Half of my Heart: The Narratives of Zaynab, Daughter of ʿAlî 9781463240233
As Abû ʿAbd Allâh al-Ḥusayn, son of ʿAlî and Fâṭima and grandson of Muḥammad, moved inexorably towards death on the fiel
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE. IN THE HOUSE OF PROPHECY
CHAPTER TWO. THE PRE-KARBALÂ' NARRATIVES
CHAPTER THREE. ON THE FIELD OF KARBALÂ'
CHAPTER FOUR. IN THE HALLS OF THE KINGS
THREE ADDENDA
AFTERWORD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
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Half of my Heart
The Narratives of Zaynab, Daughter of ʿAlî
Christopher Paul Clohessy
gp 2018
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Half of my Heart. Readings in the Life of Zaynab, daughter of ʰAlî
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ..................................................................................... v Acknowledgments .................................................................................. vii Preface ....................................................................................................... ix System of Transliteration ............................................................... x Primary Arabic Shîʲî and Sunnî Sources ..................................... xi List of Abbreviations ................................................................... xix Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 %HIRUH.DUEDO¿ʱ .............................................................................. 26 In the course of the battle ............................................................ 26 $IWHU.DUEDO¿ʱ ................................................................................ 27 Chapter One. In the House of Prophecy ........................................... 37 Chapter Two. The Pre-.DUEDO¿ʱ1DUUDWLYHV .....................................103 $1LJKWDWal-ʣX]D\PL\\D......................................................105 2. Rumours of War ......................................................................109 3. The Dirge .................................................................................113 Chapter Three. 2QWKH)LHOGRI.DUEDO¿ʱ .........................................131 1. The Rising Sun.........................................................................133 2. A Boy ........................................................................................137 3. A Challenge ..............................................................................143 4. To Kûfa ....................................................................................145 Chapter Four. In the Halls of the Kings...........................................159 1. The First Protest .....................................................................159 ʲ8ED\G$OO¿KE=L\¿G ............................................................172 3.