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Futūḥ Al-Ḥabasha
In classical Historiography of early Islam, Islamic literature the futūḥ were the early Arab-Muslim conquests of Muslim conquest of Egypt, Egypt, Muslim conquest of the Levant, Syria, Mesopotamia, etc. which facilitated the spread of Islam and Islamic civilization. Futūḥ (Arabic script فتوح, singular ''fatḥ'' فتح) is an Arabic word with the literal meaning of "openings", as in "liberation". Ideology/etymology As is clear from the literal meaning of the word, ''futūḥ'' is a term with a strong bias in favor of the conquests it signifies, implying their general beneficence and legitimacy. Historian Bernard Lewis describes the meaning of ''futūḥ'' within classic Islamic thought: These were not seen as conquests in the vulgar sense of territorial acquisitions, but as the overthrow of impious regimes and illegitimate hierarchies, and the "opening" of their peoples to the new revelation and dispensation... The use of the root ''ftḥ'' is thus not unlike the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historiography Of Early Islam
The historiography of early Islam is the secular scholarly literature on the early history of Islam during the 7th century, from Muhammad's first purported revelations in 610 until the disintegration of the Rashidun Caliphate in 661, and arguably throughout the 8th century and the duration of the Umayyad Caliphate, terminating in the incipient Islamic Golden Age around the beginning of the 9th century. Muslims developed methodologies such as the "science of biography" and the "science of hadith" to evaluate the reliability of these narratives, while prominent figures like Ibn Khaldun introduced critical historiographical methods, emphasizing the importance of context and the systematic evaluation of historical data. Primary sources 7th-century Islamic sources * Birmingham Quran manuscript. Between c. 568 and 645 CE Tübingen fragment Radiocarbon dated between c. 649 and 675 CE (though written in the post-8th century Kufic script) * Sanaa manuscript. Between c. 578 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
