Dhū Nuwās and the Martyrs of Najrān in Islamic Arabic Literature until 1400 AD

Dhū Nuwās and the Martyrs of Najrān in Islamic Arabic Literature until 1400 ADEntangled ReligionsSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/SCVGLFAM/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Lasse LøvlundToftDhū Nuwās and the Martyrs of Najrān in Islamic Arabic Literature until 1400 ADhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/SCVGLFAMhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/SCVGLFAMhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/SCVGLFAMEntangled Religions13:220221-82The 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. Toft, Lasse Løvlund. “Dhū Nuwās and the Martyrs of Najrān in Islamic Arabic Literature until 1400 AD.” Entangled Religions 13:2 (2022): 1–82. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.46586/er.13.2022.9461. Lasse Løvlund Toft, Dhū Nuwās and the Martyrs of Najrān in Islamic Arabic Literature until 1400 AD, Entangled Religions 13:2 (2022): 1–82, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.46586/er.13.2022.9461.Arab ChristiansJewish-Christian relationsSouth ArabiaSyriac influence [Arabs]VII-XVIII CEhagiographymartyrdommartyrs of Najransaints