The History of Al-Tabari: The Community Divided: The Caliphate of Ali I, A. D. 656-657-A. H. 35-36

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780791423929
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publication date: 10/1/1996
  • Series: SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies, #16
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 240
  • Sales rank: 1,240,356
  • Product dimensions: 5.91 (w) x 8.93 (h) x 0.58 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Editors' Foreword
Translator's Foreword
An Account of the Allegiance - Who Gave It and When 1
The Settlement of the Affair by Giving of Allegiance to 'Ali b. Abi Talib 15
The Expedition of Qustantin, King of Rum, against the Muslims 24
'Ali Sends Out His Governors to the Garrison Cities 26
Talhah and al-Zubayr Ask 'Ali If They Can Leave 32
'Ali Leaves for al-Rabadhah on His Way to al-Basrah 47
The Buying of the Camel for 'A'ishah and the Report about the Dogs of al-Haw'ab 49
'A'ishah's Remark "By Allah! I Will Seek Vengeance for the Blood of 'Uthman!" and Her Departure for al-Basrah with Talhah and al-Zubayr and Their Followers 52
Their Entry into al-Basrah and the Battle between Them and 'Uthman b. Hunayf 56
An Account of 'Ali b. Abi Talib's Advance toward al-Basrah 80
The Commander of the Faithful Dismounts at Dhu Qar 95
'Ali b. Abi Talib Sends His Son al-Hasan and 'Ammar b. Yasir from Dhu Qar to Get the Kufans to Mobilize with Him 112
'Ali Sets Up Camp at al-Zawiyah of al-Basrah 114
The Battle 122
Another Account of the Battle of the Camel 125
The Severity of the Battle on the Day of the Camel and the Account of A'yan b. Dubay'ah's Looking into the Howdah 155
The Killing of al-Zubayr b. al-'Awwam 158
Those Routed on the Day of the Camel Who Hid and Went off into the Surrounding Towns 159
'Ali's Grief over Those Killed at the Battle of the Camel, Their Burial, and His Gathering What Was in the Camp and Its Despatch to al-Basrah 163
The Number of Fatalities of the Battle of the Camel 164
'Ali's Visit to 'A'ishah and the Punishment He Ordered for Those Who Offended Her 164
The Basrans' Allegiance to 'Ali and His Division of the Contents of the Treasury among Them 166
'Ali's Conduct toward Those Who Fought Him on the Day of the Camel 166
Al-Ashtar Sends 'A'ishah a He-Camel He Had Bought for Her and Her Exit from al-Basrah to Mecca 167
What 'Ali b. Abi Talib Wrote about the Victory to His Governor of al-Kufah 168
'Ali Accepts Allegiance from the People and the Account of Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan and 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakrah 168
The Appointment of Ibn 'Abbas as Governor of al-Basrah and Ziyad over the Kharaj Tax 169
'Ali Equips 'A'ishah to Leave al-Basrah 170
Accounts of the Carnage on the Day of the Camel 171
What 'Ammar b. Yasir Told 'A'ishah When the Battle of the Camel Was Over 171
'Ali b. Abi Talib Sends Qays b. Sa'd b. 'Ubadah to Be Ruler of Egypt 175
Muhammad b. Abi Bakr's Governorship of Egypt 187
'Ali Despatches Khulayd b. Tarif to Khurasan 191
'Amr b. al-'As Gives Allegiance to Mu'awiyah 191
'Ali b. Abi Talib Sends Jarir b. 'Abdallah al-Bajali to Call Mu'awiyah to Acknowledge 'Ali's Authority over Him 195
Bibliography of Cited Works 199
Index 203
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