The kharijites in early islamic historical tradition : heroes and villains /

Hagemann, Hannah-Lena

The kharijites in early islamic historical tradition : heroes and villains / Hannah-Lena Hagemann - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, cop. 2021 - (316 p.) - Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture .

Bibliogr. p. 279-309

Why are stories told about the Khārijites - purported rebels and heretics? From the Khārijites' origins at the Battle of Ṣiffīn in 657 CE until the death of the caliph ʻAbd al-Malik b. Marwān in 705 CE, this exhaustive literary analysis provides a fresh perspective on Khārijite history as depicted in early Islamic historiography.

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