The Terminology of the Zaydī Imāmate in the Imām al-Nāṭiq bi-l-ḥaqq’s “al-Taḥrīr fī l-kašf ‘an nuṣūṣ al-a’imma al-naḥārīr”: Semantic and Functional Dimension
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The present paper is dedicated to semantic and functional study of the technical terms widely employed by Abū Ṭālib Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn al-Hārūnī al-Daylamī al-Nāṭiq bi-l-ḥaqq (340/951–424/1033), the Zaydī imām of Daylam, a prominent representative of the Qāsimiyya school of law of the Caspian Zaydiyya, in his famous Zaydī theological summa (talḫīṣ) “al-Taḥrīr fī l-kašf ‘an nuṣūṣ al-a’imma al-naḥārīr” to verbalize the concept of the imāmate which plays essential role in a conceptual system of the Zaydī school of law. The terminology of the Zaydī imāmate extracted from “al-Taḥrīr” was defined in the framework of semantic fields outlined to specify the qualification of the Zaydī imām, his role and powers as a political and military commander of the umma. It was shown that the Zaydī imāmate terminology is the integral part of Classical Arabic lexicon. The functional peculiarities of the technical terms as attested in “al-Taḥrīr” were delineated to lexically reflect the imāmate concept specific for the Zaydī school of jurisprudence.
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concept, imām, imāmate, meaning, semantics; semantic/thematic field; terminology; Zaydī school of jurisprudence/law (fiqh)
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