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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136705003321

Titolo

Al-Suyuṭi, a polymath of the Mamluk period : proceedings of the themed day of the First Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies (Ca' Foscari University, Venice, June 23, 2014) / / edited by Antonella Ghersetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

90-04-33452-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 pages)

Collana

Islamic History and Civilization, , 0929-2403 ; ; Volume 138

Disciplina

892.784

Soggetti

Mamelukes - History

Egypt History 1250-1517

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Antonella Ghersetti -- 1 Al-Suyūṭī as a Sufi / Éric Geoffroy -- 2 Al-Suyūṭī, the Intolerant Ecumenist: Law and Theology in Ta ʾyīd al-ḥaqīqa al-ʿaliyya wa-tashyīd al-ṭarīqah al-Shādhiliyya / Aaron Spevack -- 3 Al-Suyūṭī and Problems of the waqf / Takao Ito -- 4 Bidʿa or sunna: The ṭaylasān as a Contested Garment in the Mamlūk Period (Discussions between al-Suyūṭī and Others) / Judith Kindinger -- 5 Al-Suyūṭī’s Stance Toward Worldly Power: A Reexamination Based on Unpublished and Understudied Sources / Christian Mauder -- 6 Casting the Caliph in a Cosmic Role: Examining al-Suyūṭī’s Historical Vision / Mustafa Banister -- 7 Preservation through Elaboration: The Historicisation of the Abyssinians in al-Suyūṭī’s Rafʿ sha ʾn al-Ḥubshān / Christopher D. Bahl -- 8 Evidence of Self-editing in al-Suyūṭī’s Taḥbīr and Itqān: A Comparison of his Chapters on Asbāb al-nuzūl / S.R. Burge -- 9 “Usefulness without Toil”: Al-Suyūṭī and the Art of Concise ḥadīth Commentary / Joel Blecher -- 10 History, Comparativism, and Morphology: Al-Suyūṭī and Modern Historical Linguistics / Francesco Grande -- 11 Al-Suyūṭī and Erotic Literature / Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila -- 12 Revisiting Love and Coquetry in Medieval Arabic Islam: Al-Suyūṭī’s Perspective / Daniela



Rodica Firanescu -- Index of Names -- Index of Titles.

Sommario/riassunto

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.