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Organization of the Course, Syllabus
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Introduction
Physical and Human Geography ; Euro-centricism & Hodgson’s nomenclature ;
Historical method in the study of civilizations
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Introduction - 2
Historical method in the study of civilizations
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Historical and Social Context: Arabia and Its Neighbors Before Islam
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Readings:
Egger, 1 – 20.
Hodgson, 103 – 157.
George Hatke, “Agrarian, Commercial, and Pastoralist Dynamics in the Pre-Islamic Irano-Semitic Civilizational Area” in Wiley Black History of Islam ed. Armando Salvatore et al., 39-41.
Primary Sources:
Primary texts: Ibn al-Kalbi, The Book of Idols (read the “Introduction,” “Isaf,” “Allat,” “Manah,” and “al-Uzza”
The Mu‘allaqa of Imru’ al-Qays in Robert Irwin, 7 – 17.
‘Antara ibn Shaddad in Robert Irwin, 17 – 18.
Additional Readings
Kennedy, 1 – 29.
Hodgson, viii – 69.
Abun-Nasr, 1 – 66.
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Origins: Revelation, Prophet, and the Islamic Vision
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Readings:
Egger, 20 – 32.
Hodgson, 158 – 186.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, “Many Revelations, Many Prophets” in The Heart of Islam , 15 – 22.
Primary sources:
The Qur’an Surahs 1, 19 (Maryam), 20 (stories of Adam and Moses), 89, 93, 99, 100, 101, 112.
Surah 2 vv. 221 – 242 (family law).
Surah 4 vv. 1 – 28 (family law, inheritance).
Surah 5 vv. 72 – 75, 116 – 120 (Jesus)
Surah 12 "Joseph" compare it with Genesis 37 – 45.
Ibn Ishaq, on the death of the Prophet in Egger, 28.
The Covenant of Madina, in Ibn Ishaq; for a Turkish translation see Ali Bulac’s “Medine Vesikası hakkında genel bilgiler” in Birikim no. 38/39 (1992), 102-111.
Additional Readings
Kennedy, 29 – 49.
Hodgson, 71 – 99.
F. M. Donner, Muhammad and the Believers, Chap. 2.
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Origins - 2
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Expansion of Islam: The Islamic Conquests
Institutionalization: Religious and Administrative Institutions
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Readings:
Egger, 33 – 61.
F. M. Donner, "Islam, Conquests of," Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Hodgson, 187 – 211.
PBS Documentary “Islam: Empire of Faith Part 1”
Primary texts:
The History of Al-Tabari, "The Battle of al-Qadisiyya and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine," (package_05)
13-15 (on mobilization of troops for Qadisiyya)
92-95 (on battle of Qadisiyya)
199-204 (on the diwan)
Pact of ‘Umar (package_06)
Baladhuri, on the Conquest of Khaybar, Futuh al-Buldan (package_07)
Shaybani, kitab al-siyar (on war and peace) (package_08) (whole book available as package_08_02, have a look at the topics only)
Additional Readings
Kennedy, The Great Arab Conquests (package book)
Kennedy, 50 – 75.
Abun-Nasr, 67 – 76
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Expansion of Islam - 2:
Institutionalization
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Divergence and Reunification: First and Second Civil Wars
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Readings:
Egger, 62-69.
Hodgson, 212 – 230 & 354 – 357.
Martin Hinds, "The Murder of the Caliph ‘Uthman," 450 – 469. (package_10)
Primary Sources:
History of Al-Tabari, vol. XV, "The Crisis of the Early Caliphate," 181 – 207 (accounts about the mutiny against ‘Uthman). (package_11)
Tabari on the Martyrdom of Husayn (package_55)
Ibn Khaldun, Muqaddima, on the first and second civil wars (package_57)
Presentations: F. M. Donner, "Introduction," in Narratives of Islamic Origins, 1 – 31. (package_12)
Additional Readings
Kennedy, 75 – 102.
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Later Marwani Umayyads
The Islamic Opposition in Madina and Iraq
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Readings:
Hodgson, 241 – 279.
Egger, 69 – 84.
Bloom and Blair, 23-38.
Saudi Aramco World: Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque :
virtual tour available at
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200901/al-haram/default.htm
Primary sources:
Hasan al-Basri on Free Will (package_13)
Akhtal, Farazdaq and Jarir in Irwin, 44-47 also in Mawardi (in Turkish) (package_14)
Fiscal Rescript of Umar II (package_15)
Shahrastani, “General Introduction” Book of Sects and Creeds, 9-30 (package_16)
Abu Hanifa “Who is a Muslim” (Turkish) in Makalatu’l-İslamiyyin ve İhtilafu’l-Musallin by al-Ash‘ari (package_17)
Hilli on the fundamentals of twelver shiism (package_50)
Gibb, “Lutfi Pasha on the Ottoman caliphate” (package_20)
Additional Readings
Kennedy, 103 – 122
Elad, Amikam, "Why did ‘Abd al-Malik Build the Dome of the Rock?," 33 – 52. (package_21)
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The Abbasids - 1 Revolution and Change
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Readings
Egger, 85 – 93.
