Shahrbānū's Recompense: Muslim and Non-Muslim Antagonists and the Hero-Imam in Rabīʿ’s Alī nāma

This article explores the central antagonisms at work within the Alī nāma of Rabīʿ, a fifth/eleventh-century Persian epic by a Twelver Shīʿī poet narrating the deeds of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib, in particular the battles of the Camel and of Ṣiffīn. It gives an analysis of this poem within its twin contexts...

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Main Author: Warner, George (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2023
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rabīʿ 1029-, ʿAlī-nāma / Antagonist / Sunnites / Zoroastrianism / Depiction / Stylistic device
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
AX Inter-religious relations
BC Ancient Orient; religion
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
KCD Hagiography; saints
TE Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Muʿāwiya b. Abī Sufyān
B ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib
B Dalāla
B Shāh nāma
B Shīʿism
B Ferdowsi
B Persian epic
B ʿAlī nāma
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Summary:This article explores the central antagonisms at work within the Alī nāma of Rabīʿ, a fifth/eleventh-century Persian epic by a Twelver Shīʿī poet narrating the deeds of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib, in particular the battles of the Camel and of Ṣiffīn. It gives an analysis of this poem within its twin contexts of Shīʿī imamology and Persian poetry, illustrating how these fields are variously drawn upon, combined and challenged in the poem’s unique narrative of the imam, and arguing that Rabīʿ cultivates his oft-cited opposition between Arabo-Islamic truth-telling and Iranian/Zoroastrian deception as a means of navigating intra-Muslim sectarian dynamics. The article argues against reductionist views of the poem, demonstrating the hybrid nuance of its engagement with Sunnīs, Shīʿīs and the pre-Islamic past, as well as providing an overview of this under-studied work of literature.
ISSN:2363-6696
Contains:Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.46586/er.14.2023.9941