Kharijites in Early Islamic Historical Tradition

Hannah-Lena Hagemann is the Principal Investigator of the Emmy Noether research group “Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period” (SCORE) at the University of Hamburg. She is author of The Khārijites in Early Islamic Historical Tradition (Edinburgh University Press, 2021) and co-editor (with Stefan Heidemann) of Transregional and Regional Elites: Connecting the Early Islamic Empire (De Gruyter, 2020).

• Part I: PreliminariesPart II: Early Islamic Historiography and Literary Khārijism1. Literary Approaches to Islamic Historiography and Khārijite History2. Portraying Khārijism3. Composing KhārijismPart III: The Portrayal of Khārijite History from Ṣiffīn to the Death of ʿAbd al-Malik4. Narratives of Khārijite Origins5. Khārijism During the Reign of Muʿāwiya b. Abī Sufyān6. Khārijism from the Second Fitna until the Death of ʿAbd al-MalikPart IV: Observations and Conclusions7. Observations Regarding the Historiographical Tradition on KhārijismConclusionBibliography

This book is an invaluable contribution to the scholarship of early Islam: a stimulating work on the origin of the Khārijites, groups that were known in the first century of Islam for their uncompromising piety and unparalleled violence. Hagemann offers a stimulating new interpretation of the historical tradition of Khārijite history.