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==Author== | ==Author== | ||
{{Main|al-Muwaffaq b. Ahmad al-Khwarizmi}} | {{Main|al-Muwaffaq b. Ahmad al-Khwarizmi}} | ||
Al-Muwaffaq b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Maliki al-Khwarizmi, known as Akhtab Khwarazm (b. 484/1901-2 - d. 567/1171-2), was a scholar of [[fiqh]] and [[hadith]], an orator, a man of literature, a poet, and an expert of history and biography. He wrote works such as ''Manaqib al-Imam Abi Hanifa'', ''Radd al-shams li Amir al-Mu'minin'', ''Qadaya Amir al-Mu'minin'', ''Maqtal Amir al-Mu'minin'', ''Maqtal al-Imam al-Sibt al-Shahid'', ''al-Masanid 'Ali al-Najjari'', collection of poems, and ''Fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin'' known as ''Manaqib''. | Al-Muwaffaq b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Maliki al-Khwarizmi, known as Akhtab Khwarazm (b. 484/1901-2 - d. 567/1171-2), was a scholar of [[fiqh]] and [[hadith]], an orator, a man of literature, a poet, and an expert of history and biography. He wrote works such as ''Manaqib al-Imam Abi Hanifa'', ''Radd al-shams li Amir al-Mu'minin'', ''Qadaya Amir al-Mu'minin'', ''Maqtal Amir al-Mu'minin'', ''Maqtal al-Imam al-Sibt al-Shahid'', ''al-Masanid 'Ali al-Najjari'', collection of poems, and ''Fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin (a)'' known as ''Manaqib''.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''Ahl al-Bayt fī l-maktabat al-ʿArabīyya'', p. 541 and 542.</ref> | ||
==Method of Writing== | ==Method of Writing== | ||
The book is based on citing hadiths. He also mentions chains of narrations of these hadiths. Some hadiths are short and some are long. The major part of his account of Imam al-Husayn's (a) travel to [[Karbala]] is cited from [[Ibn A'tham]], but the events of the [[Day of 'Ashura]] are cited from [[Abi Mikhnaf]] and other historians. | The book is based on citing hadiths. He also mentions chains of narrations of these hadiths. Some hadiths are short and some are long. The major part of his account of Imam al-Husayn's (a) travel to [[Karbala]] is cited from [[Ibn A'tham]], but the events of the [[Day of 'Ashura]] are cited from [[Abi Mikhnaf]] and other historians. | ||
Khwarizmi's citations from Ibn A'tham are not accurate. He does not quote Ibn A'tham's exact words. He changed the words, although the meaning is preserved. | Khwarizmi's citations from Ibn A'tham are not accurate. He does not quote Ibn A'tham's exact words. He changed the words, although the meaning is preserved.<ref>Ṣādiqī, ''Sharḥ-i gham-i Ḥusayn (a)'', p. 10.</ref> | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
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* Visiting Karbala | * Visiting Karbala | ||
* Al-Mukhtar's Uprising | * Al-Mukhtar's Uprising<ref>Ṣādiqī, ''Sharḥ-i gham-i Ḥusayn (a)'', p. 9 and 19.</ref> | ||
==Significance== | ==Significance== | ||
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* It cites old sources, such as ''al-Futuh''. | * It cites old sources, such as ''al-Futuh''. | ||
* His non-Shiite position. Although the author is not Shiite, his book was highly regarded by Shiites, and [[Imamiyya|Imami]] authors cited his hadiths in their books. | * His non-Shiite position. Although the author is not Shiite, his book was highly regarded by Shiites, and [[Imamiyya|Imami]] authors cited his hadiths in their books.<ref>Ṣādiqī, ''Sharḥ-i gham-i Ḥusayn (a)'', p. 8.</ref> | ||
==Manuscripts and Publications== | ==Manuscripts and Publications== | ||
[[Sayyid 'Abd al-'Aziz Tabataba'i]] mentioned three manuscripts of the book in his ''Ahl a-Bayt fi l-maktaba al-'arabiyya'': | [[Sayyid 'Abd al-'Aziz Tabataba'i]] mentioned three manuscripts of the book in his ''Ahl a-Bayt fi l-maktaba al-'arabiyya'': | ||
# A manuscript in the library of the household of [[Thiqat al-Islam Tabrizi]] in [[Tabriz]] with the handwriting of Muhammad b. Husayn 'Amidi Najafi. | |||
# A manuscript in the National Library of Tabriz. | |||
# A manuscript written by Shaykh Muhammad Samawi in [[Muharram]] 15, 1361/[[February 2]], 1942.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''Ahl al-Bayt fī l-maktabat al-ʿArabīyya'', p. 544 and 545.</ref> | |||
''Maqtal al-Khwarizmi'' was published three times with the preface of Shaykh Muhammad Samawi: the first was in [[Najaf]] in 1367/1947-8 in Matba'a al-Zahra, the second was by Maktabat al-Mufid in 1399/1978-9, and the last was by Dar Anwar al-Huda in 1418/1997-8.<ref>Ranjbar, ''Muʿarrifī wa barrasī-yi Maqtal al-Ḥusayn (a)''.</ref> | |||
''Maqtal al-Khwarizmi'' was published three times with the preface of Shaykh Muhammad Samawi: the first was in [[Najaf]] in 1367/1947-8 in Matba'a al-Zahra, the second was by Maktabat al-Mufid in 1399/1978-9, and the last was by Dar Anwar al-Huda in 1418/1997-8. | |||
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