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Unity through Omission: Literary Strategies of Recension in Ibn al-Aṯīr’s al-Kāmil fī l-Taʾrīḫ

Hagler, Aaron M.

Arabica, 2018-01, Vol.65 (3), p.285-313 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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  • Título:
    Unity through Omission: Literary Strategies of Recension in Ibn al-Aṯīr’s al-Kāmil fī l-Taʾrīḫ
  • Autor: Hagler, Aaron M.
  • É parte de: Arabica, 2018-01, Vol.65 (3), p.285-313
  • Descrição: The historical chronicle al-Kāmil fī l-taʾrīḫ (The Complete History) of Ibn al-Aṯīr al-Ǧazarī (555/1160-630/1233) treats conservatively the existing corpus of narratives of the fitna, the first Muslim civil war (36/656-41/661). Ibn al-Aṯīr alters his main source’s accounts of troublesome moments, usually through omission, to present a universal history that serves to rehabilitate the reputation of the Umayyads without criticizing the partisans of ʿAlī. While this approach may be understood as remarkable scholarly detachment from perhaps the most contentious episode of the early Islamic narrative, in fact this narrative strategy is carefully calculated to present a past that can serve as an example for the future: one in which the disagreements that had fractured the umma were surmountable, and its unity was recoverable. Such changes, while small, had a large qualitative impact due to the narrative centrality of the fitna within the wider early Islamic narrative. La chronique historique d’Ibn al-Aṯīr al-Ǧazarī (555/1160-630/1233), intitulée al-Kāmil fī l-taʾrīḫ (L’histoire complète) traite avec prudence le corpus des récits de la fitna, première guerre civile des musulmans (36/656-41/661). Ibn al-Aṯīr modifie les récits des moments gênants de sa source principale, généralement par le biais d’omissions, afin de présenter une histoire universelle qui réhabilite la réputation des Omeyyades, sans pour autant critiquer les partisans de ʿAlī. Bien que cette approche puisse être interprétée comme un remarquable détachement de la part d’un savant à l’égard de l’épisode le plus litigieux de l’histoire des débuts de l’islam, cette stratégie narrative est soigneusement calculée pour faire du passé un exemple pour l’avenir. Un futur dans lequel les désaccords qui avaient fracturé la communauté sont surmontables, et l’unité possible. Bien que minimes, de telles de modifications narratives ont un large impact, en raison de la centralité de la fitna dans le récit plus général des premiers temps de l’Islam.
  • Editor: BRILL
  • Idioma: Inglês
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