Middle Eastern history Books

Book SynopsisDer Historiograph al-Maqrīzī (15. Jh.) befasst sich in seinem kurzen Traktat mit den Mineralien, ihrer Klassifikation, ihren medizinischen Anwendungen sowie Theorien über ihre Entstehung. Käs legt hier erstmals eine kritische Textedition mit deutscher Übersetzung und ausführlichem Kommentar vor. The 15th century historiographer al-Maqrīzī deals in his short treatise with minerals, their classification, medicinal uses and theories of their coming into being. Käs presents for the first time a critical edition of this text along with a German translation and a detailed commentary.Trade Review"The outstanding work that Fabian Käs has done so far on the difficult and intriguing subject of Arabic mineralogy will hopefully redraw attention to this somewhat neglected but no less important field of research; and together with the recent study of al-Tīfāshī’s stone-book by Armin Schopen and Karl W. Strauß, it might even pave the way for other scholars to arrive at a deeper understanding of the multifaceted world which medieval mineralogy evokes. The book reviewed here is, in any case, a stunningly flawless achievement." Oliver Kahl in Journal of Semitic Studies, vol 61, no 2, October 2016.

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Book SynopsisThis book charts the development of Islamic ships and boats in the Western Indian Ocean from the seventh to the early sixteenth century with reference to earlier periods. It utilizes mainly Classical and Medieval Arabic literary sources with iconographical evidence and archaeological finds. The interdependence of various trading activities in the region resulted in a cross fertilization, not only of goods but also of ideas and culture which gave an underlying cohesion to the Arabian, Persian and Indian maritime peoples. This study has led to a re-evaluation of that maritime culture, showing that it was predominantly Persian and Indian, with Chinese influence, throughout the Islamic period until the coming of the Portuguese, as reflected in nautical terminology and technology.Trade ReviewHonorary Mention for Best Book published in 2007 on a Canadian nautical subject from the Canadian Nautical Research Society. Awarded Honourable Mention by The Keith Matthews Prize in 2008 Highly Commended for the Keith Muckelroy Memorial Award 2009, Nautical Archaeology Society. "Für Interessierte am arabischen Schiffbau mit Sicherheit eine willkommene Bereicherung, liegt doch mit dieser Studie eine Publikation vor, die nicht nur schiffbautechnische, sondern auch geo-politische Aspekte umfassend und facettenreich darstellt." – Thomas Feige, in: Das Logbuch 44.4 (2008) "Rarely do books come along that make such a demontrable contribution to the field of maritime history as Dionisius Agius's Classic Ships of Islam, a work that effectively re-lays the foundation for the study of Muslim shipping in the western Indian Ocean." – Lincoln Paine, in: The Northern Mariner / Le Marin du Nord, XVIII.2 (2008), 120-122 "As a reviewer seeking to do full justice to this complex work one would almost have to match Agius word-for-word, so rich is the study in its assessment of sources, the arguments of other scholars, and its overall sweeping contribution to the much-neglected field." – Kenneth McPherson, in: Nautical Archeology 38.1 (2009), 180-182 "The book [...] advances our understanding of Islamic material culture as well as social and economic history and offers a fascinating journey into the past, to borrow Agius' heading of Chapter One of his book." – Yaacov Lev, in: Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 38 (2011), 391-395

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Book SynopsisIn Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia, Ines Aščerić-Todd explores the involvement of Sufi orders in the formation of Muslim society in the first two centuries of Ottoman rule in Bosnia (15th - 16th centuries C.E.). Using a wide range of primary sources, Aščerić-Todd shows that Sufi traditions and the activities of dervish orders were at the heart of the religious, cultural, socio-economic and political dynamics in Bosnia in the period which witnessed the emergence of Bosnian Muslim society and the most intensive phase of conversions of the Bosnian population to Islam. In the process, she also challenges some of the established views regarding Ottoman guilds and the subject of futuwwa (Sufi code of honour).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations A Note on Names and Transliteration Introduction Aims and Scope Islam in Bosnia – History, Historiography and Political Dimensions Bosnian Muslim Society and Dervish Orders – Parameters, Sources and Methodology A Note on ‘Syncretism’ and ‘Heterodoxy’ PART I – Conquest, Settlement and Town-Formation in Ottoman Bosnia: the Sufi Contribution to the Early Stages of the Development of Bosnian Muslim Society Chapter 1: Dervishes and the Ottoman Conquest of Bosnia Chapter 2: The Earliest Tekkes in Bosnia Chapter 3: Dervishes as Founders of Bosnian Towns PART II – Urban Realities of Ottoman Bosnia: Trade-Guilds, Tekkes and Dervish Traditions at the Heart of City Life Chapter 4: Akhis, Dervish Orders and the Religious Character of Bosnian Guilds Chapter 5: Futuwwa Documents – Fütüvvetnames, Şecerenames and Pirnames Chapter 6: Guild Punishments, Ceremonies and Festivities Chapter 7: The Akhi-Baba Chapter 8: The Guilds and the State Chapter 9: The Guilds and the Islamisation Process PART III – Political Roles of Bosnian Dervishes: the Hamzevis – a Dervish Order or a Socio-Political Movement? Chapter 10: The Heyday and End of the Hamzevi Movement Chapter 11: The Foundations of the Hamzevi Order – Hamza-Dede’s Tekke and Islamisation in the Tuzla Region Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSephardim are the descendants of the Jews expelled from the lands of the Iberian Peninsula in the years 1492-1498, who settled down in the Mediterranean basin. The identifying sign of the Sephardim has been, until the middle of the twentieth century, the language known as Jewish-Spanish. The history, identity and memory of the Sephardim in their Mediterranean dispersal are analysed by the author with a special reference to the Sephardi community of Jerusalem and to the cultural and social changes that characterized the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. However, because of the crucial changes related to modernization and the political circumstances that came into being at the turn of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, the Sephardim lost their unique identity.Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Introduction Jerusalem Once upon a Time Who is a Sephardi? The Language of the Sephardim Conclusion 1. From Expulsion to Revival The Expulsion from Spain To Where did the Exiled Turn to Go? Portugal Navarre North Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya Italy The Ottoman Empire Leaders of the Sephardi Communities in the Ottoman Empire in the Sixteenth Century Jerusalem Safed Tiberias Hebron The Ottoman Empire Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries The Turkish Republic Conclusion 2. The Meʿam Loʿez: The Masterpiece of Ladino Literature (Eighteenth–Nineteenth Centuries) The Anthology Meʿam Loʿez Everydaylife of the Sephardim in their Mediterranean Dispersal According to the Meʿam Loʿez 3. Immigrants in the Land of Their Birth: The Sephardi Community in Jerusalem. The Test Case of the Meyuḥas Family Modernization Processes in the Ottoman Empire The Alliance Israelite Universelle A Jerusalemite Sephardi Family in the Change of Time: The Test Case of The Meyuḥas Family The History of the Meyuḥas family in the Balkans and in Istanbul (Kushta) The Meyuḥas Family in Jerusalem: The Meguilat Yoḥasin of the Rishon Le-Zion Rabbi Refael Meyuḥas and the Purim de los Meyuḥasim The Descendants of Rabbi Refael Meyuḥas Shadarim of the Meyuḥas Family The Meyuḥas Family in Kefar Ha-Shiloʾaḥ Conclusion 4. Beautiful Damsels and Men of Valor: Ladino Literature Giving Us a Peek into the Spiritual World of Sephardi Women in Jerusalem (Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries) Ladino Books Kept by Nona Flor Nona Flor the Storyteller Old Readers and New Readers Conclusion 5.The Spanish Senator Dr. Ángel Pulido Fernández and the “Spaniards without a Homeland,” Speakers of Jewish Spanish 248 Dr. Angel Pulido Fernandez and the Sephardim How Did the Sephardim React to Pulido’s Ideas? Conclusion 6.The Lost Identity of the Sephardim in The Land of Israel and the State of Israel The Weekly Hed Ha-Mizraḥ and its Readers The Second World War in Greece: The Extermination of the Jews The Sephardim of the Land of Israel Facing the Holocaust Epilogue: History in the Eyes of the Beholder Bibliography Hebrew Bibliography Other Languages Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrontiers of the Ottoman Imagination is a compilation of articles celebrating the work of Rhoads Murphey, the eminent scholar of Ottoman studies who has worked at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham for more than two decades. This volume offers two things: the versatility and influence of Rhoads Murphey is seen here through the work of his colleagues, friends and students, in a collection of high quality and cutting edge scholarship. Secondly, it is a testament of the legacy of Rhoads and the CBOMGS in the world of Ottoman Studies. The collection includes articles covering topics as diverse as cartography, urban studies and material culture, spanning the Ottoman centuries from the late Byzantine/early Ottoman to the twentieth century. Contributors include: Ourania Bessi, Hasan Çolak, Marios Hadjianastasis, Sophia Laiou, Heath W. Lowry, Konstantinos Moustakas, Claire Norton, Amanda Phillips, Katerina Stathi, Johann Strauss, Michael Ursinus, Naci Yorulmaz.Trade Review"Frontiers of the Ottoman Imagination is a volume of articles written and compiled in honor of historian Rhoads Murphey by his students and colleagues. The volume offers a noteworthy contribution to Ottoman studies in that it brings together articles by emerging as well as renowned scholars that cover several political, social and cultural aspects of Ottoman history and span the imperial period and space, from the Balkans to the Mediterranean and from beginning to end. In this respect, the fact that the articles are on diverse subjects yet in harmony with one another and organized in chronological order ensures a lucid and enjoyable read for those who would like to read the book in one sitting. [...] The reader is reminded many times throughout the book that to grasp the actual frontiers of the Ottoman imagination can be harder than imagined, yet this dynamic collection of articles makes a good starting point towards achieving that goal." – Görkem Daskan, in: Turkish Review 5/2, pp. 171-173Table of ContentsIntroduction Marios Hadjianastasis Rhoads Murphey’s bibliography 1. Tekfur, fasiliyus and kayser: Disdain, negligence and appropriation of Byzantine imperial titulature in the Ottoman world Hasan Çolak 2. Slave Labour in the Early Ottoman Rural Economy. Regional Variations in the Balkans during the 15th Century Konstantinos Moustakas 3. The Topographic Reconstruction of Ottoman Dimetoka: Issues of Periodization and Urban Morphology Ourania Bessi 4. Being Tiryaki Hasan Pasha: the textual appropriations of an Ottoman hero Claire Norton 5. Ottoman Hil’at: Between Commodity and Charisma Amanda Phillips 6. Between the Porte and the Lion: identity, politics and opportunism in seventeenth century Cyprus Marios Hadjianastasis 7. The carta incognita of Ottoman Athens Katerina Stathi 8. Lingering Questions Regarding the Lineage, Life & Death of Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa Heath W. Lowry 9. Entre les insurgés reaya et les indisciplinés ayan: la révolution grecque et la réaction de l’Etat ottoman Sophia Laiou 10. Regional Reform as an Ambition: Charles Blunt Sen., His Majesty’s Consul in Salonica, during his Early Years in the Ottoman Empire (1835-39) Michael Ursinus 11. Nineteenth Century Ottoman Americana Johann Strauss 12. The End Of Bismarck’s “Pretended Disinterestedness” and a New Era for German - Ottoman Relations: The Ottoman Special Mission to Berlin and Reşid Bey’s Report in 1881 Naci Yorulmaz Index

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Book SynopsisThe dry climate of Egypt has preserved about 130,000 Arabic documents, mostly on papyrus and paper, covering the period from the 640s to 1517. Up to now, historical research has mostly relied on literary sources; yet, as in study of the history of the Ancient World and medieval Europe, using original documents will radically challenge what literary sources tell us about the Islamic world. The renaissance of Arabic papyrology has become obvious by the founding of the International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) at the Cairo conference (2002), and by its subsequent conferences in Granada (2004), Alexandria (2006), Vienna (2009), and Tunis (2012). This volume collects papers given at the Vienna conference, including editions of previously unpublished Coptic and Arabic documents, as well as historical and linguistic studies based on documentary evidence from Early Islamic Egypt. With contributions by: Anne Boud’hors; Florence Calament; Alain Delattre; Werner Diem; Alia Hanafi; Wadād al-Qāḍī; Ayman A. Shahin; Johannes Thomann and Jacques van der Vliet. For more titles about Papyrology, please click here.Trade Review"More than a book on astronomy, calligraphy, herbs, on the economy of the monasteries, or the administation of the Umayyad era - all this valuable information discovered in papyri found, lost and re-discovered, unearthed, decodified, studied and treasured at various museums of the world, this volume is testimony of the toilsome on-going process of researching the fascinating field of papyrology and the need to perceive it withing the wider field of the history of culture." Stavros NikolaidisTable of ContentsContents Preface vii Contributors x Quoted Editions xiii Plates xvii 1 Three Remarkable Arabic Documents from the Heidelberg Papyrus Collection (First-Third/Seventh-Ninth Centuries) 1 Werner Diem 2 Pour une étude des archives coptes de Medinet el-Fayoum (P.Louvre inv.e 10253, e 6893, e 6867 et e 7395) 23 Florence Calament and Anne Boud’hors 3 Death Dates in Umayyad Stipends Registers (Dīwān al-ʿAṭāʾ)? The Testimony of the Papyri and the Literary Sources 59 Wadād al-Qāḍī 4 Remarques sur la taxation au monastère de Baouît au début de l’époque arabe 83 Alain Delattre 5 Schreibübung und Schriftübungszettel zwischen Theorie und Praxis 95 Ayman A. Shahin 6 An Arabic Ephemeris for the Year 931–932ce 115 Johannes Thomann 7 Nekloni (al-Naqlūn) and the Coptic Account Book British Library Or.13885 153 Jacques van der Vliet 8 Two Arabic Documents from Cairo and Copenhagen 168 Alia Hanafi Index

