Christian Armed Violence under the Early Abbasids
Syriac Perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16645814 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Wood (Aga Khan University Institute for Study of Muslim Civilisations), Philip A Wood (0000-0002-9707-0501, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 47-75 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Arabica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0570-5398 • E-ISSN: 1570-0585 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700585-20246913 |
| OpenAlex | W4409789611 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This article argues that Syriac sources were mostly written from the perspective of the higher clergy who often owed their appointment to senior Muslim governors or caliphs. Their accounts were therefore framed to discourage and downplay violence by Christians. But occasionally we find signs of Christian populations living in difficult terrain such as highlands or marshland who did deploy armed rebellion as a negotiating tool against the Abbasid state. In some cases, the response of the caliph and his governors was not to crush these rebels, but to co-opt them as poachers turned gamekeepers
Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Religious studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |