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- Between Rebels and Rulers in the Early Islamicate World offers the first dedicated examination of the phenomenon of rebellion across the early Islamicate world.
- Author(s): Hannah-Lena Hagemann & Alasdair C Grant
- 384 Pages
- History, Middle East
- Series Name: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
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Studies rebellion as historical phenomenon and literary construct in early Islamicate contexts.Book Synopsis
Between Rebels and Rulers in the Early Islamicate World offers the first dedicated examination of the phenomenon of rebellion across the early Islamicate world. It combines discourse analysis with a return to long-neglected social-historical analysis in its study of contention and the ways in which it was narrated and enacted. These approaches are pursued through fourteen case studies, ranging geographically from North Africa to Central Asia and chronologically from the sixth to tenth centuries CE. These diverse examples reveal several patterns: first, rebellion operated as a normative means of negotiating power and obtaining justice. Secondly, the main constituencies of rebellion were local elites, both Muslims and non-Muslims, Arabs and members of pre-conquest societies, separately or together. Accordingly, this volume challenges the 'othering' of rebels found in written sources and reflected in scholarship and reframes them and their discourses as integral parts of an imperial system. And thirdly, this book shows how social ties provided a framework for the mobilisation of rebellious constituencies and the resolution of conflict.Review Quotes
This collective volume with its extensive temporal and regional treatment of cases of contention, rebellion and revolt in early Islamic history, paired with the detailed and thought-provoking approach to each specific case, will become the reference book on the topic.--Maribel Fierro, Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo
Through fourteen case studies, ranging geographically from North Africa to Central Asia and chronologically from the sixth to tenth centuries CE, this book presents an innovative and long-overdue holistic approach to rebellions in the Islamicate medieval world.--Petra Sijpesteijn, Leiden University
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Middle East
Series Title: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Hannah-Lena Hagemann & Alasdair C Grant
Language: English
Street Date: June 30, 2026
TCIN: 1006681372
UPC: 9781399530194
Item Number (DPCI): 247-51-8515
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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