The Oracle of al-Wurūd: Ḥamad al-Jāsir’s Genealogical Correspondence
The Oracle of al-Wurūd: Ḥamad al-Jāsir’s Genealogical Correspondence
This chapter follows the lives of Saudi lineage seekers as they weave in and out of Hamad al-Jāsir's letters and their own personal narratives and texts. It first examines al-Jāsir's genealogical volume Jamharat Ansāb al-Usar al-Mutahaddira fī Najd (The Preponderance of the Lineages of the Settled Families of Najd). It then relates the story of one of al-Jāsir's lineage-seeking petitioners, known as Rāshid b. Humayd. Rāshid's story calls attention to the intimate and personal concerns that propel the modern Saudi search for tribal lineages, genealogy between oral culture and textual culture, and the state's sometimes heavy hand in policing the boundaries of public culture in the kingdom.
Keywords: lineage seekers, Hamad al-Jāsir, letters, Rāshid b. Humayd, tribal lineages, oral culture, textual culture, public culture
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