Patricia Crone and the “secular tradition” of early Islamic historiography: An exegesis
Abstract Patricia Crone famously identified three distinct sub‐traditions within early Islamic historiography: a “religious tradition”, a “tribal tradition”, and a “secular tradition”. Whereas the first is extremely unreliable and the second is partially unreliable regarding early Islamic history in general (c.
Joshua J. Little
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Since the 5th/11th century, the city of Fez (in present-day Morocco) has been holding a major role within the scholars’ networks of the Islamic West, especially as an important place of transmission of the Mālikī Sunnism.
Aurélien Montel
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Jordanian migration and mobility in the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2100–1550 BCE) at Pella
Abstract The site of Pella, located in the foothills of the east Jordan valley, was a prosperous city–state throughout the Middle Bronze Age (MBA, ca. 2000–1500 BCE). As part of a widespread trading network, Pella enjoyed extensive socio‐economic relationships with Egypt, Cyprus, and the Aegean, Anatolia, and Babylonia during this period.
Chris Stantis +6 more
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Representing the Emancipation Metanarrative of Islamic Mysticism in the Discourse and Narrative of Attar’s Tazkirat al-Awliya [PDF]
Mystic texts are among the fruitful branches of Persian literature. Because of their transparent relationships with mystical and human experience and imagination, they constitute the foundations of artistic originations and indescribable lingual ...
Parvin Tajbakhsh +2 more
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Qutb al-Din al-Razi as a Shafi‘i Scholar and the Edition, Translation and Analysis of His Commentary on the Introduction of al-Hawi al-Saghir [PDF]
Quṭb al-Dīn al-Rāzī, one of the eminent scholars of eighteenth/fourteenth century, occupies a special place in the history of Islamic thought thanks to his contributions in philosophy and logic. His serious interest in the Islamic sciences can be seen in
Nail Okuyucu
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Les traditions judaïsantes et la sainteté en héritage chez les premiers ascètes et dévots de l’islam
The technical term isrā’iliyyāt refers to narratives stemming from Jewish literature (canonical scriptures and their commentaries as well as apocrypha) which deal with cosmogony and stories of Patriarchs and Prophets of the Sons of Israel, the “Banu ...
Kabira Masotta
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The Narrative Change in Muslim Historiography within the Context of the Expedition to al-Kharrār
The first written classical sources of Islamic history which scholars of various fields within the Arabic and Islamic studies, including but not limited to Arabic literature, Islamic law, and Ḥadīth studies, rely on for inquiry into historical events as ...
A. Topal
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The 'Pharaoh' Anecdote in Pre-Modern Arabic Historiography [PDF]
This article examines the development of the pharaoh as a literary figure in Arabic historiography between the third/ninth and the ninth/fifteenth centuries.
Hirschler, Konrad
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MS Berlin, State Library, Glaser 51: A Unique Manuscript from the Early 7th/13th-Century Bahšamite Milieu in Yemen [PDF]
Jan Thiele would like to thank the Gerda Henkel Foundation for granting him an M4Human Fellowship during the preparation of this chapterPeer ...
Ansari, Hassan, Thiele, Jan
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Memlükler’de Kur’ân Tilâveti ve Kıraat İlmi
The paper deals with the status of Quran recitation and qiraah in Mamluks. While handling the subjects, firstly, the scientific environment in Mamluks was stated in broad strokes. Afterwards, the institutions where the Quran and recitation education were
A. Gökdemir
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