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History, piety and factional politics in the Arabic chronicle of the Maldives : Ḥasan Tāj al-Dīn’s Ta’rīkh and its continuations
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dc.contributor.author | Peacock, A.C.S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-29T14:30:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-29T14:30:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-12-07 | |
dc.identifier | 268354548 | |
dc.identifier | b58c19bb-dcf2-45aa-ab27-d43a0f06c165 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Peacock , A C S 2020 , ' History, piety and factional politics in the Arabic chronicle of the Maldives : Ḥasan Tāj al-Dīn’s Ta’rīkh and its continuations ' , Asiatische Studien , vol. 74 , no. 1 , pp. 195-220 . https://doi.org/10.1515/asia-2020-0015 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0004-4717 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/21732 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Arabic chronicle (Ta’rīkh) of the Maldives composed by the qadi Ḥasan Tāj al-Dīn (d. 1139/1727) and continued by his nephew Muḥammad Muḥibb al-Dīn (1118/1706-1199/1785) and his grandson Ibrāhīm Sirāj al-Dīn (d. after 1243/1827) is major but unexploited source for not just Maldivian but also Indian Ocean history more broadly. Covering Maldivian history from the purported date of the islands’ conversion to Islam in 548/1143, the Ta’rīkh is also imbued with a specific pious and ethical agenda. It seeks to situate the Maldives in the broader context of Islamic history stretching back to the Rāshidūn Caliphs, while using the past to impart ethical lessons to its audience, ostensibly the Maldivian sultans. However, its authors were also deeply involved in the Maldives’ tumultuous political life, and their presentation of events is also influenced by their own personal experiences and factional affiliations. This article explores the pious, ethical and political agenda of the Ta’rīkh. | |
dc.format.extent | 26 | |
dc.format.extent | 707489 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Asiatische Studien | en |
dc.subject | Maldives | en |
dc.subject | Arabic chronicles | en |
dc.subject | Ḥasan Tāj al-Dīn | en |
dc.subject | Ta’rīkh Islām Dībā Maḥal | en |
dc.subject | History of Indian Ocean | en |
dc.subject | Muslim commercial and religious networks | en |
dc.subject | DS Asia | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | DS | en |
dc.title | History, piety and factional politics in the Arabic chronicle of the Maldives : Ḥasan Tāj al-Dīn’s Ta’rīkh and its continuations | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Late Antique Studies | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Institute of Medieval Studies | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of History | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1515/asia-2020-0015 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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