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Richardson, Kristina, "Blue and Green Eyes in the Islamicate Middle Ages", Annales islamologiques, 48/1 (2014), 13-30.

Resum

In pre-Islamic Arabia pale, shimmery eyes (zurq al-'uyūn) were overwhelmingly associated with negative character traits. In this paper I examine usages of classical Arabic words with the z-r-q root to understand how they are differently mobilised in the Qur'ān, Qur'ānic commentaries, hadith, early medical treatises and words of adab. Z R Q could signify "ill-omened", "deceitful", "blind", and I will show how these definitions structured and reproduced rivalries between tribal groups (e.g. the Umayyads and the Abbasids), between Muslims and perceived Others (e.g. Muslims and Christians), and within local Muslim groups (e.g. supporters of Mu'āwiya and 'Alī, Sunnis and Shiis).

Matèries

Història de la medicina
Àrab
Medicina - Oftalmologia