Johann Michael Wansleben's Travels in Turkey, 1673-1676
Johann Michael Wansleben's Travels in Turkey, 1673-1676

Author: Alastair Hamilton

Publisher:

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004435742

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Johann Michael Wansleben's Travels in Turkey, 1673-1676 is a hitherto unpublished version of a remarkable description of Istanbul, Izmir, and Bursa by the German scholar traveller Wansleben. Wansleben was in the Ottoman Empire to buy manuscripts, statuary, and curios for the French king, but it is his off-hand observations about Ottoman society that often make Wansleben's account such a valuable historical source. His experiences add to our knowledge of such diverse topics as prostitution in the Ottoman Empire, taxation, and the French consular system. His visit to Bursa is also noteworthy because few Western travellers included the first Ottoman capital in their tours of the East or described it at such length.

Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673-1676
Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673-1676

Author: Alastair Hamilton

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-02-27

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9004435816

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Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673–1676 is a hitherto unpublished version of a remarkable description of Istanbul, Izmir, and Bursa by the German scholar traveller Wansleben.

Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben
Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-12-11

Total Pages: 605

ISBN-13: 900454819X

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Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) and Johann Michael Wansleben (1635-1679), the master and his erstwhile student could not be more different. Ludolf was a celebrated member of the Republic of Letters and the towering authority on Ethiopian studies. Wansleben, himself a brilliant scholar and, unlike Ludolf, a seasoned traveller in the Middle East, converted to Catholicism and eventually died impoverished and marginalized. Both stood at the centre of the burgeoning study of Ethiopia and spent a formative part of their career in middle sized Duchy of Saxe-Gotha which for several years played a pivotal role in Ethiopian-European encounters. This volume offers in-depth studies of the remarkable life and work of these two scholars in a broader intellectual, political, and confessional context.

Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800
Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800

Author: Raymond John Howgego

Publisher: Potts Point, NSW, Australia : Hordern House

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 1192

ISBN-13:

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A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization from the earliest times to the year 1800. The vast scope of the Encyclopedia of Exploration makes it a work unlike any other in its combination of historical, biographical and bibliographical data. It includes a catalogue of all known expeditions, voyages and travels, as well as biographical information on the travellers themselves, which places them in their historical context. The Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800 is a massive undertaking resulting in a work that extends to 1.2 million words in almost 1200 pages. The 2327 major articles have generated index entries totalling more than 7500 names of persons or ships mentioned in the text. Within the text itself there are about 4000 cross-references between articles. Altogether nearly 20,000 bibliographical citations accompany the articles. A considerable quantity of information in this book is presented here for the first time in English.

Scholarship between Europe and the Levant
Scholarship between Europe and the Levant

Author: Jan Loop

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-05-06

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9004429328

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Scholarship between Europe and the Levant is a collection of essays in honour of Professor Alastair Hamilton. His pioneering research into the history of European Oriental studies has deeply enhanced our understanding of the dynamics and processes of cultural and religious exchange between Christian Europe and the Islamic world. Written by students, friends and colleagues, the contributions in this volume pay tribute to Alastair Hamilton’s work and legacy. They discuss and celebrate intellectual, artistic and religious encounters between Europe and the cultural area stretching from Northern Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, and spanning the period from the sixteenth to the late nineteenth century. Contributors: Asaph Ben-Tov, Alexander Bevilacqua, Maurits H. van den Boogert, Charles Burnett, Ziad Elmarsafy, Mordechai Feingold, Aurélien Girard, Bernard Heyberger, Robert Irwin, Tarif Khalidi, J.M.I. Klaver, Noel Malcolm, Martin Mulsow, Francis Richard, G. J. Toomer, Arnoud Vrolijk, Nicholas Warner, Joanna Weinberg, and Jan Just Witkam.

The Republic of Letters and the Levant
The Republic of Letters and the Levant

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2005-12-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 9047416562

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This collection of articles analyses the interests and experiences in the Levant of a number of leading western scholars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with an emphasis on the networks of learned friends throughout Europe with whom they corresponded.

The Quṣṣāṣ of Early Islam
The Quṣṣāṣ of Early Islam

Author: Lyall R. Armstrong

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-10-11

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 9004335528

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The Islamic qāṣṣ (preacher/storyteller) has been viewed most commonly as a teller of stories, primarily religious in nature and often unreliable. Building on material of over a hundred quṣṣāṣ from the rise of Islam through the end of the Umayyad period, this book offers the most comprehensive study of the early Islamic qāṣṣ to-date. By constructing profiles of these preachers/ storytellers and examining statements attributed to them, it argues that they were not merely storytellers but were in fact a complex group with diverse religious interests. The book demonstrates how the style and conduct of their teaching sessions distinguished them from other teachers and preachers and also explores their relationship with early religio-political movements, as well as with the Umayyad administration.

The Grey Falcon: The Life and Teaching of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī
The Grey Falcon: The Life and Teaching of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī

Author: Hamza Malik

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 9004383697

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In The Grey Falcon, Hamza Malik offers an account of the life and teaching of the twelfth century scholar and Sufi of Baghdad, and eponym of the Qadiri order, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077-1166). The question of whether Jīlānī was a Sufi, or simply a scholar appropriated by later Sufis as has been sometimes suggested, is tackled through an analysis of his three most popular works, the Ghunya li Ṭālibī Ṭarīq al-Ḥaqq, the Futūḥ al-Ghayb, and the Fatḥ al-Rabbānī. Malik identifies and presents Jīlānī’s Sufi thought and theological stance, and furthermore attempts to paint a picture of the character and personality of Jīlānī, as might be ascertained solely from the works analysed.

The Wahhabis Seen Through European Eyes (1772-1830)
The Wahhabis Seen Through European Eyes (1772-1830)

Author: Giovanni Bonacina

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers

Published: 2015-05-18

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9789004293014

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In The Wahhabis seen through European Eyes (1772-1830) Giovanni Bonacina offers an account of the early reaction in Europe to the rise of the Wahhabi movement in Arabia.