The Ṣiffīn Arbitration Agreement and statecraft in early Islamic political documents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12236295 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ibrahim Zein (0000-0001-6545-4132, Hamad bin Khalifa University), Ahmed El-Wakil (0000-0002-7689-0447, Hamad bin Khalifa University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-202 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Islamic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0955-2340 • E-ISSN: 1471-6917 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jis/etac001 |
| OpenAlex | W4206838611 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In this article we study the different recensions of the Ṣiffīn Arbitration Agreement and classify them into six different versions. Despite the differences in length and language among them, we note that these can be traced to a source document. We then highlight the key features and terminology found in the different versions of the Ṣiffīn Arbitration Agreement and observe the striking parallels that they share with the covenants attributed to the Prophet Muḥammad. We argue that the key political actors who composed the Ṣiffīn Arbitration Agreement were in all likelihood part of the same governing and administrative body that had a hand in drafting the Covenants. The startling similarities between the Ṣiffīn Arbitration Agreement and the Covenants therefore set the foundations for a comparative method that will help us better understand statecraft in the study of early Islam’s political documents
Agreement · Arbitration · Covenant · Economics · Islam · Linguistics · Parallels · Political science · Politics · Set (abstract data type · Terminology · Theology · Computer Science · Education and Islamic Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |