Eastern Arabia in Late Antiquity
Cultural and Religious Diversity in al Bahrayn and Kazima
Eastern Arabia in Late Antiquity
Cultural and Religious Diversity in al Bahrayn and Kazima
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Description
This book explores the different peoples who inhabited the historical region of Eastern Arabia (al-Ba?rayn and Ka?ima) in the centuries before and during the rise of Islam. The book charts and relates the histories of the diverse peoples who called the region home, including Syriac Christians, Babylonian Jews, Persians, Indians, Indonesians and Arabian tribes. Using primary sources in Arabic, Syriac, Persian and Hebrew, as well as the latest archaeological evidence, the book reveals how each group was uniquely incorporated into the wider late antique world through religion, culture, politics and trade, and how each was affected differently by the rise of Islam. Providing a new perspective on the religious and cultural diversity of Arabia and on its regional connections prior and during the birth of Islam, the book will be of interest to scholars and students of Late Antiquity, Islamic history, Eastern Christianity, Arabian and Iranian studies.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1) Introduction
A Concise Narrative
Settlement Geography and Trade
Mainstream Revisionism
Late Antiquity
Identities
Part One: Religious and Ethnic Communities
2) Eastern Syriac Christians: The Qataris
Syriac and Christian Sources (Pre-Islam)
Syriac and Christian Sources (Post the Birth of Islam)
Syriac Scholars
Qatrayith
Archaeological Sites
Dating Revision and Location
Arabic-Islamic Sources
The Qataris
Summary
3)Babylonian Jewry
Jewish Sources
When Islam Came
In Jahili Poetry
After Islam
The Jewry in Bahrayn
Summary
4)Persians and Zoroastrians
Early Sasanians
Persian Texts
The Taxation Question
Encounter with Islam
The Ridda Battles
Localities and Social Situation
Persian Groups and Zoroastrian Arabs
Jahili Poetry
Summary
5)Sindhians and Javans: The Zutt and the Sayabija
Arabic-Islamic Texts
Modern Scholarship: The Zutt
Modern Scholarship: The Sayabija
Ard al-Hind
Summary
Part Two: Arabian Tribal Groupings
6)The 'Abd al-Qays
Genealogy and Divisions
Territories
Raids into Fars
Relation with Kings
Trade and Agriculture
Religion
The Delegation(s)
Remarkable Deeds
The Ridda
Seafaring and Eloquence
Summary
7)The Tamim
Genealogy and Divisions
Territories
The Massacre at Mushaqqar
Suq al-Mushaqqar, Makka and 'Ukaz
Bedouins of the Jahiliyya
Persian Influence
The Letter Exchange
Delegation(s) to Madina
Dhat al-Salasil
Summary
8)The Bakr bin Wa'il
Genealogy and Divisions
Territories
Sasanian and Persian Influence
Miaphysite Christianity
Arabian Paganism
Dhi Qar
Early Interactions with Islam
The Raids into Sawad and the Conquest of 'Iraq
Summary
9)Conclusion
Toponym Index (Arabic)
Toponyms Index (Syriac)
10) Bibliography
Primary Sources
Arabic-Islamic
Poetry Diwans and Works
Syriac and Christian Arabic
Other Languages (Including Epigraphy)
Secondary Sources
Arabic Language
European Languages
Product details
| Published | 27 May 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9780755660964 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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