Islamic origins, Arabian custom, and the documents of the Prophet / Sarah Z. Mirza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mirza, Sarah Z., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Islamic history and thought ; 2643-6906 17.

Islamic history and thought, 2643-6906 ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Origin.

Islam.

Manners and customs.

Manuscripts.

Relics.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Relics.

Muḥammad.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Manuscripts.

Arabian Peninsula--History--To 622--Sources.

Arabian Peninsula.

Arabian Peninsula--Social life and customs.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xv, 319 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press LLC, 2022.

Summary:

"Early Islamic historical literature attributes several hundred pragmatic documents to the Prophet Muhammad. The consistent use of epistolary and legal formulae, which are found only in these documents, encourages us to treat these texts as a corpus. In addition to consistent terminology, formulaic structure, and formulae, these texts show remarkable stability through transmission. A comparison of these texts with Umayyad and 'Abbasid papyri reveals that the Prophet's documents reflect obsolete or otherwise unattested formulae. This study will demonstrate through three case studies the particular functions of these documents in the history of social relations in late antique Arabia"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introducation: Four ways of looking at the Prophet's documents

1. Formulae

2. Variance

3. Infrastructure: Dhimma agreements, sanctuary systems, and a case for Arabian customary law

4. Persons: A popular material culture of ḥadīth

Conclusion: There are no originals

Appendix to Chapter 1: Comparative Arabic epistolary and legal formularies, from literary and documentary sources

Appendix to Chapter 4: Correspondence between kitāba and istiʻmāl in biographical reports on Companions

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Mirza, Sarah Z. Islamic origins, Arabian custom, and the documents of the Prophet

ISBN:

9781463206444

1463206445

OCLC:

1124783928

Publisher Number:

99991321335