Blue and Green Eyes in the Islamicate Middle Ages
In pre-Islamic Arabia pale, shimmery eyes (zurq al-ʿuyūn) 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...
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Annales islamologiques
2018
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