Al-Jabarti's narration of the castle massacre A linguistic study of identifying the event and the actors in historical discourse

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1 Department of Arabic Language, Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

2 اللغة العربية کلية الألسن جامعة عين شمس

3 Department of Arabic language, Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University, Egypt

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This study aims to analyze the discursive identifying of historical event and actors in historical discourse, through the narration of the Massacre of the Mamluks at the Cairo Citadel, as stated in ʿAjāʾibul-ʾāṯar of the Egyptian historian Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti. The study initially provides a historical background summarizing the relations that linked the main characters included in that incident, which can explain some of what Al-Jabarti narrates in one way or another. The study is divided into two main parts: the first of which focuses on the linguistic means Al-Jabarti employed during his presentation of the main social actors in Egypt at that era, especially Muhammad Ali Pasha, his soldiers, and the most important Mamluks. The second part focuses on the linguistic means he used to shape the sub-events contained in the Citadel Massacre. Through this analysis, the study aims to show how ideology influences the historian’s thinking, and then his presentation of the historical events and actors. The study makes use of the approach of Theo van Leeuwen to critical discourse analysis and of the linguistic process types identified by Michael Halliday.

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Buhūth
Volume 5, Issue 5
Social Sciences and Humanities and Languages
May 2025
Pages 283-307

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