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Zusatztext "Heather N. Keaney's book is essential reading for all researchers and teachers in Islamic history and Islamic studies".Göran Larsson! University of Gothenburg! Sweden"Yet the underlying idea - that one can understand the development of medieval historiography by studying various portrayals of this one critical set of events - is clear and ambitious. Although there may be flaws in some of her core assumptions! we nonetheless have much to gain from the great breadth and vision of her case study of medieval texts within their contexts." - Ali Cebeci! Istanbul Sehir University! Turkey Informationen zum Autor Heather N. Keaney is an Assistant Professor of History at Westmont College, Santa Barbara. She is also the Co-director of the Westmont in Istanbul semester abroad study program, which she designed and led in its first outing during Spring 2012. Klappentext This book is a comparative analysis of the medieval Sunni historiography of the caliphate of Uthman b. Affan and the revolt against him. By comparing treatments of Uthman in pietistic literature and universal chronicles, the work traces the gradual silencing of more critical accounts in favor of those that portray Uthman as a saintly companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Zusammenfassung This book is a comparative analysis of the medieval Sunni historiography of the caliphate of Uthman b. Affan and the revolt against him. By comparing treatments of Uthman in pietistic literature and universal chronicles, the work traces the gradual silencing of more critical accounts in favor of those that portray Uthman as a saintly companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Narrating ‘Uthman 2. Representation: ‘Uthman in the Third/Ninth Century Syntheses 3. Reaction: ‘Uthman in the Fourth/Tenth to Sixth/Twelfth Centuries Fada’il and Chronicles 4. Retrenchment: ‘Uthman in the Seventh/Thirteenth Century Fada’il and Chronicles 5. Re-evaluation: ‘Uthman in the Eighth/Fourteenth Century Chronicles. Conclusion ...
