call for Arbitration
Appointment of Arbiters
Withdrawal of the Armies
2.6. Negotiation, Ruling, and Reneging
3. The Stakes
Chapter 6. The Battle of Ṣiffīn: Fight and Conclusion
1. Introduction
2. A Broken Link to the Prophet: The Battlefield Death of the Elderly ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir
3. Arbitration, Negotiation, and a Portentous Stalemate.
Chapter 7. Preparing the Battle
1. Introduction
2. The Battle of the Camel
3. The Allegiances of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ and Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī
4. The Correspondence between ʿAlī and Muʿāwiya
5. The Battle by the Water: Softening Umayyad Villainy at Ṣiffīn
6. Conclusion
Part 3. The Election of ʿUthmān
Chapter 8. The Story of ʿUthmān
1. The Shūrā
2. Six Good Years, Six Bad Years
3. Muʿāwiya on the Minbar
4. The Stakes
5. Six Good Years and Six Bad Years: The Caliphate of ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān
5.1. The ʿUthmān Interlude
5.2. ʿUthmān's Alteration of the Pilgrimage Rites
Chapter 9. The Shūrā of ʿUthmān
1. Introduction
2. Narrating the Shūrā
3. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf: Cynical or Sincere?
4. ʿAlī's Reactions: Playing the Wild Card
5. Looking Backward
Part 4. Further Ripples
Chapter 10. The Stories of Succession
1. Introduction
2. The Death of the Prophet and the Sāqifa
3. The Caliphate of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
4. The Stakes
Chapter 11. The Prophet Muḥammad and His Role in the Narrative
Conclusion. The Tapestry of History
1. Karbalāʼ the Pebble
Bibliography
Index.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction. Making Use of Uncertainty
1. The Later Historians: Ibn al-Athīr and Ibn Kathīr
2. Their Source
3. Establishing the Texts' Relationships
4. Methodology: Performative Historiographical Analysis
5. Mapping the Fitna
6. Structure
Chapter 1. Historical Background of the Fitna and Its Histories
1. A Brief History of Islam before Our Extant Sources and the Emergence of Sectarian Rivalry
2. The Raw Data: The Sectarian Narratives
3. The Fitna as Narrative
4. Historical Context: Damascus during and after the "Sunnī Revival"
5. Conclusion
Part 1. The Slaughter at Karbalāʼ
Chapter 2. The Karbalāʼ Narrative
1. The Story of Karbalāʼ
2. Ibn Kathīr on al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī
3. Ibn al-Athīr on Karbalāʼ
4. Conclusion
Chapter 3. The Fight and Its Aftermath
1. The Immediate Preparation
2. The Battle
3. Conclusion
Chapter 4. Approaching Karbalāʼ
1. Towards Karbalāʼ
2. Umayyad Representatives, Softened and Erased
3. Al-Ḥusayn is Detained and Denied Water
4. Conclusion
5. Next Stop
Part 2. The Betrayal at Ṣiffīn
Chapter 5. The Ṣiffīn Narrative
1. Sourcing Ṣiffīn
2. The Elements of the Story
2.1. The Journey of ʿAlī from Baṣra to Kūfa to Ṣiffīn and Muʿāwiya's Journey to Ṣiffīn
2.2. The Battle by the Water
2.3. The Makeup of the Armies and the Early Skirmishes
2.4. Laylat al-Harīr-the Main Battle
2.5. Call for Arbitration
Appointment of Arbiters
Withdrawal of the Armies
2.6. Negotiation, Ruling, and Reneging
3. The Stakes
Chapter 6. The Battle of Ṣiffīn: Fight and Conclusion
1. Introduction
2. A Broken Link to the Prophet: The Battlefield Death of the Elderly ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir
3. Arbitration, Negotiation, and a Portentous Stalemate.
Chapter 7. Preparing the Battle
1. Introduction
2. The Battle of the Camel
3. The Allegiances of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ and Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī
4. The Correspondence between ʿAlī and Muʿāwiya
5. The Battle by the Water: Softening Umayyad Villainy at Ṣiffīn
6. Conclusion
Part 3. The Election of ʿUthmān
Chapter 8. The Story of ʿUthmān
1. The Shūrā
2. Six Good Years, Six Bad Years
3. Muʿāwiya on the Minbar
4. The Stakes
5. Six Good Years and Six Bad Years: The Caliphate of ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān
5.1. The ʿUthmān Interlude
5.2. ʿUthmān's Alteration of the Pilgrimage Rites
Chapter 9. The Shūrā of ʿUthmān
1. Introduction
2. Narrating the Shūrā
3. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf: Cynical or Sincere?
4. ʿAlī's Reactions: Playing the Wild Card
5. Looking Backward
Part 4. Further Ripples
Chapter 10. The Stories of Succession
1. Introduction
2. The Death of the Prophet and the Sāqifa
3. The Caliphate of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
4. The Stakes
Chapter 11. The Prophet Muḥammad and His Role in the Narrative
Conclusion. The Tapestry of History
1. Karbalāʼ the Pebble
Bibliography
Index.