Notas sobre muyun en al-Andalus. El capítulo VII del Nafh al-tib de al-Maqqari [PDF]
This paper is a contribution to the study of humor and obscenity in al-Andalus' Classical Arabic Lit-erature. Al-Maqqarī's Nafḥ al-ṭīb is a very convenient starting point, especially because its chapter 7 -where he says that al-Andalus's people is very ...
Garulo, Teresa
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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism
Abstract The study of Islamic esotericism, particularly the concept of al‐bāṭiniyya, remains fragmented. While often studied under various labels like “mysticism” and “occultism,” it is widely equated to Sufism. Scholars still hesitate to use the term al‐bāṭiniyya due to its historical pejorative connotations, linking it to extremist adherence to ...
Liana Saif
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Abstract This paper contributes to a growing literature on state capacity with reference to the early modern Asian empires. The historiography of these states, and especially the Mughal empire of South Asia, has moved away from an image of unrestrained despotism towards that of a constrained state, but has yet to explore fully what these constraints ...
Safya Morshed
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Modesty, decency and reticence, the islamic virtue known as ḥayāʾ [PDF]
Il saggio propone un percorso attorno alla qualità morale detta ḥay āʾ , promossa dal discorso islamico contemporaneo soprattutto in relazione all’abbigliamento femminile.
Zilio-Grandi, Ida
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Literature and territory: Madrid (Maŷrīṭ) in the Mugrib of Ibn Sa´īd (13th century) [PDF]
Se analizan y traducen los datos que Ibn Sa ́īd al-Magribī (Granada, 1214-Túnez, 1286) ofrece sobre Madrid en la antología histórica y literaria del Mugrib , donde se recopilan biografías ordenadas geográficamente, y, en este caso, desde la ...
Mazzoli-Guintard, Christine +1 more
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Wandel weiblicher religiöser Autorität im Frühislam [PDF]
Priesterinnen, Wahrsagerinnen, Zauberinnen, Prophetinnen – im frühen 7. Jh. gab es eine Vielzahl an weiblichen religiösen Autoritäten auf der Arabischen Halbinsel. Mit dem Aufkommen des Islam änderte sich das.
Decker, Doris
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Golden Horde Historiography: The Contribution and Potential of Historico-Biographical Literature » [PDF]
Among the more than thirty works written in the genre of historical and biographical literature “Tabaqat al-hanafiya”, the work by Mahmud ibn Sulayman al-Kafawi holds a special place, since in this work al-Kafawi first used the productive approach ...
A.K. Muminov
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The Transmission of the Andalusian Demonym “al-muntadjīlī”, included in the Genealogical Dictionary Iqtibās al-Anwār (XII century AD) by Abū Muḥammad al-Rušāṭī. [PDF]
El presente artículo aborda la transmisión del gentilicio andalusí almuntağīlī, derivado de un topónimo iberorromance, recogido en el diccionario biobibliográfico Iqtibās al-anwār (siglo XII d.C.) de Abū Muḥammad al-Rušāṭī.
Torres Calzada, Maria Katjia
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Science and adab in Islam. Palatial spaces for knowledge [PDF]
Los primeros filósofos árabes asumieron el ideal de la humanitas y adoptaron a los sabios antiguos como modelo científico, educativo y cultural. Eran conscientes de que las “ciencias de los antiguos” (al-‘ulūm al-awā‘il) eran la herencia común de la ...
Calvo Capilla, Susana
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Gay in the Sasanian period: some preliminary notes on its circular urban plan [PDF]
This paper examines the Sasanian allegedly circular city of Gay, in the region of Isfahan. Material traces of the city have unfortunately been lost so we are forced to rely on Islamic literary sources alone.
Duva, Federica
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