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- Title
The Narrative Change in Muslim Historiography within the Context of the Expedition to al-Kharrār.
- Authors
Topal, Ahmet
- Abstract
The first written sources of Islamic history, which scholars of various fields within Islamic studies, such as Arabic literature and Islamic law rely on for inquiry into historical events and figures, are generally accepted to date to the third Hijrī century. This historical data, though same in general, shows variations across texts. The present work analyzes the expedition to al-Kharrār in classical sources, most importantly in al-Wāqidī's al-Maghāzī, Ibn Sad's al-Ṭabaqāt, and Ibn Hishām's al-Sīra, in an effort to make sense of the changes and overlaps that occur in the descriptions of the same event in these texts. It argues that the changes in the narrative structure of the expedition seen in the sources should be attributed especially to Ibn Sa'd's efforts to provide a more cohesive narrative of the event rather than a disingenuous effort to twist history, as it is sometimes claimed without justification by orientalists.
- Subjects
HISTORY of Islam; ISLAMIC law; SCIENTIFIC expeditions; ISLAMIC studies; HISTORIOGRAPHY; LEGAL literature; ARABIC literature
- Publication
Turkey Journal of Theological Studies, 2023, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2602-3067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32711/tiad.1233329