Perched on the Shoulders of Giants?: Looking at the Almohad Empire in the Hafsid Chronicles
Our contribution tackles the ideological aspect of "legacy" developed in the pro-Hafsid legitimizing discourse. The court historiographers pretended that their patrons had deserved and inherited the throne of Ifrīqiya. We shall see how they sketched a genealogy of founding fathersAbū Ḥafṣ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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Arabica
Year: 2018, Volume: 65, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 563-596 |
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Historiographie
B Ifrīqiya B Historiography B Legitimization B légitimation B Hafsides B Almohades B Hafsids B Almohads |
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| Summary: | Our contribution tackles the ideological aspect of "legacy" developed in the pro-Hafsid legitimizing discourse. The court historiographers pretended that their patrons had deserved and inherited the throne of Ifrīqiya. We shall see how they sketched a genealogy of founding fathersAbū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar (d. 571/1175-1176), Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Wāḥid (d. 618/1221) and Abū Zakariyyāʾ Yaḥyā (d. 647/1249), considering that Muʾminids and Hafsids were the two pillars of the Almohad Empire, so it was natural that the latters took up the torch when the formers declined. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0585 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Arabica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700585-12341500 |