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Book SynopsisIn celebration of the many contributions of Claude Gilliot to Islamic studies, an international group of twenty-one friends and colleagues join together to explore books and written culture in the Muslim world. Divided into three sections – authors, genres and traditions – the essays explore themes that have been of central interest and concern to Gilliot himself including the Qurʾān, tafsīr, ḥadīth, poetry, and mysticism. Gilliot’s detailed and extensive work on many authors and texts, literary genres, and specific case-studies on many Muslim traditions renders this volume an apt tribute to him as well as offering Islamic studies’ scholars valuable research insights on these subjects. The authors of these English, French and German essays are all renowned scholars from Europe and North America, each of whom have benefitted substantially from Gilliot’s work and collegiality. With contributions by: Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Mehdi Azaiez, Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau, Abdallah Cheikh-Moussa, Jean-Louis Déclais, Denis Gril, Manfred Kropp, Pierre Larcher, Michael Lecker, Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Harald Motzki, Tilman Nagel, Angelika Neuwirth, Emilio Platti, Jan van Reeth, Andrew Rippin, Uri Rubin, Walid Saleh, Roberto Tottoli, Reinhard Weipert, Francesco ZappaTrade Review“Attention-grabbing and compelling in its variety of the issues studied, undeniably provoking in its dealing of old issues from within a modern perspective, this is a book that helps improve our understanding of vital issues concerning not only the three major religions, but the process itself of cultural development and the impact and interaction books and written culture have been having over people.” Stavros Nikolaidis, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 24 (2015) 491-494. "... eine schöne Gabe für einen der wichtigsten Vertreter des Faches". Rüdiger Lohlkerin, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, vol. 106/2016. "... there are two reasons why this volume is significant. First, it is a celebration of a major 'islamologue' of our times and demonstrates the model of his work being articulated. Second, hidden away in this volume are some really interesting works that will be engaging for specialists who might not necessarily pick it up." - Sajjad Rizvi, University of Exeter, in: Al-Abhath 62-63 (2014-2015)Table of ContentsCONTENTS Abbreviations List of illustrations List of Maps INTRODUCTION Francesco Zappa: Professori emerito Claudio Gilliot Latina dedicatio Roberto Tottoli, Andrew Rippin: Claude Gilliot, a biographical sketch AUTHORS Emilio Platti: Criteria for authenticity of prophecy in ʿAbd al-Masīḥ al-Kindī’s Risāla Michael Lecker: Muḥammad b. Isḥāq ṣāḥib al-maghāzī: was his grandfather Jewish? Pierre Larcher: Les Maʿānī al-Qurʾān d’al-Farrāʾ ou la théologie tempérée par la philologie Andrew Rippin: Al-Mubarrad (d. 285/898) and polysemy in the Qurʾān Abdallah Cheikh-Moussa: Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, l’arabe et le Bédouin Walid Saleh: The Ḥāshiya of Ibn al-Munayyir (d. 683/1284) on al-Kashshāf of al-Zamakhsharī Roberto Tottoli: New light on the translation of the Qur’ān of Ludovico Marracci from his manuscripts recently discovered at the Order of the Mother of God in Rome GENRES Mehdi Azaiez: Le contre-discours coranique et la construction d’une figure de l’opposant Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau: Présentation coranique des messages prophétiques anciens : l’attitude de kufr dénoncée Angelika Neuwirth: Locating the Qurʾān in the epistemic space of Late Antiquity Tilman Nagel: Wirkende Worte: Das Ḥadīth und die Metaphysik Reinhart Weipert: Gedanken zur Charakteristik der arabischen gnomischen Poesie der frühen Abbasidenzeit Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi: Ecrire le secret sans le révéler. Remarques sur le vocabulaire technique de la poésie mystique persane Denis Gril: Ibn Abī l-Iṣbaʿ al-Miṣrī et son traité sur le début des sourates TRADITIONS Manfred Kropp: Lisān ʿarabiyy mubīn – “klares Arabisch”? oder: “offenbar Arabisch”, gar “geoffenbartes Arabisch”? Uri Rubin: More light on Muḥammad’s pre-existence: Qurʾānic and post-qurʾānic perspectives Jan van Reeth: La présentation du Prophète au Temple Jane Dammen McAuliffe: Connecting Moses and Muḥammad Jean-Louis Déclais: Moïse et le rocher de la querelle. De la Bible aux récits musulmans Harald Motzki: Ibrāhīm, Umm Ismāʿīl and Ismāʿīl at Mecca: A Contribution to the Problem of dating Muslim Traditions

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Book SynopsisCe livre présente une étude historique et culturel sur l'art figuration humaine et le portrait dans un contexte islamique médiéval basé sur des sources littéraires et iconographiques. Avec: Sheila Blair; Éloïse Brac de la Perrière; Oleg Grabar; Kata Keresztely; Mika Natif; Yves Porter; Houari Touati This book presents an art historical and cultural study of human figuration and portraiture in a medieval islamic context, based on literary and iconographic sources. With contributions by: Sheila Blair; Éloïse Brac de la Perrière; Oleg Grabar; Kata Keresztely; Mika Natif; Yves Porter; Houari TouatiTrade Review"L’ouvrage apportera indéniablement au chercheur un nouvel éclairage des questions traitées et permettra de repenser divers aspects du statut et de l’histoire de la figuration humaine dans l’art islamique. Grâce au cahier iconographique, le lecteur peut suivre l’argumentation, voire vérifier certaines indications au fil de la lecture. S’il faut signaler un défaut à cet ouvrage, c’est sa relative concision. Si elle paraît constituer une garantie de la qualité des contributions sélectionnées, celles-ci ouvrent de nombreuses perspectives et soulèvent de nouvellesquestions que le lecteur curieux souhaiterait voir poursuivies au-delà de l’abondante bibliographie proposée en fin de volume". Katia Zakharia in arabica 63 (2016) 377-418. "En s’attachant à expliquer les conditions du développement et de la légitimation de l’image figurée et d’une certaine iconophilie dans la culture islamique, l’ouvrage apporte de nouveaux éléments de réflexion sur la conception de l’art islamique". Sandra Aube in Bulletin critique des annales islamologiques, 2015, 30, pp.46-48. "...the contributions made by the essays collected in this volume are numerous and manifold. They draw attention to a number of little known or unknown textual sources. They put forward a variety of opinions and attitudes regarding the image. They offer alternate perspectives and in-depth reflections on the issue of portraiture, notably highlighting the highly symbolic and essentialist character of paintings." Nourrane Ben Azzouna, University of Strasbourg.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Houari Touati Le régime des images figuratives dans la culture islamique medieval, Houari Touati Une brève histoire des portraits d’auteurs dans les manuscrits islamiques, Sheila S. Blair Réflexions préliminaires sur les portraits d’auteurs dans l’art islamique : Le cas de Moïse dans le Jāmi‘ al-Tawārīkh de Rashīd al-Dīn, Mika Natif Histoire des portraits du prophète Muḥammad, Oleg Grabar et Mika Natif Le portrait dans l’Orient musulman pré-moderne : une décantation du modèle en son essence, Yves Porter (en collaboration avec Richard Castinel) Les représentations humaines dans la peinture arabe medieval. L’exemple du Ḥarīrī-Schefer, Kata Keresztely Des idées aux images : les personnages indiens dans la miniature islamique, Éloïse Brac de la Perrière Illustrations Les auteurs Cahier iconographique

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Book SynopsisTémoignages vécus et décrits en direct par deux diplomates français sur la Perse avant, pendant, et après le coup d’État de 1921, Georges Ducrocq (attaché militaire) et Hélène Hoppenot (épouse du chargé d’affaires). Live description of Persia before, during and after the coup of February 1921 by two French diplomats, Georges Ducrocq (military attaché) and Hélène Hoppenot (wife of the French chargé d’affaires)Trade Review"George Alfred Jean Ducrocq (1874‒1927) was France’s military attaché in Tehran in 1919‒21. Hélène Hoppenot, née Delacour (1894‒1990), was the wife of Henri Hoppenot, who served as the French chargé d’affaires in the Iranian capital in the same years. Both wrote private diaries during their stay in Iran. Yann Richard has resurrected these writings—and their authors—by publishing them in a flawlessly edited version accompanied by informative commentary and followed by a 100-page prosopography covering all of Iran’s major political figures of the period. Ducrocq and Hoppenot’s observations offer insight into many hidden corners of Iran’s history immediately following World War I and leading up to Reza Khan’s coup of 1921, a period that remains curiously understudied."[..] "The edition under review should invite scholars to incorporate the French archives next time they write about this period. No one working on Vosuq al-Dowla, Starroselsky or Reza Khan in his run-up to power can henceforth afford to overlook this material. Rudi Matthee, University of Delaware, in Iranian Studies, 2016Table of ContentsIntroduction 2 1 – Le coup d’État de 1921 et les sources historiques 2 Problème des dates 4 2 – Pourquoi ces deux journaux en parallèle ? 5 3 – Méthode d’édition 7 4 – Les notices biographiques 7 5 – Quelques questions importantes 8 Starosselsky 8 Ziyâ od-Din Tabâtabâ’i 9 Le danger bolchevique 10 L’Accord Anglo-Persan 11 6 - Les auteurs 11 Georges Ducrocq 11 Hélène Hoppenot 13 Glossaire 15 Transcription 16 Georges Ducrocq : Journal de Perse (1919-1921) 17 Note sur l’édition du texte 18 Du 13 avril au 13 novembre 1919 19 Du 13 décembre 1919 au 23 mai 1920 65 Du 5 juin au 28 octobre 1920 127 Du 28 octobre 1920 au 18 mai 1921 138 Suite du Journal de Perse : 24 août au 28 octobre 1921 240 Sur la situation financière de la Perse – des renseignements 263 Voyage de retour Téhéran-Paris 274 Textes sans date rédigés et dactylographiés 286 Hélène Hoppenot, Journal : Téhéran 1920-1922 291 Avant-propos 292 Hélène Hoppenot — Journal 1920 293 Journal 1921 353 Journal 1922 399 Répertoire prosopographique et index 405 Notices biographiques 410 Bibliographie 496 Chronologie 500 English Contents English Summary Index

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Book SynopsisThe Yemeni Manuscript Tradition contributes to the study of the manuscript codex and its role in scholastic culture in Yemen. Ranging in period from Islam’s first century to the modern period, all the articles in this volume emerge from the close scrutiny of the manuscripts of Yemen. As a group, these studies demonstrate the range and richness of scholarly methods closely tied to the material text, and the importance of cross-pollination in the fields of codicology, textual criticism, and social and intellectual history. Contributors are: Hassan Ansari, Menashe Anzi, Asma Hilali, Kerstin Hünefeld, Wilferd Madelung, Arianna D’Ottone, Christoph Rauch, Anne Regourd, Sabine Schmidtke, Gregor Schwarb and Jan Thiele.Table of ContentsIntroduction David Hollenberg, Christoph Rauch, Sabine Schmidtke List of contributors Was the Ṣanʿāʾ Qurʾān Palimpsest a Work in Progress? Asma Hilali Yūsuf al-Baṣīr’s Rebuttal of Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Baṣrī in a Yemeni Zaydī Manuscript of the 7th/13th Century Hassan Ansari, Wilferd Madelung and Sabine Schmidtke MS Berlin, State Library, Glaser 51: A Unique Manuscript From the Early 7th/13th-Century Bahšamite Milieu in Yemen Hassan Ansari and Jan Thiele The Pearl and the Ruby: Scribal Dicta and Other Metatextual Notes in Yemeni Mediaeval Manuscripts Arianna D’Ottone The Literary-Religious Tradition Among 7th/13th-Century Yemenī Zaydīs (II): The Case of ʿAbd Allāh b. Zayd al-ʿAnsī (d. 667/1269) Hassan Ansari and Sabine Schmidtke MS Munich, Bavarian State Library, Cod. arab. 1294: A Guide to Zaydī Kalām-Studies During the Ṭāhirid and Early Qāsimite Periods (mid-15th—early 18th centuries) Gregor Schwarb Zaydī Scholars on the Move: A Multitext Manuscript by Yaḥyā Ibn Ḥumayd al-Miqrāʾī (b. 908/1503, d. 990/1582) and Other Contemporary Sources Christoph Rauch Papiers filigranés de manuscrits de Zabid, premier tiers du XVIIIe-milieu du XXe siècle: papiers importés et «locaux» Anne Regourd Ṣanʿāʾ, Jerusalem, New York: Imām Yaḥyā Ḥamīd al-Dīn (1869-1948) and Yemeni-Jewish Migration from Palestine to the United States Menashe Anzi and Kerstin Hünefeld Index of Names Index of Places Index of Books

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays on Islamic art and architecture in the nineteenth century covers a wide geographical area and draws together different regional elements. The essays devote much attention to social, political, economic and intellectual issues, including the role of tradition and responses to European aesthetics, among them the appropriation of orientalism and the rise of revivalist movements.Trade Review"This volume ...is a valuable contribution to a broader approach of the field." Sophie Makariou, The Louvre Museum in Central Eurasian Reader, 2 (2010). "... einen Grundbaustein für ein Gebiet, von dem zu hoffen ist, dass es in Zukunft weitere beobachtungen finden wird." Silvia Naef, Universität Genf

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the variety of ways in which childhood was experienced, lived and remembered in the late Ottoman Empire and its successor states. The period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a time of rapid change, and the history of childhood reflects the impact of new expectations, lived realities and national responsibilities on the youngest members of societies undergoing monumental change because of ideological, wartime and demographic shifts. Drawing on comparisons both within the Balkans, Turkey and the Arab lands and with Western Europe and beyond, the chapters investigate the many ways in which upheaval and change affected the youth. Particular attention is paid to changing conceptions of childhood, gender roles and newly dominant national imperatives. Contributors include: Elif Akşit, Laurence Brockliss, Nazan Çiçek, Alex Drace-Francis, Benjamin C. Fortna, Naoum Kaytchev, Duygu Köksal, Kathryn Libal, Nazan Maksudyan, Heidi Morrison, and Philipp Wirtz. This title, in its entirety, is available online in Open Access.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Childhood In The Late Ottoman Empire and After Benjamin C. Fortna Introduction The Western Concept of Childhood Laurence Brockliss I CONCEPTIONS OF CHILDHOOD Chapter One The Interplay Between Modernization and the Reconstruction of Childhood: Romantic Interpretations of the Child in Early Republican Era Popular Magazines, 1924–1950 Nazan Çiçek Chapter Two Child Poverty and Emerging Children’s Rights Discourse in Early Republican Turkey Kathryn Libal Chapter Three Nation-Building and Childhood in Early Twentieth-Century Egypt Heidi Morrison II WAR, GENDER AND NATION Chapter Four Becoming a Girl in Ottoman Novels Elif Akşit Chapter Five Conscripts into Soldiers, Peasants into Patriots: The Army and Nation-Building in Serbia and Bulgaria, 1878–1912 Naoum Kaytchev Chapter Six A Triangle of Regrets: Training Ottoman Children in Germany during the First World War Nazan Maksudyan Chapter Seven Bonbons and Bayonets: Mixed Messages of Childhood in the Late Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic Benjamin Fortna III REMEMBERING CHILDHOOD Chapter Eight Locating Remembrance: Regimes of Time and Cultures of Autobiography in Post-Independence Romania Alex Drace-Francis Chapter Nine Presenting Ottoman childhoods in post-Ottoman Autobiographies Philipp Wirtz Chapter Ten Escaping to Girlhood in Late Ottoman Istanbul: Demetra Vaka’s and Selma Ekrem’s Childhood Memories Duygu Köksal

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Book SynopsisLes intellectuels juifs de Bagdad. Discours et allégeances (1908-1951) suit la trajectoire d’un groupe d’intellectuels juifs de langue arabe à Bagdad pendant la première moitié du XXe siècle. Les intellectuels juifs de Bagdad. Discours et allégeances (1908-1951) follows the trajectory of a group of Arabic-speaking Jewish intellectuals in Baghdad during the first half of the 20th century.Table of ContentsRemerciements Table des illustrations Abréviations Note de lecture Introduction A. L’intellectuel moderne et l’État B. Nations et nationalismes C. Structure et note sur les sources D. La communauté juive au XIXe siècle : entre ottomanisation et européanisation 1. Ottomanisme, arabisme, irakisme : allégeances impériales et nationales (1908-1929) A. La révolution de 1908 et son contrecoup B. La presse, l’espace public et la vie associative C. Entre millet et égalité citoyenne : discours sur le communautarisme D. « La patrie pour tous » : échec d’une stratégie L’année 1929 : le point de non-retour 2. Naissance d’une presse et d’une littérature d’opinion (1929-1941) A. La question sociale : entre « popularisme » et réalisme Liens entre les journalistes d’al-Ḥāṣid et le groupe al-Ahālī Le réalisme dans la fiction B. Rupture avec les « autorités compétentes » : politisation de la Nahḍa C. Critique du colonialisme, du nazisme et du fascisme Le colonialisme britannique Nazisme et fascisme D. Vers une panarabisation des discours 3. Anciennes et nouvelles allégeances : Le sionisme, le communisme et les partis de gauche (1941-1951) A. Conséquences du coup d’État de Rashīd ʿĀlī (1941) : entre sionisme et communisme Le mouvement sioniste Le Parti communiste et la Ligue antisioniste B. L’alternative : adhésions aux partis politiques de gauche (1946) C. Anciennes et nouvelles alliances Liens entre le Parti communiste et les autres partis de gauche Nouvelles alliances entre le Parti de l’Indépendance (PI) et le Parti national démocratique (PND) D. Nouveaux discours panarabes Conclusion Après 1950-1951 Bibliographie Sources Littérature secondaire Annexe I : Notices biographiques des intellectuels juifs de Bagdad (1908-1951) Annexe II : repères chronologiques Index

