Sayyid Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd
An Iraqi Shiʿi Genealogist at the Court of Özbek Khan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9085065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kazuo Morimoto (0000-0001-9442-6528, 1The University of Tokyo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 661-694 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-07 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4995 • E-ISSN: 1568-5209 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685209-12341411 |
| OpenAlex | W2561430773 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article demonstrates that Sayyid Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, a close associate of Özbek Khan of the Golden Horde, was an expert in sayyid genealogy hailing from Najaf or Kufa and a member of a Twelver Shiʿi network that connected him to the sect’s centers in Iraq. It then discusses the implications of this finding for our understanding of the religious environment surrounding Özbek and of the activities of the Twelver Shiʿi community under Mongol rule, as well as for DeWeese’s proposal to link the historical Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd with the famous hagiographical figure Sayyid Ata, the purported converter of Özbek
Ancient history · Archaeology · Asian studies · China · Genealogy · Sect · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |