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Journal of Semitic Studies 2009 54(2):475-514; doi:10.1093/jss/fgp010
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Themes of the Ibadi/Omani Siyar

Abdulrahman S. Al Salimi

Chief Editor of Al-Tasamoh Journal

Most of the previous investigations into Omani history or Ibadi literature have included siyar among the early sources without providing a complete and independent picture of them. Little or no attention has been paid to what these siyar represent. This study is therefore an attempt to fill some of these gaps in the scholarship on Omani siyar. The aims of this study of the siyar are: 1) to determine their basis and themes; 2) to discover which Ibadi areas are more receptive to the introduction of the siyar; and 3) to determine how geographical distribution may have affected the structure and content of the siyar. Likewise, it is the aim of this article to show what the essential strategies of producing the siyar were, and to find out how these changed over time. In other words, this study explores the stages of the writing of the Omani siyar and seeks to explain how and why these stages were developed.


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