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THE QURRA' IN EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY BY G. H. A. JUYNBOLL (The Hague) In two fairly recent publications I came across two contradictory interpretations of the term qurra' as it occurs in early Muslim historical texts. Until recently this term was generally taken to mean reciters'. The two studies referred to are M. A. Shaban's Islamic bistory A.D. new interpretation 1) and G. Martin Hinds' Kfifan political alignments and their background in the mid-seventh century A.D. 2). Shaban considers the term qurra' as a derivation not of the root Qäf-Rá'-Hamza but of the root Qäf-Rá'-Yä', and interprets it accord- ingly as 'villagers', synonymous with abl al-qurä. The evidence Shaban adduces is impressive 3), but, in my eyes, much more can be said about this issue. Hinds, on the other hand, adheres to the more conservative view and reads the term as standing for 'Qur>an reciters'. However, he places them in a new light 4). Nobody will contest the assumption that in early Islamic history there must have been 'villagers' as well as 'Qur'an reciters'. It is the purpose of this paper to sort out the interpretations of the term qurrd' in various contexts. Also a reappraisal of the
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1973
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