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Book SynopsisThis critical Arabic text edition of K. Makārim al-akhlāq wa-maḥāsin al-ādāb wa-badāʾiʿ al-awṣāf wa-gharāʾib al-tashbīhāt(Book of Noble Character, Excellent Conduct, Admirable Descriptions, and Curious Similes) is a substantial work of adab attributed to the prominent littérateur Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1039) that consists of a short introduction and three chapters. The first chapter addresses acquiring noble character and excellent conduct (al-taḥallī bi-makārim al-akhlāq wa-maḥāsin al-ādāb); the second addresses shunning away from base character and ugly traits (al-tazakkī ʿan masāwiʾ al-akhlāq wa-maqābiḥ al-shiyam); and the third addresses admirable descriptions and curious similes (badāʾiʿ al-awṣāf wa-gharāʾib al-tashbīhāt). At the end of the text one finds a relatively large collection of widely circulating proverbs (amthāl sāʾira) that are alphabetically arranged. Makārim al-akhlāq is in essence an anthology of “good conduct” and of quotations suitable for social and literary discourse. It reflects the three ingredients of adab: behavior, literary culture, and learning. The work is introduced by an analytical study discussing the attribution of the work, the related genres, and the unique manuscript of the text.Trade Reviewيعلق الباحثان الأرفه لي وبعلبكي في مقدمة الكتاب على المخطوط، وهما من أكابر العلماء والمحققين اليوم، على وضوح خط الناسخ ودقته في النسخ. ويدفعني هنا الإعدجاب الأكاديمي والجمالي وفي إخراج الكتاب للتعليق على الأهمية الأكاديمية التي يحملها الكتاب لدراسي فن المختارات الأدبية والأدب العربي عامة، وعلى جمالية اختيار لوحة فنية للأستاذ الدكتور سامي مكارم "آفة الغلم الغرور" غلافا للكتاب، خاصة وأن الكتاب مهدى إلى سامي مكارم زميل المحققين في الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت. علاء كيالي، المشرق 91/2، تموز-كانون الأول 2017 Alaa Kayali, al-Mashriq 91/2, July-December 2017 "...يعكف المحققان على التعريف بهذا النوع الأدبي وسرد جميع الكتب المعروفة الواقعة في دائرة هذا النوع، مما يجعل من مقدمة الكتاب مرجعا أكاديميا لا غنى عنه في مجال دراسة هذا النوع الأدبي [...] فالمقدمة بتركيزها على موقع الكتاب في التراث العربي تشكل رحلة بين أنواع أدبية مختلفة تصلح لأن تدرس في مساقات الأدب العربي والحضارة العربية-الإسلامية. [...] أبدع المحققان في تحقيقهما للكتاب، فضبط النص خال من الأخطاء، وقد عادا إلى كم هائل من المصادر الأولية، فحققا نسبة معظم الأقوال والأحاديث والأشعار والأمثال، وتتبعها في المصادر التي رتبت بشكل تاريخي في الهوامش." مريم المشتاوي، الشرق الأوسط، 12 صفر 1437\24 نوفمبر 2015، العدد 13510 Maryam Mishtawi, Al-Sharq al-Awsat, 24 November 2015, issue 13510 "... die vorzügliche, an weiterführenden Materialien und Informationen so reiche Edition ist eine Fundgrube für alle, die über die Adabliteratur arbeiten." Reinhard Weipert, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität "This is a book valuable for Arab speaking students of theology and researchers of Islamic studies." Stavros Nikolaidis "This impeccable edition, which presents the text in a nice typographic form, is supplemented with a rich apparatus of notes that emphasize the intertextual relations of this anthology with other titles of the Arabic literature. [...] Indexes of the Koranic verses, Prophetic traditions, verses of poetry, proper names, places and an exhaustive bibliography complement this accurate edition that adds a precious pearl to the necklace of Arabic adab literature." Antonella Ghersetti, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, in Quaderni di Studi Arabi 13 (2018)

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Book SynopsisIslam is often seen as a religious tradition in which hell does not play a particularly prominent role. This volume challenges this hackneyed view. Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions is the first book-length analytic study of the Muslim hell. It maps out a broad spectrum of Islamic attitudes toward hell, from the Quranic vision(s) of hell to the pious cultivation of the fear of the afterlife, theological speculations, metaphorical and psychological understandings, and the modern transformations of hell. Contributors: Frederick Colby, Daniel de Smet, Christiane Gruber, Jon Hoover, Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Christian Lange, Christopher Melchert, Simon O’Meara, Samuela Pagani, Tommaso Tesei, Roberto Tottoli, Wim Raven, and Richard van Leeuwen.Trade Review"Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions wird für die weitere Erforschung der Vorstellungen von der islamischen Hölle ein unabdingbarer Bezugspunkt bleiben. Rüdiger Lohlke, University of Vienna.Table of ContentsTable of contents List of figures Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction 1. Introducing hell in Islamic Studies Christian Lange Part I: Quranic netherworlds 2. The barzakh and the intermediate state of the dead in the Quran Tommaso Tesei 3. From space to place: The Quranic infernalization of the jinn Simon O’Meara 4. Revisiting hell’s angels in the Quran Christian Lange Part II: Hell in early and medieval Islam 5. Locating hell in early renunciant literature Christopher Melchert 6. Fire in the upper heavens: Locating hell in Middle Period narratives of Muḥammad’s Ascension Frederick Colby 7. Hell in popular Muslim imagination: The anonymous Kitāb al-ʿAẓama Wim Raven Part III: Theological and mystical aspects 8. Is hell truly everlasting? An introduction to medieval Islamic universalism Mohammad Hassan Khalil 9. Ibn ʿArabī, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, and the political functions of punishment in Islamic hell Samuela Pagani 10. Withholding judgment on Islamic universalism: Ibn al-Wazīr (d. 840/1436) on the duration and purpose of hell-fire Jon Hoover Part IV: Varieties of hell in Islamic traditions 11. Ismaʿili-Shiʿi visions of hell: From the “spiritual” torment of the Fatimids to the Ṭayyibī rock of Sijjīn Daniel de Smet 12. The Morisco hell: The significance and relevance of the Aljamiado texts for Muslim eschatology and Islamic literature Roberto Tottoli 13. Curse signs: The artful rhetoric of hell in Safavid Iran Christiane Gruber 14. Literature and religious controversy: The vision of hell in Jamīl Ṣidqī al-Zahāwī’s Thawra fī l-jaḥīm Richard van Leeuwen General index List of contributors

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Book SynopsisThis unique collection of essays by leading international scholars gives a profound introduction into the great diversity and richness of facets forming the study of one of earth’s most exciting areas, the Iranian and Caucasian lands. Each of the 37 contributions sheds light on a very special topic, the range of which comprises historical, cultural, ethnographical, religious, political and last but not least literary and linguistic issues, beginning from the late antiquity up to current times. Especially during the last decennia these two regions gained greater interest worldwide due to several developments in politics and culture. This fact grants the book, intended as a festschrift for Prof. Garnik Asatrian, a special relevance. Contributors: Victoria Arakelova; Marco Bais; Uwe Bläsing; Vahe S. Boyajian; Claudia A. Ciancaglini; Johnny Cheung; Viacheslav A. Chirikba; Matteo Compareti; Caspar ten Dam; Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst; Kaveh Farrokh; Aldo Ferrari; Ela Filippone; Khachik Gevorgian; Jost Gippert; Nagihan Haliloğlu; Elif Kanca; Pascal Kluge; Anna Krasnowolska; Vladimir Livshits; Hirotake Maeda; Irina Morozova; Irène Natchkebia; Peter Nicolaus; Antonio Panaino; Mikhail Pelevin; Adriano V. Rossi; James R. Russell; Dan Shapira; Wolfgang Schulze; Martin Schwarz; Roman Smbatian; Donald Stilo; Çakır Ceyhan Suvari; Giusto Traina; Garry Trompf; Matthias Weinreich; Eberhardt Werner and Boghos Zekiyan

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a new perspective on Islamic urban society: a dynamism of social networking and justice which caused both rapid development and sudden decay in the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter. Founded in the northern suburbs of Damascus by Hanbali ulama who migrated from Palestine to Syria in the mid-12th century, the quarter developed into a city through waqf endowments. It has attracted the attention of historians and travelers for its unique location, popular movements and religious features. Through the study of local chronicles, topographies and archival sources and through modern field research, Toru Miura explores the history of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter from its foundation to the early 20th century, comparing it to European, Chinese and Japanese cities.

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Book SynopsisIn Majd al-Dīn al-Fīrūzābādī (1329-1415): A Polymath on the Eve of the Early Modern Period, Vivian Strotmann provides a detailed reconstruction of the famous lexicographer’s and travelling scholar’s life and works. The ‘author of the Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ’ is widely known for his Arabic lexicon, which overshadows the astounding breadth of his writing. This polymathic aspect is elucidated through detailed reconstruction of al-Fīrūzābādī’s corpus, including examination of works that were considered lost and misapprehensions concerning ascriptions of authorship. Through minute analysis of biographical sources, the book shows al-Fīrūzābādī’s development as a scholar, his central role in the defence of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s teachings and thereby his importance as a powerful intellectual in Timurid times and for developments during the Early Modern Period.Trade Review"Strotmann provides a detailed exposition and discussion of al-Firuzabadi, evaluates the biographical information concerning his life, critically examines and highlights his work – unquestionably illuminating and helpful not only for Arabists, but generally for linguists and researchers in the area of biography. Strotmann’s is a work that attempts to reach beyond al-Firuzabadi as the author of the Qamus; she actually promises that this is a book leaving the reader with more questions than answers." - Stavros Nikolaidis, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 28 (2019) "... Strotmann's work represents the first monographic study on al-Fīrūzābādī and the most successful and comprehensive effort ever undertaken to create the complete portrait of this great Islamic scholar, encompassing his biography and oeuvre, his intellectual network of masters and students, his relationship with political power, and his religious thought, thus establishing itself as the essential reference for any future investigation on the man, his ideas, and his written work." - Giovanni Maria Martini, University of Bonn, in: Al-Abhath 62-63 (2014-2015)Table of ContentsPreliminaries Acknowledgements Table of Transliteration Abbreviations List of Tables, Graphs, Photos, Maps and Texts 1. Introduction 2. Reports on a Scholar’s Life – Approaching the Sources 3. A Life’s Journey 3.1 Childhood and Youth (729/1329-745/1344): Kārizīn & Shīrāz 3.2 Travel and Teaching (745/1344-750/1350): From Wāsiṭ to Baghdād 3.3 Coming of Age (750/1350-759/1357(8)): The Damascene Decade 3.4 Further Travels & The Qāmūs (760/1358(9)-794/1392): Based in Makka 3.4.1 The Celebrated Qāmūs 3.4.2 Dating and Versions of the Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ 3.4.3 Editorial Decisions 3.4.4 The Floods vs. the Crown of Language 3.5 En Route to Yemen (794/1392-796/1393(4)): Baghdād, Shīrāz, Hurmuz 3.6 Years of Allegiance (796/1393(4)-817/1415): Between Yemen and Mecca 3.6.1 Educational Power: Two madāris 3.6.2 Political Involvement: Declaring a khalīfa 3.6.2.1 An Abortive Opus: The Baṣāʾir 3.6.2.2 The Second Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ 3.6.3 Religious Dispute: Defending Ibn al-ʿArabī 4. A lughawī and More 4.1 Matters of Reputation 4.2 Oeuvre 4.2.1 Accepted Works 4.2.1.1 Adab 4.2.1.2 ʿAsal 4.2.1.3 Faḍāʾil 4.2.1.4 Fiqh /Kalām 4.2.1.5 Ḥadīth / Sīra nabawiyya 4.2.1.6 Lugha 4.2.1.7 Naḥw 4.2.1.8 Ṣalāt 4.2.1.9 Shiʿr 4.2.1.10 Tafsīr 4.2.1.11 Tarājim / ʿIlm al-rijāl 4.2.1.12 Tārīkh / Buldān 4.2.1.13 Taṣawwuf 4.2.2 Disputed and Doubtful Ascriptions 4.2.2.1 Unica 4.2.2.2 Authorship 4.3 Overview of Works 5. A Man on the Eve of the Early Modern Period 6. Summary Bibliography Works by al-Fīrūzābādī Manuscript Sources Printed Sources Internet Sources Appendix A Manuscript Source: al-Nuʿmānī’s Kitāb al-rawḍ al-ʿāṭir

