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  • The ‘Battle of the Pass’: two Consequential readings1

  • Saleh Said Agha
  • Journal:
    Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies / Volume 63 / Issue 3 / January 2000
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    05 February 2009, pp. 340-355
    Print publication:
    January 2000

  • Among revisionist works on the so-called ‘Abbāsid Revolution, which argue for an Arab ethnic character of the constituency of the revolution, M. A. Shaban's stands out as the most influential. Shaban's methodology and conclusions have been generally and specifically criticized. Patricia Crone aptly remarks: ‘Shaba's imaginative efforts are visible on every page [of] his books’; and, Elton Daniel, in his critique of Shaban's interpretation of the word taqādum, perceptively comments: ‘Instead of basing his theory on the meaning of the word, he seems to have simply invented a meaning on the basis of his theory.’ To these ‘imaginative efforts’ and ‘inventions’ also belongs Shaban's treatment of the source material on the ‘Battle of the Pass’ and its aftermath.