Dhū Nuwās and the Martyrs of Najrān in Islamic Arabic Literature until 1400 AD
The last king of Ḥimyar, Yūsuf Asʾar Yathʾar (reign 522-525 AD), is famously known as the Jewish persecutor of the Christians of South Arabia, most notably the ones in Najrān, who were martyred in the autumn of 523 AD. In Islamic literature, the king was known as Dhū Nuwās and became associated with...
| Published in: | Entangled Religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2022
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Entangled Religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Yusuf Asʾar Yathʾar, Himyar, König ca. 6. Jh.
/ Najrān
/ Martyr
/ Islamic literature
/ Tradition
/ Depiction
/ History 500-1500
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BH Judaism BJ Islam CA Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa TE Middle Ages |
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Muslim attitudes towards Pre-Islamic Jews and Christians
B Dhū Nuwās B Islamic historiography B Martyrs of Najrān B Qurʾānic Exegesis B People of the Trench B Ḥimyar |
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| Summary: | The last king of Ḥimyar, Yūsuf Asʾar Yathʾar (reign 522-525 AD), is famously known as the Jewish persecutor of the Christians of South Arabia, most notably the ones in Najrān, who were martyred in the autumn of 523 AD. In Islamic literature, the king was known as Dhū Nuwās and became associated with the aṣḥāb al-ukhdūd "the People of the Trench" mentioned in Q85:4-10. The article surveys the Islamic Arabic literature about Dhū Nuwās and the Martyrs of Najrān from its beginnings until the fifteenth century AD, and tries to establish literary relationships between the sources as well as literary typologies in the rich and overwhelming literature. Throughout the survey, attention is given to how different Muslim writers have dealt with the Pre-Islamic ‘Abrahamitic’ past of Arabia in forming the Islamic narrative of history. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.13.2022.9461 |