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Book SynopsisThe Arabo-Islamic heritage of the Islam is among the richest, most diverse, and longest-lasting literary traditions in the world. Born from a culture and religion that valued teaching, Arabo-Islamic learning spread from the seventh century and has had a lasting impact until the present.In The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning leading scholars around the world present twenty-five studies explore diverse areas of Arabo-Islamic heritage in honor of a renowned scholar and teacher, Dr. Wadad A. Kadi (Prof. Emerita, University of Chicago). The volume includes contributions in three main areas: History, Institutions, and the Use of Documentary Sources; Religion, Law, and Islamic Thought; Language, Literature, and Heritage which reflect Prof. Kadi’s contributions to the field. Contributors:Sean W. Anthony; Ramzi Baalbaki; Jonathan A.C. Brown; Fred M. Donner; Mohammad Fadel; Kenneth Garden; Sebastian Günther; Li Guo; Heinz Halm; Paul L. Heck; Nadia Jami; Jeremy Johns; Maher Jarrar; Marion Holmes Katz; Scott C. Lucas; Angelika Neuwirth; Bilal Orfali; Wen-chin Ouyang; Judith Pfeiffer; Maurice A. Pomerantz; Riḍwān al-Sayyid ; Aram A. Shahin; Jens Scheiner; John O. Voll; Stefan Wild.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………………………. The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning………………………………………………………………….. Prof. Wadad Kadi: A Life of Learning and Teaching……………………………………………. Bibliography Wadad Kadi (Wadād al-Qāḍī)……………………………….………………………… Works Dedicated to Wadad Kadi………………………………………………………………………….. HISTORY, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE USE OF DOCUMENTARY SOURCES The Meccan Prison of ʿAbdallāh b. al-Zubayr and the Imprisonment of Muḥammad b. al-Ḥanafiyya………………………………………………………………………………3 Sean W. Anthony Fragments of Three Umayyad Official Documents …………………………………………..30 Fred M. Donner Single Isnāds or Riwāyas? Quoted Books in Ibn ʿAsākirʼs Tarjama of Tamīm al-Dārī…………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………48 Jens Scheiner Friendship in the Service of Governance: Makārim al-Akhlāq in Abbasid Political Culture …………………………………………………………………………………………………81 Paul L. Heck Prinzen, Prinzessinnen, Konkubinen und Eunuchen am fatimidischen Hof…….101 Heinz Halm A New Latin-Arabic Document from Norman Sicily (November 595 H/1198 CE)..123 Nadia Jamil and Jeremy Johns RELIGION, LAW, AND ISLAMIC THOUGHT The Rhetorical Qurʾān or Orality as a Theologumenon………………………………………189 Angelika Neuwirth The “Shearing of Forelocks” as a Penitential Rite…………………………………………………212 Marion Holmes Katz Authority in Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī’s Kitāb al-nawādir wa-l-ziyādāt ʿalā mā fī l-Mudawwana min ghayrihā min al-ummahāt: The Case of “The Chapter of Judgments” (Kitāb al-aqḍiya)…………………………………..228 Mohammad Fadel A Segment of the Genealogy of Sunni Ḥadīth Criticism: The Mysterious Relationship between al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī and al-Ḥākim al-Naysābūrī…………249 Jonathan Brown Al-Ḥākim al-Naysābūrī and the Companions of the Prophet: An Original Sunnī Voice in the Shīʿī Century…………………………………………………………………………258 Scott C. Lucas Ibn Rushd and Thomas Aquinas on Education…………………………………………………..272 Sebastian Günther Teaching the Learned: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawānī’s Ijāza to Muʾayyadzāda ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Efendi and the Circulation of Knowledge between Fārs and the Ottoman Empire at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century…………………………306 Judith Pfeiffer Scholars in Networks: ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī and His Travels……………………….360 John O. Voll Rhetorics of Revival: al-Ghazālī and His Modern Heirs………………………………………..381 Kenneth Garden LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND HERITAGE Grammarians on the Afʿāl al-Muqāraba: Steps in the Sources towards a Subdivision of Operants………………………………………..………………………………………..……………………………405 Ramzi Baalbaki Reflections on the Lives and Deaths of Two Umayyad Poets: Laylā al-Akhyaliyya and Tawba b. al-Ḥumayyir……………………..…………………………..432 Aram A. Shahin Literature and Thought: Re-reading al-Tawḥīdī’s Transcription of the Debate between Logic and Grammar………………………………………………………………………………….473 Wen-chin Ouyang The Play of Genre: A Maqāma of “Ease after Hardship” from the Eighth/Fourteenth Century and Its Literary Context…………………………………………………………………………….492 Maurice A. Pomerantz What’s in a Mamluk Picture? The Hall of Portraiture at the Cairo Citadel Remembered……………………………………………………………………………………………….518 Li Guo In Defense of the Use of Qurʾān in Adab: Ibn Abī l-Luṭf’s Rafʿ al-iltibās ʿan munkir al-iqtibās………………………………………………………535 Bilal Orfali Modes of Existence of the Poetry in the Arabian Nights……………………………………..564 Wolfhart Heinrichs Modern Arabic Literature and Islam…………………………………………………………………….576 Stefan Wild Abraham and the Sacrificial Son: Transtextual Strategies in José Saramago’s The Gospel according to Jesus Christ and Elias Khoury’s As though She Were Sleeping……………………………………………………………………………………………………….593 Maher Jarrar The Ideological and Epistemological: Contemporary Readings in Arabo-Islamic Classical Heritage (Turāth)……………………………………………………………………………………………………640 Riḍwān al-Sayyid (Translated by Eman Morsi) Index of Arabic Terms Index of Proper Nouns Notes on the Contributors

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Book SynopsisThe Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ‒ established in 1826 ‒ houses many small and still hidden collections. One of these, the most comprehensive Hungarian collection of Arabic manuscripts, is brought to light by the present catalogue. These codices are described for the first time in a detailed and systematic way. A substantial part of the manuscripts is either dated to or preserved from the 150 year period of Ottoman occupation in Hungary. The highlights of the collection are from the Mamluk era, and the manuscripts as a whole present a clear picture of the curriculum of Islamic education. The descriptions also give an overview of the many additional Turkish and Persian texts thereby adding to our knowledge about the history of these volumes.Table of ContentsForeword List of Titles in Collected Works List of Illustrations Transliteration Table Introduction The Academy and Its Library The Oriental Collection The Arabic Manuscripts Some Statistics Content Dated Works Highlights Autographs On Ownership The History of Cataloguing The Organization of the Catalogue Arrangement The Entries The Koran / al-Qurʾān al-karīm Tradition / Ḥadīṯ Qurʾānic Sciences / ʿUlūm al-qurʾān Theology / ʿIlm al-ʿaqāʾid Jurisprudence / Fiqh 1 ʿIlm al-uṣūl 1.1 The Muḫtaṣar al-Muntahā fī l-uṣūl of Ibn al-Ḥāǧib (570–646/1174–1249) and Its Commentaries 1.2 Miscellaneous Tracts 2 ʿIlm al-furūʿ 2.1 Ḥanafī Compendia 2.1.1 The Muḫtaṣar of al-Qudūrī (362–428/972–1037) and Its Commentaries 2.1.2 Commentaries on the Ġurar al-aḥkām of Molla Ḫusraw (d. 885/1480) 2.1.3 The Multaqā l-abḥur of al-Ḥalabī (d. 956/1549) and Its Commentaries 2.1.4 Miscellaneous Ḥanafī Tracts 2.2 Šāfiʿī Compendia 2.3 Ḥanbalī and Mālikī Compendia 2.4 Aḥkām al-ṣalāt 2.5 Islamic Law of Inheritence / ʿilm al-farāʾiḍ Mysticism / Taṣawwuf 1 Ṣūfī Literature 2 Prayer Books 3 Fortune Telling, Geomancy / Fālnāma, ʿIlm al-raml History / Tārīḫ Literature / Adab Language Sciences 1 Syntax / Naḥw 1.1 al-ʿAwāmil al-miʾa of al-Ǧurǧānī (d. 471/1078) and Its Commentaries 1.2 al-Miṣbāḥ fī ʿilm al-naḥw of al-Muṭarrizī (538–610/1144–1213) and Its Commentaries 1.3 The Kāfiya of Ibn al-Ḥāǧib (d. 646/1249) and Its Commentaries 1.4 The Alfīya of Ibn Mālik (d. 672/1274) and Its Commentaries 1.5 Works by al-Birkawī (d. 981/1573) and Their Commentaries 1.6 Miscellaneous Works 2 Morphology / ʿIlm al-ṣarf 2.1 The Marāḥ al-arwāḥ of Ibn Masʿūd (7th/13th c.) 2.2 The Taṣrīf of al-Zanǧānī (d. 655/1257) and Its Commentaries 2.3 al-Maqṣūd fī l-ṣarf and Its Commentaries 2.4 Miscellaneous Treatises 3 Lexicography / ʿIlm al-luġa 4 Rhetoric / Balāġa Philosophy / Falsafa Logic / Manṭiq 1 The Īsāġūǧī of al-Abharī (d. 663/1265) and Its Commentaries 2 al-Risāla al-Šamsīya by al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (d. 675/1276) and Its Commentaries 3 Commentaries on Tahḏīb al-manṭiq wa-l-kalām of al-Taftāzānī (d. 793/1390) 4 Disputation / ʿIlm al-munāẓara wa-ādāb al-baḥṯ Miscellanea 1 Encyclopaedia / al-Maʿāǧim al-ǧāmiʿa 2 Education / Tarbiya 3 Classification of Sciences / Tartīb al-ʿulūm 4 Horsemanship / Furūsīya 5 Mathematics / Riyāḍīyāt Christian Books Bibliography Index of Titles Index of Authors Index of Scribes Index of Owners Index of Dated Manuscripts Index of Place Names Index of Call Numbers

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Book SynopsisThis study examines the history of an Arabic Bible translation of American missionaries in late Ottoman Syria. Comparing the history of this project as recorded by the American missionaries with private correspondence and the manuscripts of the translation, The Contested Origins of the 1865 Arabic Bible provides new evidence for the Bible’s compilation, including the seminal role of Syrian Christians and Muslims. This research also places the project within the wider social-political framework of a transforming Ottoman Empire, where the rise of a literate class in Beirut served as a catalyst for the Arabic literary renaissance (Nahḍa), and within the international field of New Testament textual studies.Table of ContentsForeword List of Illustrations 1 Contested Origins and Contested Contributions American Missions in the Middle East The Arabic Bible Contested Identities within the American Mission Eli Smith Buṭrus al-Bustānī Nāṣīf al-Yāzijī Cornelius Van Alen Van Dyck Yūsuf al-Asīr 2 The American Syrian Mission: Evangelism, Schools and the Press Evangelism through Preaching and Bible Distribution Protestant—Catholic Relations Establishing Schools Challenging Arab Syrian Culture 64 The Transformation of Beirut and the Establishment of Printing Presses 3 Debate over the Origins and American Contributions to the Nahḍa The Nahḍa Educational Renaissance Cultural Societies Literary Renaissance The Debate over the Role of the Americans in the Nahḍa George Antonius (1891–1942) Albert Hourani (1915–1993) Abdul Latif al-Tibawi (1910–1981) Yūsuf Nasrallah (1911–1993) and the Oriental Catholic Churches 4 Contributions to Nineteenth Century Biblical Scholarship The Bible Societies and Publishing Houses The British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) and the American Bible Society (ABS) The Search for the Text of the New Testament Eli Smith and Edward Robinson Biblical Scholarship of the 1865 Arabic Bible Translation The textus receptus versus the eclectic text 5 The Text of the 1865 Arabic Bible Translation The Received Tradition (RT) of the Translation Primary and Secondary Sources of the so-called Van Dyck Smith’s Views on Arabic Choosing the Classical Style Smith’s Method of Translation The Death of Smith and the Appointment of Van Dyck Van Dyck’s Method of Translation The Correction of the eclectic text The so-called Van Dyck Manuscripts “Revised” or “Reviewed” 6 Reception of the Translation Publication of the Translation Responses to the so-called Van Dyck A New Translation? The Catholic Response Muslim Responses A Changing Arabic 7 Overstated, Overlooked, and Undervalued Contributions Overstated Overlooked Undervalued The so-called Van Dyck Further Research . . . Appendix Bibliography Index of Subjects and Names 271

