The Shīʿī Past in the Great Book of the Songs : : A New Perspective on the Kitāb al-Aghānī by Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī and Shīʿī Islam in the Tenth Century / / I-Wen Su.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
• VerfasserIn: Su, I-Wen,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic History and Thought ; 24
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (500 p.)

The Kitāb al-Aghānī (the Book of Songs) is one of the most important sources for Arabic literature and Islamic history. It was compiled during the first half of the tenth century — a pivotal period for the formation of the Islamic sectarian identities, which is the subject of keen and ongoing sch...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
• NOTES ON CONVENTIONS
• ABBREVIATIONS
• INTRODUCTION
• PART ONE
• CHAPTER ONE. ABŪ AL-FARAJ AL-IṢFAHĀNĪ: HIS LIFE, HIS BELIEFS, AND HIS WORLD
• CHAPTER TWO. THE KITĀB AL-AGHĀNĪ : ITS STRUCTURE, TEXTUAL PROBLEMS, AUTHORSHIP, AND MANUSCRIPTS
• PART TWO
• CHAPTER THREE. GENRE, READERSHIP, PREJUDICES, AND LIMITATION OF SOURCES
• CHAPTER FOUR. SHĪʿĪ AGENDA AT WORK
• PART THREE
• CHAPTER FIVE. THE BOOK OF SONGS IN A NEW LIGHT
• CHAPTER SIX. AL-IṢFAHĀNĪ’S SHĪʿISM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BŪYID AGE
• CONCLUSION
• APPENDIX ONE. AL-IṢFAHĀNĪ’S SOURCES AND THEIR AVAILABILITY
• APPENDIX TWO. A LIST OF THE ṬĀLIBIDS IN THE FIRST TWO PARTS OF THE MAQĀTIL AL-ṬĀLIBĪYĪN
• APPENDIX THREE. THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE AGHĀNĪ
• APPENDIX FOUR. TEXTUAL COMPARISON
• APPENDIX FIVE. ANALYSES PERTAINING TO CHAPTER THREE
• APPENDIX SIX. THE ARTICLE ABOUT SHURAYḤ B. AL- ḤĀRITH: THE USE OF A RARE SOURCE
• APPENDIX SEVEN. TEXTUAL COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AGHĀNĪ AND SHARḤ NAHJ AL-BALĀGHA
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX