Ibn Khaldun's Concept of Assabiyya: An Alternative Tool for Understanding Long-Term Politics

Kayapinar, M. Akif

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“…fourteenth century), the concept of ʿasabiyya has long been debated in the literature. 10 Valeri (2017, 10 For more details on this, the reader is referred to Ibn Khaldun (1980), Wilkinson (1987), and Kayapinar (2008).…”

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Morano¹

2022

Semitic Languages and Cultures

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I am thankful to the University of Leeds and the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies for funding this research with the '110 Anniversary Scholarship.' I also acknowledge the support in publication of the book by the Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures series and Open Book Publishers. Thank you to my family in Oman, to Ikhlas, Shihha, Zalkha, Mama Sharifa, Rabʿa, Amal, Manal, Iman, Maymuna, and all the amazing women I have worked with during my PhD fieldwork and to whom this study is dedicated. Thanks to Rashid, Ikhlas's father, who agreed to record the traditional song reported in the Appendix of this work and who sadly passed away a couple of years ago. This work is entirely dedicated to Oman and the beautiful Omani people. Diachronic Variation in the al-ʿAwābī Omani Arabic Vernacular tures not only within Oman, but also with neighbouring Arabic varieties.Some fields are, indeed, more neglected than others in the literature: lexicon and syntax in primis.The lexicon found in various areas of Oman is a rich source of archaisms, classicisms, and foreign loanwords that, when combined together, create a unique system that absolutely deserves attention. It must not be forgotten that this country is characterised by linguistic diversity not comparable to any other country in the Gulf region. 1 In the field of syntax, the latest study by Bettega (2019a) is a huge step forward and we can only hope that more analysis of this kind will take place in the future.The present study aims to be a first step in this direction.Born of the urgency of expanding our knowledge of Omani Arabic, this study has two main aims: firstly, providing a linguistic analysis and description of the Omani vernacular spoken in the al-ʿAwābī district (northern Oman), based on the speech of 15 informants recruited throughout the area; and secondly, comparing these new data with the set provided by Reinhardt (1894). This comparison is deemed even more urgent in light of tracing the diachronic change the dialects of this area are currently undergoing. The process of the 'gulfinisation' of these dialects-i.e., their tendency to adapt to Gulf Arabic features-1 Twelve languages are spoken as main languages in the Sultanate: Ar-

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“…He is considered as one of the most discussed philosophers. There are so many reasons behind his popularity but the foremost is that his theories can be practically applied "…at the sub-state, inter-state and supra-state (civilizational) levels (Akifpinar, 2008 )." His time has much resemblance to the condition and crisis of the present Muslims therefore his theories are considered as having the modern characteristics thus have been studied and interpreted to analyze the movements of 19 th century i.e., nationalism, pan-Islamism, socialism, Islamism, and other ideologies.…”

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Ibn Khaldun’s Concept of Asabiyyah: Application on the Muslim Nationalism in Indian Sub-continent before Partition

Zaib

2022

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The objective of this research paper is to apply "Ibn Khaldun's concept of Asabiyyah on Muslim Nationalism in sub-continent before partition". Asabiyyah implies the concept of group solidarity; it is meant to sustain power or proclaim identity. In the same way, Muslims in the sub-continent had been described under the Asabiyyah of religious propaganda that proclaimed Muslim nationalism against the British rule and Hindus, as a result of which they succeeded in the partition of the sub-continent and got a separate homeland for themselves in the shape of Pakistan. This shows that strong Asabiyyah plays an important role in the rise and fall of nations. Thus, Pakistan emerged as a result of Muslim nationalism based on Islamic Ideology, which constitutes the core idea of Ibn Khaldun's religious perspective of Asabiyyah. Overall, the paper contributes to our understanding of Muslim Nationalism through strong Asabiyyah which played an important role in successful culmination of Pakistan.

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“…Although Ibn Khaldun's ideas and theories of history and sociology were mostly based on his personal observations and study of various 14th-century Muslim civilizations, yet the scope and future of his theory of the rise and fall of civilizations were highlighted in the true sense of the term by many postmodern researchers such as Yves Lacoste (1984), Mahmud Muhtar Pasha (1997), Mike Okonji Nduka (1998), M. Akif Kayapinar (2008), Syed Farid Alatas (2014) and Umer Chapra (2015). They all believe that this theory has its 'future', especially in the postmodern context.…”

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Tariq Ali's Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree: A Khaldunian Study

Iqbal

Asif

2020

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Tariq Ali's Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree is the postmodern retelling of what happened to the Muslim civilization in Spain and how the Muslims fell from their grandeur in a cyclic mode of rising and fall. Due to the lack of social solidarity (Asabiyyah) and weak civilization (Umran), the Nasrid Empire in Granada became weak and was overrun by the stronger Christian civilization. Ibn Khaldun's Cyclic Theory of the rise and fall of civilizations from his Muqaddimah is applied as a major theoretical perspective and two of his key concepts, Asabbiyah and Umran are also discussed with reference to Ali's work. Ali's metafiction combines politics as well as the poetics of the postmodern culture and shows the relevance of Khaldunian ideas to the current metamorphosis in the Muslim World. The study deconstructs the Eurocentric notions of Muslim history and finds the trajectory of cultural conflicts of Christian-Muslim civilizations.

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Ibn Khaldun's Concept of Assabiyya: An Alternative Tool for Understanding Long-Term Politics

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