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Book SynopsisNasrin Askari explores the medieval reception of Firdausī’s Shāhnāma, or Book of Kings (completed in 1010 CE) as a mirror for princes. Through her examination of a wide range of medieval sources, Askari demonstrates that Firdausī’s oeuvre was primarily understood as a book of wisdom and advice for kings and courtly elites. In order to illustrate the ways in which the Shāhnāma functions as a mirror for princes, Askari analyses the account about Ardashīr, the founder of the Sasanian dynasty, as an ideal king in the Shāhnāma. Within this context, she explains why the idea of the union of kingship and religion, a major topic in almost all medieval Persian mirrors for princes, has often been attributed to Ardashīr.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2018 World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of Islamic/ Iranian Studies. “Askari has produced a highly valuable contribution to studies not only of the Shāhnāma but also of the long tradition of Persian moralia. [...] In this fine study, Askari furthers our awareness of the broad dissemination in the Persian mirror literature of Sasanian political wisdom, and the spectrum of uses to which it was put.” - Louise Marlow, Wellesley College, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 138/4 (2018) "The author deserves the highest praise for achieving a precise and most creative work of research. She has admirably enhanced the study of Persian literature." - Olga Davidson, Boston University, in: Bulletin.Critique Annales Islamologiques 32 (2018) “…Askari’s book is a very valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on the Persianate political ethic.” Saïd Amir Arjomand, in, Journal of Persianate Studies 12Table of ContentsTable of Contents Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Style List of Appendices Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 The Medieval Reception of Firdausī’s Shāhnāma The Reception of the Shāhnāma on the Part of Sultan Maḥmūd The Shāhnāma and the ‘Abd al-Razzāqiyān Family The Reception of the Shāhnāma on the Part of Medieval Writers Chapter 2 The Portrayal of Ardashīr in the Shāhnāma Part I – Ardashīr’s Eligibility for Kingship Part II – Ardashīr’s Successful Kingship Chapter 3 The Wisdom of Ardashīr and His Advices in the Shāhnāma Ardashīr’s Customs and Practices (āyīn) Ardashīr’s Throne Speech (andarz) Ardashīr’s Testament (‘ahd) Chapter 4 The Ardashīr Cycle and Medieval Persian Mirrors for Princes The Pandnāma of Sebüktegin The Ādāb-i salṭanat va vizārat The Qābūs-nāma The Siyar al-mulūk of Niẓām al-Mulk The Naṣīḥat al-mulūk of Ghazālī The Aghrāż al-siyāsa fī a‘rāż al-riyāsa Two Chapters of the Jāmi‘ al-‘ulūm (Sittīnī) The Marzbān-nāma The Ᾱdāb al-ḥarb va al-shujā‘a Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDid the ‘seventeenth-century crisis’ visit the Ottoman Empire? How can we situate the explosion of rural violence and the rebellions of the turn of the seventeenth century in the Anatolian countryside? The Collapse of Rural Order in Ottoman Anatolia provides the reader with a fresh and innovative perspective on the long scholarly debate over the question of ‘decline’ in early modern Ottoman history. It offers a new agenda, new type of source material, and a new methodology for the study of demographic crisis. Through a systematic examination of little-known detailed avârız registers, Oktay Özel demonstrates in detail the mass desertion of rural settlements, the destruction of agricultural economy, and the resulting collapse of rural order in Ottoman Anatolia at the turn of the seventeenth century.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Notes on Spelling 1 Introduction The Subject The Sources (mufassal (= Detailed) Avârız Registers) On the “Decline” Literature 2 Geography and Politics Amasya: Making of an Ottoman Province Rural Society: Limitations and Relational Matrix 3 Land, Society and Empire (through 1576) Peasants and Nomads Notables (mâlikâne holders) Timariots 4 The Collapse of Rural Order: A Comparison (1576–1643) Settlement Patterns Population Society 5 What Happened? An Assessment The Context Reviewed Nature and Climate at Work The Celâlis The Consequences 1643 Recontextualised 6 Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art, fourteen scholars explore the legacy of Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) by tracing the formation of Persian art scholarship and connoisseurship during the twentieth century. Widely considered as a self-made scholar, curator, and entrepreneur, Pope was credited for establishing the basis of what we now categorize broadly as Persian art. His unrivalled professional achievement, together with his personal charisma, influenced the way in which many scholars and collectors worldwide came to understand the art, architecture and material culture of the Persian world. This ultimately resulted in the establishment of the aesthetic criteria for assessing the importance of cultural remains from modern-day Iran. With contributions by Lindsay Allen, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Talinn Grigor, Robert Hillenbrand, Yuka Kadoi, Sumru Belger Krody, Judith A. Lerner, Kimberly Masteller, Cornelia Montgomery, Bernard O’Kane, Keelan Overton, Laura Weinstein, and Donald Whitcomb.Trade Review"In addition to offering an overview of Pope's role in the study of Persian art, the book provides new insights into the historiography of Islamic art." – Sarah Piram, in: Abstracta Iranica 37-39 (2018) [http://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/42714]. "Kadoi’s edited volume, which gauges the impact of American Orientalist Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) on the fields of Iranian art, architecture and archaeology, joins an ever-expanding literature on the historiography of Islamic art and architecture.... the papers introduce a variety of valuable perspectives and much that is new. We form a good understanding of the characters populating – and the life of – an unfolding field" – David J. Roxburgh, in: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (2018)Table of ContentsCONTENTS List of Illustrations Abbreviations Note to the Reader Preface and Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art Yuka Kadoi I. POPE, ACKERMAN, AND THEIR PEERS The Scramble for Persian Art: Pope and His Rivals Robert Hillenbrand Gendered Politics of Persian Art: Pope and His Partner Talinn Grigor II. ARTHUR UPHAM POPE: LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS Arthur Upham Pope: His Life and Times Jonathan M. Bloom Archaeology in Iran and the Experience of Arthur Upham Pope Donald Whitcomb Arthur Upham Pope and the Study of Persian Islamic Architecture Bernard O'Kane III. CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND ART DEALERS: POPE AND PRE-ISLAMIC PERSIAN ART ‘The Greatest Enterprise’: Arthur Upham Pope, Persepolis and Achaemenid Antiquities Lindsay Allen Arthur Upham Pope and the Sasanians Judith A. Lerner IV. CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND ART DEALERS: POPE AND ISLAMIC PERSIAN ART The Rise of Persian Art Connoisseurship: Arthur Upham Pope and Early Twentieth-Century Chicago Yuka Kadoi Arthur Upham Pope and Collecting Persian Art for Kansas City Kimberly Masteller Equivocal Position as Expert or Dealer! The Long and Contentious Relationship of George Hewitt Myers and Arthur Upham Pope Sumru Belger Krody My Dear Holmes: Arthur Upham Pope and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Laura Weinstein Filming, Photographing and Purveying in ‘the New Iran’: the Legacy of Stephen H. Nyman, ca. 1937–42 Keelan Overton V. ARTHUR UPHAM POPE: HIS LEGACY Surveying Persian Art in Light of A Survey of Persian Art Sheila S. Blair Arthur Upham Pope: A Personal Memoir Cornelia Montgomery List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisMemory and Commemoration across Central Asia: Texts, Traditions and Practices, 10th-21st Centuries is a collection of fourteen studies by a group of scholars active in the field of Central Asian Studies, presenting new research into various aspects of the rich cultural heritage of Central Asia (including Afghanistan). By mapping and exploring the interaction between political, ideological, literary and artistic production in Central Asia, the contributors offer a wide range of perspectives on the practice and usage of historical and religious commemoration in different contexts and timeframes. Making use of different approaches – historical, literary, anthropological, or critical heritage studies, the contributors show how memory functions as a fundamental constituent of identity formation in both past and present, and how this has informed perceptions in and outside Central Asia today.Table of ContentsList of Figures Transliteration Introduction  Elena Paskaleva, with Gabrielle van den Berg Part 1 Historiographic Narratives 1 Perceptions of History in Persian Chronicles of the Sixteenth–Seventeenth Centuries in Central Asia  Charles Melville 2 Remembering Bahāʾ al-Dīn Naqshband in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Bukhara  Florian Schwarz Part 2 Epic Heroes and Literary Legacies 3 Turk amongst Tajiks The Turkic Shāhnāma Translation Located in Tajikistan and Manuscript Production during the Abuʾl-Khayrid Annexation of Khurasan (1588–1598)  Jaimee Comstock-Skipp 4 The Epic Hero Manas as the Archetype of Autonomy—Nostalgia and Futurities in Kyrgyz Spiritual and Ethno-Nationalist Discourses  Nienke van der Heide 5 Literary Souvenirs from Ṣadr al-Dīn ʿAynī and Sotim Uluġzoda in the Leiden University Library A Closer Look at ʿAynī’s Jodgorī (1935) and Uluġzoda’s Saëhati Buxoro Bo Hamrohii Aĭnī (1950)  Gabrielle van den Berg Part 3 Memory, Religious and Social Practices 6 Editing Sufism: Contemporary Negotiations on Memory and Religious Practice in Afghanistan  Annika Schmeding 7 Ethnographic Writing on Bukharan Jews: From Lost Tribes to Community Scholarship  Maira Kaye 8 Dynamics of Perpetuity: “Traditional” Horse Games in Kyrgyzstan  Simone de Boer Part 4 Shrines and Monuments as Sites of Memory 9 Genealogy and Family Ties of Mawarannahr Sayyids: A Study Based on Funerary Epigraphy  Babur Aminov 10 Ḥaẓīra Memorial Complexes in Mawarannahr: Evolution and Architectural Features  Mavlyuda Yusupova 11 Commemorating the Russian Conquest of Central Asia  Alexander Morrison 12 Remembering the Alisher Navoi Jubilee and the Archaeological Excavations in Samarqand in the Summer of 1941  Elena Paskaleva 13 Soviet Legitimization of Islamic Architecture in Old Khiva as Reflected in the Diaries of ʿAbdullāh Bāltaev (1880–1966)  Bakhtiyar Babadjanov 14 “Memory Traces:” Buston Buva Mazār in the Ferghana Region of Uzbekistan, 1980s–2010s  Věra Exnerová Glossary of Terms Index

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Book SynopsisIn Die Rifāʽīya spürt Boris Liebrenz der Buchkultur des Osmanischen Syrien (16. - 19. Jahrhundert) durch den Fokus der einzig überlebenden Privatbibliothek der Epoche nach. Er fragt nach der Produktion und Transmission von Wissen sowie dem sozialen Hintergrund der Leserschaft im Zeitalter der Handschrift. Studien der arabischen Bibliotheksgeschichte haben oft nur das Mittelalter in den Blick genommen und basierten fast ausschließlich auf literarischen Quellen. Dies ist die erste Monographie, die eine einzige Region während der Osmanischen Periode in den Fokus nimmt und deren auf uns gekommene Handschriften und Notizen ihrer Leser und Besitzer systematisch als dokumentarische Quelle benutzt. So erhellt sie die materiellen, rechtlichen und sozialen Voraussetzungen von Buchbesitz und Lesepraxis. In Die Rifāʽīya Boris Liebrenz explores the book culture of Ottoman Syria (16th to 19th century), using the only surviving Damascene private library of the time as a vantage point. He asks about the production and transmission of knowledge as well as the social background of the reading audience in a manuscript age. Scholarship on Arabic libraries has often focussed on the medieval period and relied nearly exclusively on literary accounts. This is the first book-length study that focuses on a single region in the Ottoman period and systematically uses the vast number of surviving manuscripts as a documentary source by means of the notes left by their readers and possessors. Thus, it sheds light on the material, juridical, and social basis of book-ownership and reading.Trade ReviewWinner of the Forschungspreis der Annemarie Schimmel-Stiftung für Islamkunde 2017 'Das Werk von Liebrenz ist ein hervorragendes Beispiel für die Bedeutung von Handschriften für die Kultur- und Mediengeschichte des arabisch-osmanischen Raumes und die daraus zu gewinnenden Erkenntnisse für die Kulturgeschichte dieses Raumes. Nicht nur wegen der vergnüglichen Lektüre wird die Studie ihre fortdauernde Bedeutung haben. Sie bedeutet einen großen Wissensgewinn für die Übergangszeit zum Buchdruck'. Rüdiger Lohlker, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Vol. 107 (2017), pp. 523Table of ContentsVorwort Abbildungsverzeichnis Einleitung Bibliotheken Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte in der orientwissenschaftlichen Forschung Neue Wege der Forschung Quellen Sekundäreinträge Literarische Quellen: Chroniken und biographische Sammlungen Aufbau der Arbeit 1 Die Bibliothek 43 Ihre Geschichte und Inhalte 1.1 Die Erwerbung der Rifāʿīya 1.1.1 Der Käufer: Johann Gottfried Wetzstein 1.1.2 Der Konkurrent: Anṭūn Būlād, Priester und Geschäftsmann 1.1.3 Chronologie der Erwerbung 1.2 Der Verkäufer: Wer war Omar Efendi Elhamawy? 1.3 Der Wert einer Bibliothek – Der Wert von Büchern 1.4 Zwischen universal und regional: Inhaltliche Dimensionen der Rifāʿīya 1.4.1 Zeitliche und räumliche Dimensionen der rezipierten Autoren und Werke 1.5 Bestandsgeschichte: Ansätze einer Bibliotheksarchäologie 1.5.1 ʿUmar ar-Rifāʿī als Sammler: Inhalte und Quellen der Rifāʿīya 1.6 Fazit: Was für eine Bibliothek war die Rifāʿīya? 2 Die Umwelt der Rifāʿīya Der Kontext arabischer Bibliotheken und Buchproduktion in der osmanischen Periode 2.1 Umwege zur Geschichte der Rifāʿīya 2.2 Das gestiftete Buch 2.2.1 Theoretische Grundlagen: Bücherstiftungen im islamischen Recht 2.2.2 Der Stiftungsakt: Praxis und Dokumentation 2.2.3 „Öffentliche“ Stiftungsbibliotheken 2.3 Beispiele „öffentlicher“ Stiftungsbibliotheken aus der Zeit der Rifāʿīya 2.3.1 Die Stiftung eines Rechtsgelehrten: Die Aḥmadīya von Aleppo 2.3.2 Militärs und Politiker 2.3.3 Die Bibliothekslandschaft von Damaskus 2.3.4 Bibliothekarische Parallelwelten: Kirchen und Klöster 2.4 Öffentlichkeit, Verwaltung und Ausleihe der Bestände von Stiftungsbibliotheken 2.5 Wer hat gestiftet? 2.6 Fazit: „öffentliche“ Stiftungsbibliotheken 2.7 Private Stiftungsbibliotheken / Gestiftete Familienbibliotheken 2.8 Kommerzielle Leihbibliotheken – Neue Wege der Literaturrezeption? 2.9 „Familienbibliotheken“ oder „Familien und Bibliotheken“? 2.10 Bibliotheksorte und Bücherräume 2.11 Bucherweb – Die Quellen einer Bibliothek 2.11.1 Die Kopie 2.11.2 Der Buchmarkt von Damaskus 2.11.3 Erbe 2.12 Handschriften im Zeitalter des Buchdrucks: Die Rifāʿīya als Abbild einer untergehenden Buchkultur 3 Die Leser 3.1 Lesen – (K)ein Privileg der ʿulamāʾ? 3.1.1 Neue Leser? Von Händlern, Barbieren und Handwerkern 3.1.2 Bemerkungen zu Konfession und Alter der Leser 3.2 Militär und Administration 3.3 Ärzte 3.4 Leserschaft über konfessionelle Grenzen: Religiöse Minderheiten 3.5 Frauen 3.6 Private Ausleihe 4 Schluss Quellen und Literatur Archivalische und handschriftliche Quellen Gedruckte Quellen Sekundärliteratur Personenindex Sachindex Ortsindex

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Book SynopsisThe Mongols’ Middle East: Continuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid Iran offers a collection of academic articles that investigate different aspects of Mongol rule in 13th- and 14th-century Iran. Sometimes treated only as part of the larger Mongol Empire, the volume focuses on the Ilkhanate (1258-1335) with particular reference to its relations with its immediate neighbours. It is divided into four parts, looking at the establishment, the internal and external dynamics of the realm, and its end. The different chapters, covering several topics that have received little attention before, aim to contribute to a better understanding of Mongol rule in the Middle East and its role in the broader medieval Eurasian world and its links with China. With contributions by: Reuven Amitai, Michal Biran, Bayarsaikhan Dashdondog, Bruno De Nicola, Florence Hodous, Boris James, Aptin Khanbaghi, Judith Kolbas, George Lane, Timothy May, Charles Melville, Esther Ravalde, Karin RührdanzTrade Review"All in all, this volume edited by Melville and De Nicola offers a fine collection of studies that offer new perspectives on the theme of continuity and transformation under the Ilkhans, and will surely be instrumental in any future research on the Mongols in Iran." - Jonathan Brack, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 139/3 (2019) "Overall, the editors should be commended for bringing together such a rich variety of important contributions to the history of the Mongols. The Mongols' Middle East illustrates the wide range of approaches and modes of inquiry among scholars of the Ilkhan period, and the general vitality of the field." - Patrick Wing, University of Redlands, in: BCAI 33 (2019)

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Book SynopsisI.Y. Kratchkovsky (Ignatii Iul'ianovich Krachkovskii) was an iconic scholar, and Among Arabic Manuscripts, Memories of Libraries and Men gives us a good indication of what made him so outstanding. Hugely influential in its time, especially in Eastern Europe, it inspired several now-noted Arabists to start their studies in this field. It is beautifully written and, with the rising relevance of Arab-Russian relations has new historical importance. A memoir of a life in Orientalism, this autobiographic text is the result of strong will and endurance, and of total dedication to Arabic literature and language. It tells of Kratchkovsky's enormous achievements in the field, in a very personal manner and in an easily accessible form. The present publication is the English translation of the first 1953 Brill edition, accomplished by Tatiana Minorsky (d. 1987), with a new introduction by Michael Kemper.Trade Review"There is much to interest the Arabic scholar in these reminiscences of a life working with Arabic texts. Kratchkovsky’s comments on medieval manuscripts are punctuated by his modern epistolary relationships with early twentieth-century greats, such as Amin Rihani, Mikhail Naimy and the Taymur family of Egypt. This book was not intented to be a dry, scholarly tome but to create “propaganda for my branch of study” and have “these reflections find their way into the hearts and minds of my readers”. What he produced is a paean to the enduring pleasures of scholarship, to the joy of making a new discovery in an old library and to the circle of people across the world who make it possible. Although on the surface there is an optimistic faith in human progress, a dark melancholy lies underneath. As Kemper’s introduction reveals, Kratchkovsky did not live his life in an ivory idyll and frequently suffered from dark periods. Lurking in passing references throughout the text are the stories of students and colleagues killed in wars and Soviet purges. If there is a refuge for him, it is in writing. Soviet Russia during the Second World War must have felt like a precarious place where considering, for instance, the handwriting of Abba Antonius of Baghdad from the ninth century was a comfort. More than anything, this is a book about (hand)writing and its endurance. It is propaganda as it should be." Raphael Cormack in Times Literary Supplement, October 26 2016.Table of ContentsIntroduction Krachkovskii and Soviet Arabic Studies, or: What is not in Among Arabic Manuscripts by Michael Kemper (Amsterdam) CONTENTS   PRELUDE (1943) VII I. IN THE MANUSCRIPT DEPARTMENT   Prologue (1901) 1   1. An ancient book (1906) 2   2. A translator of Krïlov (1922) 3   3. A contemporary of Hulagu (1911) 5   4. The hostage of a double prison (1912) 6   5. From Sicily via Persia to St. Petersburg (1928) 7    Epilogue (1914) 9 II. FROM WANDERINGS IN THE EAST    1. Books and men (1908-1910) 11   2. Grammatical treatise or anti-religious tract? (1910-1932) 21   3. The unwritten thesis (1910) 25   4. The manuscripts of two patriarchs or a prophecy fulfilled (1900-1927) 30 III. ARAB WRITERS AND THE RUSSIAN ARABIST   1. The philosopher of the Freyka valley (1910-1940) 40   2. The aristocrat-fellāḥ of Cairo 46   3. The Poltava seminarist 54 IV. IN THE ASIATIC MUSEUM   1. Introduction to a legend (1903-1934) 62   2. A unique manuscript and scholars of a dozen nations, Eastern and Western 74   3. A contemporary of the first Crusade (1919-1921) 80   4. Vasco da Gama’s pilot 86 V. IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY   1. The librarians and the library (1901-1930) 92   2. A first experience as examiner (1914) 105   3. From Cairo to the Volkovo cemetery in St. Petersburg (1916-1930) 115   4. “Al-Andalus” and Leningrad (1906-1942) 123 VI. “THE GAME COMES RUNNING TO THE HUNTER”   1. Bronze tablets from the land of Queen of Sheba (1930) 134   2. A letter from Sogdiana (1934) 142   3. The Kufic Qoran and the Arab grandmother (1936) 150   4. A Russian officer attached to Shamil in Kaluga (1928-1941) 155 VII. SHADES OF OUR PREDECESSORS   1. A martyr for Arabic literature (1910) 163   2. The “quiet” Girgas (1901-1941) 169   3. Half a century of work on one manuscript (1903-1938) 177 FINALE. “Requiem aeternam” (1943) 184 SUPPLEMENT. “The Bindingness of the Non-binding” 186 Notes 190 Postscript 194

