نجران في التراث السرياني منذ ظهور الإسلام وحتى نهاية العصر العباسي: دراسة نقدية في ضوء المصادر الموازية

الملخص EN

The current study seeks to present a critical and equivalent examination on the history of Najran from a Christian point of view during six centuries, from the Prophet Muhammad's time to the collapse of the Abbasid Caliphate.

The study will discuss the question of why Syria sources are interested in Najran despite this region being geographically far to Syria people.

It will consider how Syria sources record the relationship between the Christian community in Najrān and Muslim authority, and to what extent Syria sources agree with Muslim sources on such issue.

The most important question is concerning the contribution of knowledge that is provided by Syria sources to the history of Najrān.

The study will begin the discussion by evaluating the most important Syria sources that are available in the present study and examine their problematic issues.

It will debate the relationship between Najran and the Muslim Authority in Medina during the Prophet Muḥammad and Rashidun Caliphate times as recorded by Syria historians, with comparative examination to Muslim sources.

Following that, the research will investigate the history of Christians in Najran from the Umayyad period until the end of the 'Abbasīd Caliphate in light of Syria sources to recognize the non-Muslim existence, particularly Christianity, in Najrān, and to consider to what extent this non-Muslim existence was, and its relations with Muslim authorities that ruled Najran region.