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Conversion to Islam : competing themes in early Islamic historiography / Ayman S. Ibrahim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ibrahim, Ayman S., 1973- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Historiography.
- Islam.
- Islam--Customs and practices.
- Muslim converts.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- During the first three centuries of Islamic rule, Muslims first articulated what it meant to become Muslim. In early Islamic sources, references to conversion describe an act of religious, political, and social transition. Conversion stories were an important way for historians to emphasise Allah at work in the Muslim community and to convey the unique qualities of Muhammad and the Qu'ran. In these texts, historians not only revealed the diverse nature of conversion and perceptions of it, but also illuminated their own religious debates, social concerns, political orientations, and ideological agendas. 'Conversion to Islam' is the first scholarly study to identify and analyse these conversion themes in early Muslim historiographies.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-753073-7
- 0-19-753074-5
- 0-19-753072-9
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