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Book SynopsisWhy did premodern authors in the Arabic-Islamic culture compile literary anthologies, and why were these works remarkably popular? How can an anthology that consists of reproduced material be original and creative, and serve various literary and political ends? How did anthologists select their material, then record and arrange it? This book examines the life and works of Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (350–429/961–1039), an eminent anthologist from Nīshāpūr, paying special attention to his magnum opus, Yatīmat al-dahr (The Unique Pearl), and its sequel, Tatimmat al-Yatīma (The Completion of the Yatīma). This book is a direct window on to an anthologist’s workshop in the second half of the fourth/tenth century. It examines the methodological consciousness expressed in Thaʿālibī’s selection and arrangement, and his sophisticated system of internal references and cross-references to other works; how he selected from his contemporaries’ oeuvres; how he sought, recorded, memorized, misplaced, and sometimes lost or forgot his selections; how he scrutinized the authenticity of material, accepting, questioning, or rejecting its attribution; and the errors and inconsistencies that resulted from this process.Trade Reviewيضع الدكتور الأرفه لي في كتابه هذا مؤلفي "اليتيمة والتتمة" في سياقهما الأدبي، عارضا لهما من باب المقارنة والتحقيق والتصنيف، مقدما وسيلة بحثية غنية للباحثين ومهتمين بفن المختارات الأدبية. فيفكك حبكة الكتاب وخطة المؤلف إلى عناصر وسمات تميز "اليتيمة والتتمة" من غيرهما من كتب المختارات الأدبية. كما ويجمع الكتاب بعضا من آراء الباحثين ما يجعله بابا للتعرف على فن المختارات الأدبية مجالات البحث والدراسة فيها. علاء كيالي، المشرق 91/2، تموز-كانون الأول 2017 Alaa Kayali, al-Mashriq 91/2, July-December 2017 "الكتباب الذي بين أيدينا دراسة جادة ومتأنية وعميقة، ستترك ولا شك أثرًا كبيرا في الدراسات العربية، فهي تطرح وتعالج عددًا كبيرًا من الأسئلة الأدبية والثقافية، وتفتح الباب أمام عدد جديد من الأسئلة المتعلّقة بالأنواع الأدبية العربية القديمة، وطرق التأليف العربية، وعلاقة الأدباء بالقصور، ورحلاتهم الأدبية والمهنية، وتذوق الأمراء والوزراء والنقّاد والأدباء للأدب في القرنين الرابع والخامس الهجريين." مريم مشتاوي، الشرق الأوسط، 16 رمضان 1437\21 يونيو 2016، العدد 13720 Maryam Mishtawi, Al-Sharq al-Awsat, 21 June 2016, issue 13720 "The Anthologist's Art is a welcome contribution to our knowledge of literary anthologies and of adab in the fourth to the fifth/tenth to the eleventh centuries. It points the way to further inquiries into the networks through which adab circulated and the tastes that informed its evaluation." Matthew L. Keegan, in: Al-Abhath 64 (2016) "Bilal Orfail's study is an important work of literary scholarship. It is important both for its detailed account of al-Thaʿālibī's career (his works, his methods, and his legacy) as well as for the attention it pays to an exemplar of a genre that has played a critical role in the development and perservation of classical Arabic poetic and literary traditions." Adam Talib, Durham University, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 139/1 (2019) "The Anthologist's Art offers a truly comprehensive picture of the Yatīmat al-dahr and Tatimmat al-Yatīma. The amount of questions Orfali discusses makes it an important survey that has few equals in the history of Arabic literature. Its undoubted merit consists in contextualizing the enormous quantity of materials collected by Thaʿālibī' within the broader socio-literary framework of the century in which he lived and within the type of works through which he chose to express himself. Ultimately, it offers a further, indispensable, piece of knowledge of a central activity for cultivating adab (not yet sufficiently appreciated) that was anthologizing." Francesca Bellino, Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale", in: Annali, sezione Orientale 79 (2019)Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Abbreviations List of Illustrations Note on Editions and Manuscripts of the Yatīma and Tatimma 1. The Art of Anthology in Premodern Arabic Literature Anthology and Adab Approaches to the Study of Arabic Literary Anthology in Modern Scholarship Motives for Anthologizing A Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies 2. Life and Legacy of Thaʿālibī Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī Legacy of Thaʿālibī Bibliography of Thaʿālibī Printed Authentic Works Printed, Authenticity Doubtful Printed, Authenticity Rejected In Manuscript, Authentic works In Manuscript, Authenticity Uncertain In Manuscript, Authenticity Rejected Works Surviving in Quotations Lost Works 3. An Anthologist at Work: The Organization and Structure of the Yatīma and Tatimma Organization Prominent Litterateurs Courts, Dynasties and Other Patrons Cities and Sub-Regions Critical Awareness in the Organization of the Yatīma and Tatimma Selection of Material The Arrangement of Entries in a Chapter: Proximity and Resemblance References and Cross-References Cross-References References in the Tatimma to the Yatīma References to the Earlier Version of the Yatīma References to Other Works by Thaʿālibī Later Additions to the Yatīma Authenticity and Misattribution Forgotten, Lost, and Inconsistent Material 4. The Sources of Thaʿālibī in Yatīmat al-Dahr and Tatimmat al-Yatīma Written Sources Dīwāns Books Other Written Media Oral/Aural Sources Main Guarantors in the Yatīma Main Guarantors in the Tatimma Conclusion 5. Material within the Entry Categorization and Arrangement of Material within Entries The Biographical Summary Dates Deaths of Poets Religious Views Training and Education Professions Families of Litterateurs Characterization of Litterateurs and Their Literary Oeuvres Geographical Context Social Context Historical Context Comparing Litterateurs Knowledge of Persian Relations between Contemporaries Physical and Character Features Patronage Patron-Littérateur Relations Admission to a Court Meeting a Patron Leaving a Court Prison Incidents and Stories Description of Courtly Majālis Evaluating Literary Production Conclusion Appendix 1: Outline of the Yatīma and Tatimma Appendix 2: Sources of Yatīmat al-Dahr Appendix 3: Sources of Tatimmat al-Yatīma Appendix 4: Comparisons between Poets Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPatricia Crone's Collected Studies in Three Volumes brings together a number of her published, unpublished, and revised writings on Near Eastern and Islamic history, arranged around three distinct but interconnected themes. Volume 2, The Iranian Reception of Islam: The Non-Traditionalist Strands, examines the reception of pre-Islamic legacies in Islam, above all that of the Iranians. Volume 1, The Qurʾānic Pagans and Related Matters, pursues the reconstruction of the religious environment in which Islam arose and develops an intertextual approach to studying the Qurʾānic religious milieu. Volume 3, Islam, the Ancient Near East and Varieties of Godlessness, places the rise of Islam in the context of the ancient Near East and investigates sceptical and subversive ideas in the Islamic world. The Qurʾānic Pagans and Related Matters Islam, the Ancient Near East and Varieties of GodlessnessTable of ContentsEditor’s preface Author’s preface 1. Kavād’s heresy and Mazdak’s revolt 2. Zoroastrian communism 3. Khurramīs 4. Muqannaʿ 5. Abū Tammām on the Mubayyiḍa 6. The Muqannaʿ narrative in the Tārīkhnāma: Part I, Introduction, edition and translation 7. The Muqannaʿ narrative in the Tārīkhnāma: Part II, Commentary and analysis 8. Al-Jāḥiẓ on aṣḥāb al-jahālāt and the Jahmiyya 9. Buddhism as ancient Iranian paganism 10. A new text on Ismailism at the Samanid court 11. What was al-Fārābī’s ‘imamic’ constitution? 12. Al-Fārābī’s imperfect constitutions 13. Pre-existence in Iran: Zoroastrians, ex-Christian Muʿtazilites, and Jews on the human acquisition of bodies List of Patricia Crone’s publications Index to volume 2

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Book SynopsisThe present volume focuses on the political perceptions of the Hajj, its global religious appeal to Muslims, and the European struggle for influence and supremacy in the Muslim world in the age of pre-colonial and colonial empires. In the late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century, a pivotal change in seafaring occurred, through which western Europeans played important roles in politics, trade, and culture. Viewing this age of empires through the lens of the Hajj puts it into a different perspective, by focusing on how increasing European dominance of the globe in pre-colonial and colonial times was entangled with Muslim religious action, mobility, and agency. The study of Europe’s connections with the Hajj therefore tests the hypothesis that the concept of agency is not limited to isolated parts of the globe. By adopting the “tools of empires,” the Hajj, in itself a global activity, would become part of global and trans-cultural history. With contributions by: Aldo D’Agostini; Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste; Ulrike Freitag; Mahmood Kooria; Michael Christopher Low; Adam Mestyan; Umar Ryad; John Slight and Bogusław R. Zagórski.Trade Review"[The Hajj and Europe in the Age of Empire] offers fresh insights about European political perceptions of and policies regarding the ḥajj between the sixteenth and late-twentieth centuries. Embracing such a long historical span and wide geographical range in nine chapters makes this an ambitious book, but case studies are given for the countries and empires of Britain, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain." - Jamie Gilham, in: Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 30/3 (2019)Table of ContentsChapter 1 Mahmood Kooria, “Killed the pilgrims and persecuted them with all kinds of cruelties”: Portuguese Estado da India’s encounters with the Hajj in the sixteenth century. Chapter 2 Michael Christopher Low, “The Infidel Piloting the True Believer”: Thomas Cook and the business of the colonial Hajj. Chapter 3 John Slight, British colonial knowledge and the Hajj in the Age of Empire. Chapter 4 Aldo D’Agostini, French Policy and the Hajj in late-nineteenth-century Algeria: Governor Cambon’s reform attempts and Jules Gervais-Courtellemont’s pilgrimage to Mecca. Chapter 5 Ulrike Freitag, Heinrich Freiherr von Maltzan’s “My Pilgrimage to Mecca”: A critical investigation. Chapter 6 Bogusław R. Zagórski, Polish connections to the Hajj in the nineteenth century: Mystical and imaginary travels to Mecca and the Polish cultural tradition. Chapter 7 Umar Ryad, On his donkey to the Mountain of ʿArafāt: Dr. Van der Hoog and his Hajj journey to Mecca. Chapter 7 Adam Mestyan, “I Have To Disguise Myself”: Orientalism, Gyula Germanus, and pilgrimage as cultural capital, 1935–1965. Chapter 9 Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste, Franco’s North African pilgrims after WWII: The Hajj through the Eyes of a Spanish colonial officer (1949).

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Book SynopsisIn 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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Book SynopsisThe Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish Manuscripts in Belgium is a union catalogue aiming is to present the Oriental manuscripts held by various Belgian public institutions (Royal Library, university and public libraries). These collections and their contents are largely unknown to scholars due to the lack of published catalogues. This first volume, consisting of a bi-lingual (English and Arabic) handlist, concerns the collection of the Université de Liège, which holds the largest number of Oriental manuscripts (c. 500). Each title is briefly described, identifying the author and offering basic material information. Most of the manuscripts described in this handlist originate from North Africa.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction List of Abbreviations Transliteration Table Handlist Arabic Manuscripts Varia Persian Manuscripts Varia Turkish Manuscripts Varia Indexes Dated Manuscripts Lithographs Authors Copyists Patrons Places of Copy Shelf numbers Plates

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Book SynopsisThe present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann’s Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b. for ibn; Brockelmann’s transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, etc.; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted.Table of ContentsPreface Note to the Reader Transcription Introduction  I The Task of Literary History  II Sources and Earlier Accounts of the Literary History of the Arabs  III Division of the History of Arabic Literature First Book: The National Literature of the Arabs First Section From the Beginnings until the Appearance of Muḥammad  Chapter 1. The Arabic Language  Chapter 2. The Beginnings of Poetry  Chapter 3. The Forms of Arabic Poetry  Chapter 4. The Nature of Ancient Arabic Poetry  Chapter 5. The Transmission of Arabic Poetry  Chapter 6. Sources for our Knowledge of Ancient Arabic Poetry  Chapter 7. The Six Poets  Chapter 8. Other Poets of Pre-Islamic Times  Chapter 9. Jewish and Christian Poets before Islam  Chapter 10. The Beginnings of Arabic Prose Second Section Muḥammad and His Time  Chapter 1. Muḥammad the Prophet  Chapter 2. The Qurʾān  Chapter 3. Labīd and al-Aʿshā  Chapter 4. Ḥassān b. Thābit  Chapter 5. Kaʿb b. Zuhayr  Chapter 6. Mutammim b. Nuwayra  Chapter 7. Al-Khansāʾ  Chapter 8. Abū Miḥjan and al-Khuṭayʾa  Chapter 9. Minor Poets  Chapter 10. Pseudo-ʿAlid Literature Third Section The Period of the Umayyads  Chapter 2. ʿUmar b. Abī Rabīʿa  Chapter 3. Other Poets in Arabia  Chapter 4. Al-Akhṭal  Chapter 5. Al-Farazdaq  Chapter 6. Jarīr  Chapter 7. Dhu ̓l-Rumma  Chapter 9. Minor Poets  Chapter 10. Prose Writing at the Time of the Umayyads Second Book: Islamic Literature in the Arabic Language First Section The Classical Period from ca. 750 until ca. 1000  Chapter 2. Poetry  Chapter 2a. Rhymed Prose  Chapter 3. Philology  Chapter 4. Historiography  Chapter 5. Popular Literature in Prose and Works for General Education  Chapter 6. Ḥadīth  Chapter 7. Fiqh  Chapter 8. Qurʾānic Sciences  Chapter 9. Dogmatics  Chapter 10. Mysticism  Chapter 12. Philosophy  Chapter 13. Mathematics  Chapter 14. Astronomy and Astrology  Chapter 15. Geography  Chapter 16. Medicine  Chapter 17. Natural and Occult Sciences, Varia  Chapter 18. Encyclopaedias Second Section The post-Classical Period of Islamic Literature, from ca. 400/1000 until ca. 656/1258  Introduction  Chapter 1. Poetry  Chapter 2. Rhymed Prose and Stylistics  Chapter 3. Philology  Chapter 4. Historiography  Chapter 5. Belles lettres in Prose  Chapter 6. Ḥadīth  Chapter 7. Fiqh  Chapter 8. Qurʾānic sciences  Chapter 9. Dogmatics  Chapter 10 Mysticism  Chapter 11. Philosophy and Politics  Chapter 12. Mathematics  Chapter 13. Astronomy  Chapter 14. Travelogues and Geographies  Chapter 15. Medicine  Chapter 16. Natural Sciences and Technology  Chapter 16. Appendix  Chapter 17. Occult Sciences  Chapter 18. Encyclopedias and Polyhistors  Addenda & Corrigenda

