Al-Suyūṭī, a Polymath of the Mamlūk Period
Al-Suyūṭī, a Polymath of the Mamlūk Period

Author: Antonella Ghersetti

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9004334521

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This volume is a collection of several papers devoted to Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505), presented on the First Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies (held at Ca’ Foscari University,Venice, from June 23 to June 25, 2014). It aims to contribute to a reassessment of the scholarly profile of the controversial but fascinating polymath and intellectual, and, more generally, to a deeper understanding of the cultural, political and academic life of the last period of the Mamlūk empire. Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī's bibliography ranges from law to theology, and from linguistics to history. It includes medicine and geography. This polymath felt that his mission was to preserve the rich cultural heritage of the past, and knowledge in general, from widespread ignorance and decline. Considered for a long time to be an author devoid of any originality and a “simple” compiler, he was in fact an excellent teacher and a rigorous scholar who had a meticulous and accurate working method. With contributions by: Christopher D. Bahl; Mustafa Banister; Joel Blecher; S. R. Burge; Daniela Rodica Firanescu; Éric Geoffroy; Antonella Ghersetti; Francesco Grande; Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila; Takao Ito; Judith Kindinger; Christian Mauder; Aaron Spevack.

Al-suyui, a Polymath of the Mamluk Period
Al-suyui, a Polymath of the Mamluk Period

Author: Antonella Ghersetti

Publisher: Brill

Published: 2016-11-17

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9789004334502

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Al-Suyūṭī, a polymath of the Mamlūk period offers new insights into the intellectual profile of al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505), a scholar who uniquely interpreted and represented the cultural trends and political tensions of the last stage of the Mamlūk period.

The Mamluk-Ottoman Transition
The Mamluk-Ottoman Transition

Author: Stephan Conermann

Publisher: V&R Unipress

Published: 2022-07-11

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 3847011529

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While the Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk realm in 1516-17 doubtlessly changed the balance of political power in Egypt and Greater Syria, the changes must be seen as a wide-ranging transition process. The present collection of essays provides several case studies on the changing situation during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and explains how the reconfiguration of political power affected both Egypt and Greater Syria. With reference to the first volume (2017), this second volume continues the debate on key issues of the transition period with contributions by scholars from both Mamluk and Ottoman studies. By combining these perspectives, the authors provide a more comprehensive and nuanced picture of the process of transformation from Mamluk to Ottoman rule.

The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517)
The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517)

Author: Doris Behrens-Abouseif

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9004387056

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This volume is dedicated to the circulation of the book as a commodity in the Mamluk sultanate. It discusses the impact of princely patronage on the production of books, the formation and management of libraries in religious institutions, their size and their physical setting.

New Readings in Arabic Historiography from Late Medieval Egypt and Syria
New Readings in Arabic Historiography from Late Medieval Egypt and Syria

Author: Jo van Steenbergen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-04-19

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 9004458905

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The present volume contributes to research on historic Arabic texts from late medieval Egypt and Syria. Departing from dominant understandings of these texts through the prisms of authenticity and “literarization,” it engages with questions of textual constructedness and authorial agency. It consists of 13 contributions by a new generation of scholars in three parts. Each part represents a different aspect of their new readings of particular texts. Part one looks at concrete instances of textual interdependencies, part two at the creativity of authorial agencies, and part three at the relationship between texts and social practice. New Readings thus participates in the revaluation of late medieval Arabic historiography as a critical field of inquiry. Contributors: Rasmus Bech Olsen, Víctor de Castro León, Mohammad Gharaibeh, Kenneth A. Goudie, Christian Mauder, Evan Metzger, Zacharie Mochtari de Pierrepont, Clément Onimus, Tarek Sabraa, Iria Santás de Arcos, Gowaart Van Den Bossche, Koby Yosef.

Dress and Dress Code in Medieval Cairo
Dress and Dress Code in Medieval Cairo

Author: Doris Behrens-Abouseif

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-10-09

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9004684980

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In this book, Doris Behrens-Abouseif responds to the Mamluk chroniclers whose loquacity regarding clothing matters demands our attention. Using a multiplicity of sources including chronicles, European and Muslim travel narratives, popular storytelling, legal treatises, literature, and poetry, Behrens-Abouseif delves into the details of Mamluk dress. Whether as a vehicle for the sultanate’s self-representation both internationally and domestically or as an expression of religious and social identities, status and wealth, female assertion, urban culture, and artistic creativity, clothing personified the broad Mamluk social spectrum. Replete with colorful anecdotes and copious illustrations, Dress and Dress Code in Medieval Cairo offers a lively and comprehensive study of this fascinating topic.

Mosul after Islamic State
Mosul after Islamic State

Author: Karel Nováček

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-05-24

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 3030626369

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The book examines the destruction of the architectural heritage in Mosul perpetrated by Islamic State between 2014 and 2017. It identifies which structures were attacked, the ideological rationale behind the destruction, and the significance of the lost monuments in the context of Mosul’s urban development and the architectural history of the Middle East. This methodologically innovative work fills an important gap in the study of both current radical movements and the medieval Islamic architecture of Northern Iraq.

Said the Prophet of God
Said the Prophet of God

Author: Joel Blecher

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 0520295943

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Although scholars have long studied how Muslims authenticated and transmitted Muhammad’s sayings and practices (hadith), the story of how they interpreted and reinterpreted the meanings of hadith over the past millennium has yet to be told. Joel Blecher takes up this charge, illuminating the rich social and intellectual history of hadith commentary at three critical moments: classical Andalusia, medieval Egypt, and modern India. Weaving together tales of public debates, high court rivalries, and colonial politics with analyses of contemporary field notes and fine-grained arguments adorning the margins of manuscripts, Said the Prophet of God offers new avenues for the study of religion, history, anthropology, and law.

The Genius of Their Age
The Genius of Their Age

Author: S. Frederick Starr

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0197675557

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A portrait of the Arab enlightenment and its key figures, Ibn Sina and Biruni. In The Genius of Their Age, S. Frederick Starr brings to vibrant life an age when Muslim scientists and philosophers from Central Asia anticipated the Western renaissance of science by half a millennium.

The Mamluk Sultanate
The Mamluk Sultanate

Author: Carl F. Petry

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-05-26

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1108471048

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An engaging and accessible survey of the Mamluk Sultanate which positions the realm within the development of comparative political systems from a global perspective.