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- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Copyright
- © 2022 Society for the Medieval Mediterranean
- ISSN
- 1473-348X
- eISSN
- 0950-3110
- DOI
- 10.1080/09503110.2022.2118504
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This contribution approaches the Kindī aristocrat al-Ashʿath b. Qays as a case-study for a contested figure in Muslim cultural memory. Al-Ashʿath is portrayed in a wide variety of conflicting reports, suggesting a spectrum of interpretations ranging from him being remembered as a 'villain' excommunicated by Muḥammad to having been one of the main 'heroes' of the divine miracle of the early Islamic conquest of Iraq. Beginning with the only claim that al-Ashʿath was indeed excommunicated through cursing (laʿana) within the corpus of early and classical Arabic-Islamic historiography, this article proceeds to disentangle the polarized narratives surrounding this ambivalent figure.
Journal
Al-Masāq – Taylor & Francis
Published: Jan 2, 2023
Keywords: Al-Ashʿath b. Qays; Shuraḥbīl b. al-Simṭ; ambivalent figures in Muslim cultural memory; early Islamic history; early and classical Arabic-Islamic historiography