RT Article
T1 Historiography and the Shoʿubiya Movement*
JF Journal of Persianate studies
VO 6
IS 1/2
SP 216
OP 234
A1 Dabiri, Ghazzal
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1817478001
AB Abstract This article examines the ways in which Iranian mytho-history was woven into the narratives of Islamic history. It argues that the inclusion of narratives such as the ones that equate several of the earliest Iranian mytho-historical kings to the earliest Koranic prophets or claim that Persian was the language of the prophets from Ādam to Esmāʿil, reflects the concerns of the Shoʿubiya movement. The paper also analyzes the ways in which these Iranian kings are represented in the Avesta as paradigmatic rulers and how their essential function as good rulers is retained in the later mythos and, hence, texts so that they are equatable to the prophets. The paper argues that these narratives reflect not only a concern for equality among Iranians as Muslims, but also the ways in which intellectuals negotiated the interstitial spaces between culture and politics.
K1 Perso-Islamic History
K1 Tabari
K1 Avesta
K1 Prophets
K1 Kings
K1 Social History
DO 10.1163/18747167-12341247