Hodgson, 280 – 314 & 473 – 495.
Gellner, Nations and Nationalism, 102-105. (package_51)
Primary Sources
Ibn al-Muqaffa’ in Irwin 75 – 83.
Additional Readings
Kennedy, 123 – 197.
Hugh Kennedy, "Central Government and Provincial Elites in the Early Abbasid Caliphate." (package_24)
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The Abbasids – 2
Cultural Patterns, Political and Religious Thought
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Readings
Donner, “Styles of Legitimation in the Early Community of Believers,” 98 – 122. (package_12)
Moshe Sharon, "The Development of the Debate around the Legitimacy of Authority in Early Islam," 121 – 141. (package_19)
Bloom and Blair, 38 – 56.
Primary Sources
Charles Pellat (transl.), The Life and Works of Jahiz, 62-66 (Shi'ite Doctrine and the Imamate); (package_22)
91-97 (Merits of Turks, other nations);
272-275 (Tradesmen, Officialdom, Secretaries)
Jahiz in Irwin, 84 – 88.
Jahiz, In Praise of of Books (package_23)
Shu‘ubiyya, Ibn Qutayba in Irwin, 101-103.
Additional Readings
Marshall G. Hodgson, "How did the Early Shi‘a become Sectarian?" (package_18)
David Waines, "The Third-Century Internal Crisis of the Abbasids." (package_25)
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Midterm
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prepare for the midterm by studying the list of concepts I have distributed in the class
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Crisis of the Caliphate:
Provincial Autonomy
Buyids, Hamdanids, Tribal Politics
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Egger, 139 – 144.
Kennedy, 198 – 307. (read 198 – 210 carefully, skim the rest)
C. E. Bosworth, "The Tahirids and Persian Literature" Iran, Vol. 7 (1969), pp. 103 – 106.
Qabus-name, 1-2. (package_27_a; optional: 27_b)
Ibn al-Nadim’s Fihrist (package_28)
C. E. Bosworth, “Military Organization under the Buyids of Persia and Iraq” Oriens, Vol. 18. (1965 - 1966), pp. 143 – 167. (package_30)
Deborah Tor, “Historical Representations of Ya‘qub b. al-Layth: A Reappraisal” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 12 (2012), 245 – 275. (package_31)
Wilferd Madelung, “The Assumption of the Title Shahanshah by the Buyids and “the Reign of the Daylam (Dawlat al-Daylam)” I & II in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 28, No. 2. (Apr., 1969), pp. 84-108 and Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 28, No. 3. (Jul., 1969), pp. 168-183. (package_29)
Entries EI2 or in DİA
Farabi, Ibn Sina, Ihkwan al-Safa, Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi, Hasan al-Muhallabi, Ibn al-Athir, Miskawayh
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Western Islamdom – 1 : Fatimids
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Readings
Egger, 94 – 98 & 154 – 162.
Abun-Nasr, 67 – 86.
“Druze”in EI2
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Western Islamdom - 2 : al-Andalus
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Egger, 98 – 113 & 162 – 171 & 182 – 188.
Abun-Nasr, 86 – 118.
Documentary
When the Moors Ruled in Europe
Primary sources:
Literature and Philosophy:
Ibn Hazm on love and learning (package_32_a and _b)
Ibn Tufayl, Hayy ibn Yaqzan (package_33)
Ibn Rush, Takhafut al-Takhafut
History:
"A Muslim-Christian Treaty" [from O. Constable, Medieval Iberia, 37-38] (package_58). ‘Abd Allah ibn Buluggin, Kitab al-Tibyan (package_34)
Ibn Khallikan on Yusuf ibn Tashfin (package_35)
Jews in Spain (package_36)
Additional Readings
Abun-Nasr, “Successors of the Almohads”, 119 – 158.
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The Turkish Infusion & Review
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Readings:
Egger, 145 – 153 & 188 – 198.
Claude Cahen, Pre-Ottoman Turkey, 1 – 51. (package_37)
PBS Documentary “Islam: Empire of Faith Part 2”
Primary texts:
The Book of Dede Korkut (package_39)
al-Biruni, Kitab fi Tahqiq ma li’l-Hind (package_38 ; full text is also available)
Ghazzali, Jon McGinnis “al-Ghazzali” (package, books)
Additional Readings
Richard Bulliet, "Local Politics in Eastern Iran under the Ghaznavids and Seljuks," Iranian Studies 11 (1978), 35-56. (package_40)
Humphreys, “Ideology and Propaganda: Religion and State in Early Sejukid Period”, 148 – 168. (package_41)
"Ghaznawids" “Nizam al-Mulk” “Ghazzali” in EI2 and DİA
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