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The Shi'i Islamic Martyrdom Narratives of Imam al-Ḥusayn

The Shi'i Islamic Martyrdom Narratives of Imam al-Ḥusayn PDF Author: Muhammad-Reza Fakhr-Rohani
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527592294
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Book Description
Martyrdom narratives (maqtals) represent a prominent genre of Islamic, particularly Shiʽi, literature. In this genre, the heart-rending aspects of the martyrdom scenes of religiously prominent people are depicted graphically. Although not exclusively limited to the martyrdom accounts of Imam al-Ḥusayn and his companions, who were martyred on the plain of Karbala, Iraq, a great majority of Islamic martyrdom narratives deal with the Ashura episodes. As the first book-length treatment of this genre in English, this text takes the reader from the dawn of Islam in ancient Arabia, exploring the background of the Battle of Karbala and giving a view of the various maqtals and several related studies. Although examining Arabic and Persian sources, this book presupposes little background knowledge on the part of the reader.