Rapprochement between Sunnis and Imamis during the crusades
Other Title(s)
التقارب بين أهل السنة و الشيعة الإمامية أثناء الحروب الصليبية
Author
al-Shinqiti, Muhammad Bin al-Mukhtar
Source
Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies
Issue
Vol. 36, Issue 1 (31 Jul. 2018), pp.183-200, 18 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2018-07-31
Country of Publication
Qatar
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The Imāmī Shī‘a of Syria stood along with the Sunnīs as one group against the Franks, rather than as followers of different religious traditions.
This article traces the rapprochement between the Sunnī and the Imāmī Shī‘a in the face of the Franks.
Examples that were invoked to make the point here include the Imāmīs of Tripoli and Aleppo and the Imāmī vizier of the Fatimids, Ṭalā’i‘ Ibn Ruzzayk.
Three factors seem to have underlined this sense of unity: doctrinal nearness, geographic proximity, and the political quietism of medieval Imāmism.
Saladin’s relations with the Imāmīs are also invoked here.
Being more pragmatic than his predecessor Nūr Al-Dīn, Saladin valued winning hearts and minds as much as winning battles.
He successfully adopted a containment policy that was based on winning the Syrian Imāmīs and building a broad alliance with them against the Franks.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Shinqiti, Muhammad Bin al-Mukhtar. 2018. Rapprochement between Sunnis and Imamis during the crusades. Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies،Vol. 36, no. 1, pp.183-200.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-885620
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Shinqiti, Muhammad Bin al-Mukhtar. Rapprochement between Sunnis and Imamis during the crusades. Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies Vol. 36, no. 1 (Jul. 2018), pp.183-200.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-885620
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Shinqiti, Muhammad Bin al-Mukhtar. Rapprochement between Sunnis and Imamis during the crusades. Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies. 2018. Vol. 36, no. 1, pp.183-200.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-885620
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 199-200
Record ID
BIM-885620