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Leube, Georg:
Local elites during two Periods of Civil Strife : Al-Ashʿath b. Qays, Muḥammad b. al-Ashʿath, and the quarter of Kinda in 7th Century Kufa.
In: Hayes, Edmund ; Sijpesteijn, Petra M.
(ed.):
Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the early Islamic Empire. -
Cambridge
: Cambridge University Press
,
2024
. - pp. 353-380
ISBN 978-1-009-38426-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009384308.013
Abstract in another language
This chapter contributes a micro-study of local elites during the two Islamic
civil wars (fitna) of the seventh century to the overarching research into
mechanisms and structures of social dependency in the early Islamic
empire. By reconstructing the networks of al-Ashʿath b. Qays (d. after
41/661) and his son Muḥammad b. al-Ashʿath (d. 67/686), the preeminent
leaders of the quarter of Kinda in Kufa for much of the seventh century, I
will investigate the sources of authority at the disposal of local notables
within the tribally formulated milieu of an early Islamic garrison town and
the ties they needed to maintain to function as pivotal multipliers in interpersonal
networks of patronage and mobilisation. Special attention will be
given to the structures shaping the activities of these two Kindī power brokers
during the first two civil wars when public authority and administrative
control over the town were being contested.
During the reconstruction of these structures, there will be a special
focus on the mechanisms deployed by Kindī and non-Kindī actors to establish,
maintain, and contest the networks integrating the quarter of Kinda
into the political, administrative, and military cityscape of seventh-century
Kufa. While the source material for this micro-study will be drawn mainly
from early and classical Arabic historiography, the resulting reconstruction
of the structures and mechanisms of Kindī power brokers in Kufa will be
integrated in an archaeologically and anthropologically informed reconstruction
of the material environment of their quarter during the seventh
century.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a book |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature > Chair Islamic Studies > Chair Islamic Studies - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature > Chair Islamic Studies |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 200 Religion > 290 Other religions 400 Language > 490 Other languages 900 History and geography > 950 History of Asia 900 History and geography > 960 History of Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2025 11:24 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jan 2025 11:24 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/91508 |