Idols and Idolatry in the Legendary Maġāzī Literature

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Idols and Idolatry in the Legendary Maġāzī Literature "
Francesca Bellino

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064372
Doc. No	:	LA108001
Call No	:	‭10.1163/24685631-12340046‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Francesca Bellino
Title & Author	:	Idols and Idolatry in the Legendary Maġāzī Literature [Article]\ Francesca Bellino
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Annali Sezione Orientale
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	78/1-2
Page No	:	104–134
Abstract	:	This article aims at analyzing idolatry inasmuch it appears as a literary motif in legendary maġāzī literature, a large and varied corpus of narratives, spread mostly in the post-Classical period (15th–19th centuries), which recount in fictional way the early Muslim military expeditions that took place during Muḥammad’s lifetime (Ar. ġazawāt, sing. ġazwa). Within this genre, it considers primarily those ġazawāt in which direct references to idolatry appear, either as references to the general concept or as references to individual idols. Regarding the latter, it provides an overview, accompanied by textual examples, of all the idols mentioned by name in the ġazawāt, divided into those that are also attested in the historical sources, and the fictitious ones invented by the narrators for narrative purposes.
Descriptor	:	Abū al-Ḥasan al-Bakrī
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	ġazawāt
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	idol worshipper
Descriptor	:	Idolatry
Descriptor	:	idols
Descriptor	:	legendary maġāzī literature
Descriptor	:	post-classical Arabic literature
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/24685631-12340046‬