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Book SynopsisThe present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann’s Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b. for ibn; Brockelmann’s transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, etc.; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted.Table of ContentsPreface Note to the Reader Transcription Third Book: The Decline of Islamic Literature First Section From Mongol Rule Until the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in the Year 1517  Introduction  Chapter 1. Egypt and Syria  Chapter 2. Iraq and al-Jazīra  Chapter 3. North Arabia  Chapter 4. South Arabia  Chapter 5. Iran and Tūrān  Chapter 6. India  Chapter 7. The Turks of Rūm and the Ottomans  Chapter 8. North Africa  Chapter 9. Spain Second Section From the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in 1517 to the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt in 1798  Chapter 1. Egypt and Syria  Chapter 2. Al-Jazīra, Iraq, and Bahrain  Chapter 3. North Arabia  Chapter 4. South Arabia  Chapter 5. Oman, East Africa, and Abyssinia  Chapter 6. Iran and Tūrān  Chapter 7. India  Chapter 8. The Malay Archipelago  Chapter 9. Rumelia and Anatolia  Chapter 10. The Maghreb  Chapter 11. The Sudan Third Section From the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt Until the British Occupation  Chapter 1. Egypt  Chapter 2. Syria  Chapter 3. Mesopotamia and Iraq  Chapter 4. North Arabia  Chapter 5. South Arabia  Chapter 6. Oman  Chapter 7. Persia  Chapter 8. Afghanistan  Chapter 9. India  Chapter 10. Ceylon, Farther India, and the Malay Archipelago  Chapter 11. Istanbul  Chapter 12. Russia  Chapter 13. The Maghreb  Chapter 14. The Sudan Appendix. A Selective Listing of Authors of Unknown Place and Date, in Alphabetical Order  1 Poetry  2 Rhymed Prose and Popular Literature  3 Philology  4 Historiography  5 Ḥadīth  6 Fiqh  7 Sciences of the Qurʾān  8 Dogmatics and Polemics  9 Mysticism and Edifying Works  10 Philosophy and Politics  11 Mathematics and Astronomy  12 Geography and Cosmography  13 Medicine  14 Eroticism  15 Natural Sciences and Technology  16 Alchemy  17 Music  18 Sports  19 Occult Sciences  20 Encyclopaedias

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Book SynopsisThe present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann’s Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b. for ibn; Brockelmann’s transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, etc.; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted.Table of ContentsPreface Note to the Reader Translator’s Note Transcription Fourth Book: Modern Arabic Literature  Chapter 1. Egypt Since the British Occupation  Chapter 2. Syria  Chapter 3. The Syrians in the Americas  Chapter 4. Iraq  Chapter 5. Arabia  Chapter 6. The Maghreb  Addenda & Corrigenda  Abbreviations

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Book SynopsisIslamic Studies Today: Essays in Honor of Andrew Rippin, is a collection of essays on the Qur’ān, qur’anic exegesis, the early history of Islam, the relationship of the qur’anic text to writings from other religious traditions, and the use of the Qur’ān in modern discussions and debates. Its scope is medieval and modern contexts and it covers regions right across the Muslim world. The essays are based on and reflect Rippin's broad interests and methodological innovations; his studies of text transmissions, hermeneutical studies of the Qur’ān; careful unpacking of the complex relations between qur’anic exegesis and historical contexts; and exploring potential new methodologies for future research. With contributions by: Herbert Berg, Stefano Bigliardi, Majid Daneshgar, Bruce Fudge, Claude Gilliot, Andreas Görke Feras Hamza, Gerald Hawting, Aaron W. Hughes, Tariq Jaffer, Marianna Klar, Jane McAuliffe, Arnold Yasin Mol, Angelika Neuwirth, Gordon Nickel, Johanna Pink, Michael E. Pregill, Gabriel S. Reynolds, Peter G. Riddell, Walid A. Saleh, Nicolai Sinai, Roberto TottoliTable of ContentsTable of Contents: - Preface - Acknowledgments - List of figures and tables - List of contributors Part I Islamic Exegesis and Tradition: Formative and Classical Period - “A Plaything for Kings”: ʿĀʾisha’s Ḥadīth, Ibn al-Zubayr, and Rebuilding the Kaʿba Gerald Hawting - Remnants of an Old Tafsīr Tradition? The Exegetical Accounts of ʿUrwa b. al-Zubayr Andreas Görke - Muqātil on Zayd and Zaynab: “The sunna of Allāh concerning those who passed away before” (Q 33:38) Gordon Nickel - Sabab/Asbāb al-Nuzūl as a Technical Term: Its Emergence and Application in the Islamic Sources Roberto Tottoli - Laylat al-Qadr as Sacred Time: Sacred Cosmology in Sunnī Kalām and Tafsīr Arnold Yasin Mol - Is there Covenant Theology in Islam? Tariq Jaffer Part II The Qurʾān and Qurʾanic Studies: Issues and Themes - The Qurʾān’s Enchantment of the World. “Antique” Narratives Refashioned in Arab Late Antiquity Angelika Neuwirth - Messianism and the Shadow of History: Judaism and Islam in a Time of Uncertainty Aaron W. Hughes - Some Reflections on Borrowing, Influence, and the Entwining of Jewish and Islamic Traditions; or, What the Image of a Calf Might Do Michael E. Pregill - Inheriting Egypt: The Israelites and the Exodus in the Meccan Qurʾān Nicolai Sinai - Re-examining Textual Boundaries: Towards a Form-Critical Sūrat al-Kahf Marianna Klar - Philology and the Meaning of Sūrat al-Burūj Bruce Fudge - A Flawed Prophet? Noah in the Qurʾān and Qurʾanic Commentary Gabriel S. Reynolds Part III Islam, Qurʾān, and Tafsīr: Modern Discussions - An Asiatic and Moslem Jesus: Deracinating and Reracinating Jesus by Drew Ali Herbert Berg - Reading the Qurʾān Chronologically: An Aid to Discourse Coherence and Thematic Development Peter G. Riddell - The Fig, the Olive, and the Cycles of Prophethood: Q 95:1–3 and the Image of History in Early 20th-Century Qurʾanic Exegesis Johanna Pink - The “Scientific Miracle of the Qurʾān”: Map and Assessment Stefano Bigliardi - Locating the “Esoteric” in Islamic Studies Feras Hamza - Western Non-Muslim Qurʾanic Studies in Muslim Academic Contexts: On Rippin’s Works from the Middle East to the Malay-Indonesian World Majid Daneshgar - A Concluding Appreciation Jane McAuliffe - Andrew Rippin : La Sainte Sagesse et Le Saint Silence (Ἁγία Σοφία, Ἁγία σιγή) Claude Gilliot - Appendix: Publications by Andrew Rippin - Index

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Book SynopsisThe manuscript of the Aqwāl Qatāda has repeatedly attracted particular interest among modern scholars, as it raises questions concerning the early development of the Ibāḍī Basran community and the emergence of Islamic jurisprudence in Iraq. It is a unique document because it attests to the existence of a scholarly link between Sunnīs and Ibāḍīs during the early development of Islamic law. The fact that the legal responsa and traditions of Qatāda b. Diʿāma al-Sadūsī (60/680-117/735) are part of an Ibāḍī collection, in which the traditions of Ibāḍī Imam Jābir b. Zayd (d. 93/ 711) have been transmitted through ʿAmr b. Harim and ʿAmr b. Dīnār, proves that the Ibāḍī lawyers of the first generations considered Qatāda to be a faithful upholder of Jābir's doctrine. Given the lack of material available for Jābir, instructions must have been given to collect whatever was transmitted through Qatāda. Qatāda's legal responsa must have corresponded to those of the first Ibāḍī authorities, which explains why the collator of the Aqwāl Qatāda (probably Abū Ghānim al-Khurāsānī) included them in an Ibāḍī manuscript. The present volume sheds light on the relationship between the Aqwāl Qatāda and Ibāḍī authorities such as al-Rabī, Abū Ubayda, and Jābir.Trade Review"This book is a major contribution to the debate over the early Islamic legal literature whose very nature makes any inquire a task of considerable difficulty." Ersilia Francesca in: Studi Magrebini 18.1 (2020)Table of ContentsIntroduction Arabic Texts a. Part One b. Part Two c. Part Three d. Part Four e. Part Five f. Part Six g. Part Seven Indices

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Book SynopsisThe present volume contains seventeen essays on the Mamluk Sultanate, an Islamic Empire of slaves whose capital was in Cairo between the 13th and the 16th centuries, written by leading historians of this period. It discusses topics as varied as social and cultural issues, women in Mamluk society, literary and poetical genres, the politics of material culture, and regional and local politics. The volume presents state of the art scholarship in the field of Mamluk studies as well as an in-depth review of recent developments. Mamluk studies have expanded considerably in recent years and today interests hundreds of active researchers worldwide who write in numerous languages and constitute a vivid and strong community of researchers, some of whose best research is presented in this volume. With contributions by Reuven Amitai; Frédéric Bauden; Yuval Ben-Bassat; Joseph Drory; Élise Franssen; Yehoshua Frenkel; Li Guo; Daisuke Igarashi; Yaacov Lev; Bernadette Martel-Thoumian; Carl Petry; Warren Schultz; Boaz Shoshan; Hana Taragan; Bethany J. Walker; Michael Winter; Koby Yosef; Limor Yungman.Trade Review"In my view this volume offers a nice entry point into the field of Mamlūk history. It offers a taster of the range of perspectives that have and are being taken by scholars in the field, as well as a fine introduction to a number of its historical sources." - Daisy Livingston, in: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 109 (2019) "... this collection of articles is highly recommended for anyone interested in the Mamlūks. With its combination of articles by both well-established scholars as well as relative newcomers to the discipline, it provides an excellent, remarkably rich and multifaceted cross section of the state of the art in the burgeoning field of Mamlūk history." - Laurenz Kern, Freie Universität Berlin, in: Die Welt Des Islams 59 (2019) "... the volume constitutes an important read for scholars and students of the Mamluk Period as well as of the respective fields of inquiry beyond that field. This is also true for further subjects such as numismatics, manuscript studies, institutional history, or food studies." - Torsten Wollina, Orient-Institut Beirut, in: Journal of the History and Culture of the Middle East 95/2 (2018) "In their remarkable variety, these seventeen papers nicely illustrate the different terrains of scholarship on which Amalia Levanoni has been operating since the 1980s. Whereas some of them continue to situate themselves comfortably in longstanding research traditions and paradigms, quite a few simultaneously demonstrate the expanding range of research perspectives - including social theory, literary criticism, codicology, anthropology and archaeology - that have started to transform Mamluk studies into an interdisciplinary field by default. Beyond the individual value of quite a few of the papers in this volume, the latter general observation certainly also adds to the importance of this volume as a whole." - Jo Van Steenbergen, University of Gent, in: English Historical Review 134/569 (2019)Table of ContentsA Note on Transliteration List of Pictures and Illustrations Acknowledgments Professor Amalia Levanoni’s Contribution to the Field of Mamluk Studies Michael Winter Introduction Yuval Ben-Bassat A. Social and Cultural Issues 1. Carl Petry “Already Rich? Yet ‘Greed Deranged Him’: Elite Status and Criminal Complicity in the Mamluk Sultanate” 2. Koby Yosef “Usages of Kinship Terminology during the Mamluk Sultanate and the Notion of the ‘Mamlūk Family’” 3. Limor Yungman “Medieval Middle Eastern Court Taste: The Mamluk Case” 4. Bernadette Martel-Thoumian “DU SANG ET DES LARMES: LE DESTIN TRAGIQUE D’AṢALBĀY AL-JARKASIYYA (m. en 1509)” 5. Daisuke Igarashi “The Office of the Ustādār al-ʿĀliya in the Circassian Mamluk Era” B. Women in Mamluk Society 6. Yaakov Lev “Women in the Urban Space of Medieval Muslim Cities” 7. Yehoshua Frenkel “Slave Girls and Learned Teachers: Women in Mamluk Sources” 8. Boaz Shoshan “On Marriage in Damascus, 1480-1500” C. Literary and Poetical Genres 9. Li Guo “Songs, Poetry, and Storytelling: Ibn Taghrībirdī on the Yalbughā Affair” 10. Frédéric Bauden “Maqriziana XIII: An Exchange of Correspondence Between al-Maqrīzī and al-Qalqashandī” 11. Michael Winter “Sultan Selīm’s Obsession with Mamluk Egypt according to Evliyā Ҁelebi’s Seyāḥatnāme” D. The Politics of Material Culture 12. Warren Schultz “Mamluk Coins, Mamluk Politics and the Limits of the Numismatic Evidence” 13. Hana Taragan “Mamluk Patronage, Crusader Spolia: Turbat al-Kubakiyya in the Mamilla Cemetery, Jerusalem (688/1289)” 14. Bethany J. Walker “The Struggle over Water: Evaluating the ‘Water Culture’ of Syrian Peasants under Mamluk Rule” 15. Élise Franssen “What was there in a Mamluk Amīr’s Library? Evidence from a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript” E. Regional and Local Politics 16. Reuven Amitai “Post-Crusader Acre in Light of a Mamluk Inscription and a Fatwā Document from Damascus” 17. Joseph Drory “Favored by the Sultan, Disfavored by his Son: Some Glimpses into the Career of Ṭashtamur Ḥummuṣ Akhḍar” Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEnglish: In Die biblisch-hebräische Partikel נָא Peter Juhás addresses the function of the much-debated particle -nā in Biblical Hebrew from the point of view of the most important ancient Bible translations. German: In der vorliegenden Monographie untersucht Peter Juhás die Funktion der viel diskutierten biblisch-hebräischen Partikel -nā im Lichte der wichtigsten antiken Bibelübersetzungen.Trade ReviewJuhás has been admirably careful and thorough in executing the task he undertook. Anyone wishing to contribute to the na' debate in future could do well to use this book as a starting point. Apart from Juhás's examination of how the particle was rendered in other languages, his detailed tables of occurrences in various parts of the Hebrew Bible, and his coverage of the history of the debate, make the book an excellent basis for studying the issue. More generally, the book holds much interest for any scholar concerned with the problems of translating ancient languages. - Geoffrey Sampson (University of Essex), on: linguistlist.org (February 2018).Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Nersēs and the Dormition  Theological Terminology  Some Patristic Sources  Conclusion  Manuscripts of Nersēs’ Commentary on the Dormition  The Dormition in Armenian Bibles  Nersēs and His Biblical Commentaries  Life of Nersēs from the 1736 Edition  Memorial of the 1736 Edition Translation of Nersēs’ Commentary with Notes  Note to the Armenian Text  Nersēs’ Own Introduction  Nersēs’ Commentary on the Dormition  Variant Text of C in § 112 Nersēs’ Armenian Text of the Dormition Bibliography Index of Biblical Quotations and Allusions General Index

