ISLAMIC ARCHIVESA Man for All Seasons: Ibn ʿUqda and Crossing Sectarian Boundaries in the 4th/10th CenturyJonathan A. C. Brown

Published: 2016
Published in: al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā 24
Language: English
Type: Paper
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A Man for All Seasons: Ibn ʿUqda and Crossing Sectarian Boundaries in the 4th/10th Century

Jonathan A. C. Brown

The Kufan hadith scholar Ibn ʿUqda and how Sunni and Shiʿi scholars drew on him. Revised version of a 2008 article.

Keywords: Ibn Uqda, Kufa, Sunni-Shii relations, sectarianism, rijal

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: middleeastmedievalists.com

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. A Man for All Seasons: Ibn ʿUqda and Crossing Sectarian Boundaries in the 4th/10th Century. al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā 24. 2016. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/a-man-for-all-seasons-ibn-uqda/