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12 - Local Elites during Two Periods of Civil Strife: Al-Ashʿath b. Qays, Muḥammad b. al-Ashʿath, and the Quarter of Kinda in Seventh-Century Kufa

from Part III - Communities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Georg Leube
Edited by
Edmund Hayes  and
Petra M. Sijpesteijn
Edmund Hayes
Affiliation:
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Petra M. Sijpesteijn
Affiliation:
Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Summary

Urban structure and interpersonal networks are frequently linked. This chapter draws on the very fine-grained information on the Islamic garrison town of Kufa during the seventh century to exemplarily reconstruct the urban structure and material environment of the quarter of Kinda. Due to the focus of the extant narratives, the discussion is centered on periods of civil strife in which Kufa and the quarter of Kinda were involved. By combining information on the spatial configuration of the quarter of Kinda with narratives describing the involvement of Kindī multipliers in the social history of Kufa, this contribution suggests a reconstruction of the different types of social, urban, and economic capital available to interpersonal multipliers across the first three generations of Islam.

Keywords

Kindaseventh centuryKufaurban structuremateriality and spatiality of early Islamic garrison townsal-Ashʿath b. Qayscivil strife
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Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire , pp. 353 - 380
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024
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