Cultural Survey of Sho’ubieh Focusing on Foregrounding and Constructing Narratives

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph. D candidate of history of Islam, Islamic Azad Universiy, Shahrood branch, Iran.

2 Associate professor of history of Islam, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran.

10.22081/hiq.2022.59957.2137

Abstract

Simultaneous with the dominance of the Umayyad dynasty over the political system of Islam, the idea of ​​Arab superiority over non-Muslims got prevalent. The propagation of narratives concerning the racial superiority of the Arabs by the traditionists affiliated to the caliphate caused the reaction of the neo-Muslims, especially the followers of the Sho’ubieh movement, and they aimed to authenticate and restore the national culture in accordance with the essence of true Islam, and negated Umayyad Pan-Arabism by foregrounding and sometimes constructing the narratives. 
Relying on the descriptive-analytical method, this research is to investigate the why and how of the reaction of Sho’ubieh movement towards the Umayyad approach. The findings of the research indicate that, due to the suffocating dominance of the political system in Umayyad era, Sho’ubieh started foregrounding and sometimes constructing the narratives in an egalitarian challenge to negate Arab supremacy and to gain an independent national identity, and then, the territory of this cultural survey was expanded to other domains of literature, history, commentary, mysticism and the like.

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Article Title [العربیة]

الحرکة الثقافیة للشعوبیة مع الترکیز على التعظیم وبنائیة الروایات

Abstract [العربیة]

بعد سیطرة الدولة الأمویة على النظام السیاسی الإسلامی، انتشرت فکرة تفوق العرب على غیر المسلمین. وأثار انتشار الروایات التی تحمل عنوان التفوق العنصری للعرب من قبل الأخباریین التابعین للخلافة، ردود فعل المسلمین الجدد، وخاصة أنصار الحرکة الشعوبیة، وأهل التسویة بهدف إقامة واستعادة الثقافة الوطنیة المبتنیة علی جوهر الإسلام الحقیقی، من خلال التعظیم وبنائیة الروایات أحیاناً، نفوا العروبیة الأمویة.

وبالاعتماد على المنهج الوصفی - التحلیلی، یهدف هذا البحث إلى معرفة أسباب وکیفیة تفاعل الحرکة الشعوبیة مع المنهج الأموی. وتشیر نتائج البحث إلى أنه فی العصر الأموی، وبسبب القمع السیاسی السائد، بدأت الشعوبیة فی تحدی للمساواة، إلغاء التفوق العربی والحصول على هویة وطنیة مستقلة بالتعظیم وبنائیة الروایات فی بعض الأحیان بدایة ثم تطور نطاق هذه الحرکة الثقافیة لتشمل ساحات أخرى بما فیها الأدب، والتاریخ، والتفسیر، والعرفان وما شابه ذلک.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الشعوبیة
  • الأمویون
  • الإیرانیون
  • العرق العربی
  • الصراعات القومیة

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History of Islam
Volume 25, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
September 2024
Pages 123-142

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