North African and Omani Ibâḍî Accounts of the Munâẓâra: A Preliminary Comparison

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Titre

North African and Omani Ibâḍî Accounts of the Munâẓâra: A Preliminary Comparison

Créateur

Gaiser, Adam R. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2012

Dans

Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

This chapter compares Western/North African and Eastern/Omani Ibâḍî accounts of the munâẓara (debate) that took place at Ḥarûrâ’ before the Battle of Nahrawân to reveal two similar yet distinct traditions. A further comparison with non-Ibâḍî (i.e. al-Ṭabarî, al-Balâdhurî, al-Baghdâdî, etc.) versions of the debate shows that it is the Western/North African tradition that shares certain features and narrative structures with non-Ibâḍî accounts. The key to understanding these particular textual configurations is the figure of the last Basran Imâm, Abû Sufyân Maḥbûb Ibn al-Raḥîl. Abû Sufyân wrote his Kitâb Abî Sufyân on the commission of the Rustumid Imâm Aflaḥ Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhâb, and likely incorporated Basran and Kûfan Ibâḍî traditions that did not gain wide currency among Ibâḍîs in Oman. For this reason, non-Ibâḍî and Western munâẓara accounts share certain characteristics that are not present in Eastern accounts, even though Oman is geographically closer to the places where non-Ibâḍî accounts likely originated.

Langue

eng

numéro

132

pages

63-73

doi

10.4000/remmm.7778

issn

0997-1327

Titre abrégé

North African and Omani Ibâḍî Accounts of the Munâẓâra

uri

http://journals.openedition.org/remmm/7778

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Gaiser, Adam R., “North African and Omani Ibâḍî Accounts of the Munâẓâra: A Preliminary Comparison”, 2012, bibliographie, consulté le 18 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/2594