RELIGST 2Q03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Arabian Peninsula, Ziyarat, Abbasid Caliphate
6 Apr 2016
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We may understand moives in 3 ways: his own idealism led him down this path i. Revoluionary, and will colour events ater: there was a sense of pre-determinaion or desiny i. ii. Pre- -- : 300 tradiions ascribed to prophet which prophet foretold the killing of husayn only in sunnite(?) texts. Symbolize applied (kissing neck, was beheaded: the choice as he saw it was btwn submiing to yazid or death. This epic would give impetus to a culture of religious mourning, and visitaion of his grave (ziyarat) A culture of remembrance and sufering would ensue. Wide spread internal civil strife ater his death. Today (mass gathering at karbala was banned, 4 poliical reasons)(500,000 b4 and 20 mil o o ater) o. Takes 40 days to mourn (40th day extremely important) Death of husayn would be used as propaganda by abbasid revoluionaries. Abid al-malik b. marwan (692-705): the 3rd great caliph of islam ater umar and mu"
