Khaled Keshk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5443541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Khaled Keshk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Khaled |
| FAMILY NAME | Keshk |
| SIGNATURE | KESHK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Reign of the Muhājirūn
This article utilizes Bruce Lincoln’s theoretical framework of discourse analysis to understand the power dynamics within three important narratives defined herein as the Muhājirūn period (632–56 ce): the saqīfa incident, the Kufan exiles incident, and the killing of ʿUthmān incident. Discourse analysis allows us to go beyond simply using these stories to reconstruct events in order to understand the nascent Islamic polity and the civil wars of t…
The Crucible of Islam
This work purports to fill a lacuna that Muslim scholars have not been able to fill (at least adequately, in Bowersock’s view) with regard to the origins of Islam. Bowersock utilizes a variety of sources. In nine chapters, plus a prologue, he spells out his thesis, looking at Islamic and non-Islamic sources, archeological findings, and inscriptions. The book can be divided into three, disparate, sections: Chapters 1 to 3 lay out, to borrow Wansbr…
Ideología omeya y el recurso al pasado
This paper looks at the reign of ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Azīz (ʿUmar II) as the beginning of the end of the Umayyad power. Here we are referring to the so-called ‘reforms’ of ʿUmar II, which directly impacted Umayyad propaganda tools; such as history, poetry, and polemics, were severally damaged. The paper shows that it was these reforms and none other, which outlasted the Umayyads by severally hampering their efforts at maintaining their hegemony on le…
When Did Muʿāwiya Become Caliph
How to Frame History
This work looks at two examples of a literary device, which I have labeled the “set-up” story, used within the narratives of historical works. This literary device, as this paper will illustrate, were used to help the listener/reader frame the historical narrative that he/she was about to hear/read. It does this in three ways: the first is to have the set-up story follow a certain pattern that the listener/reader is familiar with. The second way …
The Historiography of an Execution
Muslim historical works give contradictory accounts of the execution of Ḥujr. Using a source-critical approach, this paper will show that the narrators of Ḥujr’s execution shaped this story to support their religio-socio-political point of view. Uncovering these different versions will shed light on Islamic historiography. Being aware of the different versions of Ḥujr’s execution allows the reader to distinguish between what really happened from …
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The Historiography of an Execution
Muslim historical works give contradictory accounts of the execution of Ḥujr. Using a source-critical approach, this paper will show that the narrators of Ḥujr’s execution shaped this story to support their religio-socio-political point of view. Uncovering these different versions will shed light on Islamic historiography. Being aware of the different versions of Ḥujr’s execution allows the reader to distinguish between what really happened from …
How to Frame History
This work looks at two examples of a literary device, which I have labeled the “set-up” story, used within the narratives of historical works. This literary device, as this paper will illustrate, were used to help the listener/reader frame the historical narrative that he/she was about to hear/read. It does this in three ways: the first is to have the set-up story follow a certain pattern that the listener/reader is familiar with. The second way …
When Did Muʿāwiya Become Caliph
Ideología omeya y el recurso al pasado
This paper looks at the reign of ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Azīz (ʿUmar II) as the beginning of the end of the Umayyad power. Here we are referring to the so-called ‘reforms’ of ʿUmar II, which directly impacted Umayyad propaganda tools; such as history, poetry, and polemics, were severally damaged. The paper shows that it was these reforms and none other, which outlasted the Umayyads by severally hampering their efforts at maintaining their hegemony on le…
The Crucible of Islam
This work purports to fill a lacuna that Muslim scholars have not been able to fill (at least adequately, in Bowersock’s view) with regard to the origins of Islam. Bowersock utilizes a variety of sources. In nine chapters, plus a prologue, he spells out his thesis, looking at Islamic and non-Islamic sources, archeological findings, and inscriptions. The book can be divided into three, disparate, sections: Chapters 1 to 3 lay out, to borrow Wansbr…
The Reign of the Muhājirūn
This article utilizes Bruce Lincoln’s theoretical framework of discourse analysis to understand the power dynamics within three important narratives defined herein as the Muhājirūn period (632–56 ce): the saqīfa incident, the Kufan exiles incident, and the killing of ʿUthmān incident. Discourse analysis allows us to go beyond simply using these stories to reconstruct events in order to understand the nascent Islamic polity and the civil wars of t…
Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works)