Caliphate and Kingship in a Fifteenth-Century Literary History of Muslim Leadership and Pilgrimage
Jo van Steenbergen
In Caliphate and Kingship in a Fifteenth-Century Literary History of Muslim Leadership and Pilgrimage Jo van Steenbergen presents a new study, edition and translation of al-Ḏahab al-Masbūk fī Ḏikr man Ḥağğa min al-Ḫulafāʾ wa-l-Mulūk, a summary history of the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca by al-Maqrīzī (766-845 AH/ca. 1365-1442 CE). Traditionally considered as a useful source for the history of the ḥağğ, al-Ḏahab al-Masbūk is re-interpreted here as a complex literary construction that was endowed with different meanings. Through detailed contextualist, narratological, semiotic and codicological analyses Van Steenbergen demonstrates how these meanings were deeply embedded in early-fifteenth century Egyptian transformations, how they changed substantially over time, and how they included particular claims about authorship and about legitimate and good Muslim rule.
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Yıl:
2016
Yayımcı:
Brill
Dil:
english
Sayfalar:
511
ISBN 10:
9004325689
ISBN 13:
9789004325685
Seriler:
Bibliotheca Maqriziana
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PDF, 7.72 MB
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english, 2016