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Book SynopsisTheology and Society is the most comprehensive study of Islamic intellectual and religious history, focusing on Muslim theology. With its emphasis on the eighth and ninth centuries CE, it remains the most detailed prosopographical study of the early phase of the formation of Islam. Originally published in German between 1991 and 1995, Theology and Society is a monument of scholarship and a unique scholarly enterprise which has stood the test of time as an unparalleled reference work.Table of ContentsThe Unification of Islamic Thought and the Flowering of Theology 1 Baghdad  1.1 Local Tradition. Madāʾin  1.2 Religious Policy Under al-Manṣūr and al-Mahdī  1.3 The Rise of the Muʿtazila  1.4 The Time Following the Fall of the Barmakids 2 Divided Empire and Civil War  2.1 The Uprising of Abū l-Sarāyā  2.2 Ma‌ʾmūn and ʿAlī al-Riḍā  2.3 Theologians with Ties to al-Ma‌ʾmūn. Thumāma b. Ashras  2.4 The Anti-Caliphate of Ibrāhīm b. al-Mahdī  2.5 Ma‌ʾmūn’s Return to Baghdad 3 Al-Ma‌ʾmūn in Baghdad. The Flowering of Muʿtazilite Theology  3.1 Ma‌ʾmūn’s Intellectual Profile. Intellectual Life at Court in Baghdad  3.2 The Great Muʿtazilite Systematists  3.3 The miḥna Supplementary Remarks

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together studies that explore the richness of the Arabic literary tradition and of Islamic intellectual life, from the beginnings of Islam to the present. The contributors cover an unusually wide range of subjects, including such topics as guile in the Quran, marriage in Islamic law, early esoterica, commentaries on al-Ḥarīrī’s Maqamāt, Hellenistic philosophy in Arabic, medieval music and song, scurrilous poetry, Arabic rhetoric, cursing, the modern social and legal history of the Middle East, al-Kharrat’s modernist project, and contemporary Islamic thought and responses to it. The volume’s range reflects the enormous breadth of Everett Rowson’s scholarship and his impact over a lifetime of publishing, editing, teaching, and mentoring in the many fields that constitute the Arabic humanities and Islamic thought. Contributors: Ali Humayun Akhtar, Thomas Bauer, Hans Hinrich Biesterfeldt, Kevin van Bladel, Marilyn Booth, Michael Cooperson, Kenneth M. Cuno, Geert Jan van Gelder, Hala Halim, Lara Harb, David Hollenberg, Matthew L. Keegan, David Larsen, Joseph E. Lowry, Zainab Mahmood, Jon McGinnis, Jeannie Miller, John Nawas, Bilal Orfali, Alex Popovkin, Dwight F. Reynolds, Susan A. Spectorsky, Tara Stephan, Adam Talib, Sarra Tlili, Shawkat M. Toorawa, James Toth, Mark S. Wagner.Trade Review"Enthralling and titillating, this is an impressive compilation of papers written in honor of Everett K. Rowson, covering a suprisingly vast number o fields, in perception heretic, challenging, and informative, positively adding to the extant literature." - Stavros Nikolaidis, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 27 (2018)Table of ContentsList of Contributors Editors’ Preface Tabula Gratulatoria Publications of Everett K. Rowson From Breath to Soul: The Quranic Word Rūḥ and its (Mis)interpretations Sarra Tlili The Wiles of Women, The Guile of Men: Re-reading Kayd in Sūrat Yūsuf Zainab Mahmood Some Ḥanbalī Views on Secret Marriage Susan A. Spectorsky Anta anā wa-anā minka (“You are me, and I am from you”): A Quasi-Nuṣayrī Fragment on the Intellect in the Early Ismāʿīlī Treatise Kitāb Taʾwīl ḥurūf al-muʿjam David Hollenberg The Crucified Speaks: ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm on his Day-Long Exposure at Nishapur David Larsen Man Is Not the Only Speaking Animal: Thresholds and Idiom in al-Jāḥiẓ Jeannie Miller Beyond the Known Limits: Ibn Dāwūd al-Iṣfahānī’s Chapter on “Intermedial” Poetry Lara Harb Foul Whisperings: Madness and Poetry in Arabic Literary History Geert Jan van Gelder Music for the Body, Music for the Soul Hans Hinrich Biesterfeldt Zoroaster’s Many Languages Kevin van Bladel Song and Punishment Dwight F. Reynolds Fathers and Husbands Adam Talib Writing the Past: Ancient Egypt Through the Lens of Medieval Islamic Thought Tara Stephan ‘The Mosul Stand-up, or a Riff on a Stiff’: al-Hamadhānī’s Maqāma of Mosul Michael Cooperson An Edition of al-Hamadhānī’s al-Maqāma al-Mawṣiliyya Bilal Orfali Sucker of One’s Mother’s Clitoris: A Study of a Classical Arabic Insult John Nawas Commentators, Collators, and Copyists: Interpreting Manuscript Variation in the Exordium of al-Ḥarīrī’s Maqāmāt Matthew L. Keegan Going the Extra Mayl: Two Texts on Medieval Dynamics in the Islamic World Jon McGinnis “Extremely Beautiful and Extremely Long”: al-Qīrāṭī’s Exuberant Letter from the Year 761/1360 Thomas Bauer Enterprising Sultans and the Doge of Venice: Political Culture and the Patronage of Science and Philosophy in the Fifteenth-Century Mediterranean Ali Humayun Akhtar Contextualizing Muḥammad ʿAbduh’s Views on the Family, Marriage, and Divorce Kenneth M. Cuno “Go directly home with decorum”: Conduct Books for Egypt’s Young, ca. 1912 Marilyn Booth When Jews Attack: Toward a Social Psychology of Inter-Communal Violence in Yemen Mark S. Wagner Scope for Comparatism: Internationalist and Surrealist Resonances in Idwār al-Kharrāṭ’s Resistant Literary Modernity Hala Halim Securing Consent: Islamic Development and the Movement to Transform Egypt James Toth Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a tribute to the work of legal and social historian and Arabist Rudolph Peters (University of Amsterdam). Presenting case studies from different periods and areas of the Muslim world, the book examines the use of legal documents for the study of the history of Muslim societies. From examinations of the conceptual status of legal documents to comparative studies of the development of legal formulae and the socio-economic or political historical information documents contain, the aim is to approach legal documents as specialised texts belonging to a specific social domain, while simultaneously connecting them to other historical sources. It discusses the daily functioning of legal institutions, the reflections of regime changes on legal documentation, daily life, and the materiality of legal documents. Contributors are Maaike van Berkel, Maurits H. van den Boogert, Léon Buskens, Khaled Fahmy, Aharon Layish, Sergio Carro Martín, Brinkley Messick, Toru Miura, Christian Müller, Petra M. Sijpesteijn, Mathieu Tillier, and Amalia Zomeño.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Maaike van Berkel, Léon Buskens and Petra M. Sijpesteijn Notes on Contributors Bibliography Rudolph Peters Rudolph Peters and the History of Modern Egyptian Law, Khaled Fahmy I. REGIME CHANGE AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS The Qadis’ Justice according to Papyrological Sources (Seventh–Tenth Centuries C.E.), Mathieu Tillier Delegation of Judicial Power in Abbasid Egypt, Petra M. Sijpesteijn The Mahdi’s Legal Opinion as an Instrument of Reform: Issues in Divorce, Inheritance, False Accusation of Unlawful Intercourse and Homicide, Aharon Layish II. PRACTICES OF RECORDING AND VERIFYING Identifying the ʿudūl in Fifteenth-Century Granada, Sergio Carro Martín and Amalia Zomeño Crimes without Criminals? Legal Documents on Fourteenth-Century Injury and Homicide Cases from the Ḥaram Collection in Jerusalem, Christian Müller From Trash to Treasure: Ethnographic Notes on Collecting Legal Documents in Morocco, Léon Buskens Notes for a Local History of Falsehood, Brinkley Messick III. DAILY LIFE Waqf Documents on the Provision of Water in Mamluk Egypt, Maaike van Berkel Ottoman amān: Western Ownership of Real Estate and the Politics of Law Prior to the Land Code of 1876, Maurits H. van den Boogert A Comparative Study of Contract Documents: Ottoman Syria, Qajar Iran, Central Asia, Qing China and Tokugawa Japan, Toru Miura

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Book SynopsisTheology and Society is the most comprehensive study of Islamic intellectual and religious history, focusing on Muslim theology. With its emphasis on the eighth and ninth centuries CE, it remains the most detailed prosopographical study of the early phase of the formation of Islam. Originally published in German between 1991 and 1995, Theology and Society is a monument of scholarship and a unique scholarly enterprise which has stood the test of time as an unparalleled reference work.Table of ContentsContents Preface  xii part c : The Unification of Islamic Thought and the Flowering of Theology (continued) 4 Muʿtazilites during and after the miḥna  3  4.1 Basra until the Middle of the Third Century  3  4.2 Baghdad Muʿtazilites  63 5 Theologians on the Periphery of the Muʿtazila  139 5.1 ‘Murjiʾites’  140  5.2 Najjār and His Circle  167  5.3 Ibāḍite Theologians  195 6 The Argument over the Quran  203  6.1 Ibn Kullāb  204  6.2 Muḥāsibī  221  6.3 Karābīsī and the Problem of the lafẓ al-Qurʾān  238 7 The Expansion of the Muʿtazila during the Third Century  258  7.1 Iraq and the Jazira  259  7.2 The Arabian Peninsula  261  7.3 Syria  264  7.4 Armenia  268  7.5 Iran  271  7.6 India  290  7.7 The Maghrib  291  7.8 Summary  311 8 The Crisis  312  8.1 Baghdad Mysticism Goes its Own Way. Junayd and His Contemporaries  313  8.2 The Self-Destruction of the Dialectical Method  325 Part D: Summary of the History of the Subject Matter Introduction. The Topics of Theology  395 1 The Image of God  407  1.1 God as the One  407  1.2 Anthropomorphism  416  1.3 Names and Attributes  476 2 The Image of the Human  535 2.1 Acting  538 2.2 Body and Spirit  572 3 Eschatology  605  3.1 The Earthly and the Heavenly Paradise  613 3.2 The Extent of the Reality of the Otherworld  619 4 Faith  627 4.1 Sin and Penitence  645 4.2 The Prophet  658 4.3 Epistemology  716 5 Theology and Society  673 5.1 Political Theory  771 5.2 The Organisation of Teaching and Studying  798 5.3 Environment and Intellectual Structure  814

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch bietet eine textkritische Edition von Naǧīb ad-Dīn as-Samarqandīs (st. 619/1222) medizinischem Nahrungsmittellexikon Kitāb al-Aġḏiya wa-l-ašriba mit deutscher Übersetzung und einer Untersuchung zu den Inhalten des Werks und seinem Kontext innerhalb der arabischen Medizinliteratur. This book offers a critical edition of Najīb ad-Dīn as-Samarqandī’s (d. 619/1222) medical food encyclopedia Kitāb al-Aghḏiya wa-l-ashriba along with a German translation and a study on the contents of the work and its context within Arabic medical literature.Trade ReviewWinner of 26th World Award for Book of the Year in Iran 2019. "I want to emphasize the importance of this translation that makes this work available to scholars of medical history who are interested in studying Arabic medicine but regrettably do not read Arabic. This translation will offer them an access to Arabic medicine that played an essential role in the development of medicine from Greek civilization to the early modern period in Europe." - Ayman Yasin Atat, in: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 114/3 (2019) "With her edition, translation and study of al-Samarqandī’s Kitāb al-Aghdhiya wa’l-ashriba, Juliane Müller has produced a very fine scholarly work which excels at virtually all levels — linguistic, historical, technical and material. Her edition of the Arabic text is meticulous, her German translation ingenious, and her various explorations of sometimes uncharted territories are extremely detailed without ever losing sight of the bigger picture. [...] It is to be hoped that Juliane Müller will continue in the future to gift us with many more contributions of such sublime quality." - Oliver Kahl, in: Journal of Semitic Studies 63/2 (2018) "Muller's edition [...] is a most useful addition to scholarship in this field. A wonderful book, a meticulous piece of scholarship, and a rich source of information on a variety of subjects." - Remke Kruk, in: Bibliotheca Orientalis 75/1-2 (2018)

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Book SynopsisNew Frontiers of Arabic Papyrology contains research presented at the 5th congress of the International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) held in Tunis in 2012. Like previous ISAP volumes, this one focuses on the transformative era of the Islamic conquests, although some of the articles treat later periods. The volume contains articles relevant to Arabic, Coptic, and Greek papyrology. There is also work on folk religion, astronomy, and epigraphy. Contributors: Lotfi Abdeljaouad, Lajos Berkes, Ursula Bsees, Janneke de Jong, Manabu Kameya, Marie Legendre, Matt Malczycki, Tonio Sebastian Richter, Johannes Thomann, Khaled YounesTrade Review"The publication is an important addition to every library with interests in papyrology, literacy, multilingualism, and manuscripts as both material objects and carriers of religious literature, scientific knowledge, and documentary evidence of administration in Early Islam, with a focus on Egypt." - Alexandros Tsakos, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 27 (2018)

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Book SynopsisIn Opposition to Philosophy in Safavid Iran Ata Anzali and S.M. Hadi Gerami offer a critical edition of what is arguably the most erudite and extensive critique of philosophy from the Safavid period. The editors’ extensive introduction offers an in-depth analysis that places the work within the broader framework of Safavid intellectual and social history.Trade Review“The quality of editing of the Arabic text, by Muhammad Hadi Gerami, is to be praised. He has done a tremendous amount of work to make the text accessible to a wider readership. The indexes are prepared meticulously and facilitate use of the edited text. All in all, Gerami’s edition of Ḥikmat al-ʿārifīn is a major contribution to the history of intellectual and political life in Safavid Iran.” Kioumars Ghereghlou, in the Journal of the American Oriental Society 140/2 (2020)Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration Editors’ Introduction  Philosophy and Philosophers: Hapless Victims or Elite Contenders?  Muḥammad-Ṭāhir Qummī  Hikmat al-ʿĀrifīn  The Critical Edition Bibliography Plates Critical Edition of Hikmat al-ʿĀrifīn

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Book SynopsisCoping with the Future: Theories and Practices of Divination in East Asia offers insights into various techniques of divination, their evolution, and their assessment. The contributions cover the period from the earliest documents on East Asian mantic arts to their appearance in the present time. The volume reflects the pervasive manifestations of divination in literature, religious and political life, and their relevance for society and individuals. Special emphasis is placed on cross-cultural influences and attempts to find theoretical foundations for divinatory practices. This edited volume is an initiative to study the phenomena of divination across East Asian cultures and beyond. It is also one of the first attempts to theorize divinatory practices through East Asian traditions.Trade Review'Coping with the Future is a landmark study of divination in East Asia, mainly for its depth and breadth of scholarship, but also for the impact it will have in elucidating an esoteric subject for a wider audience. The Käte Hamburger Center, under the auspices of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is to be commended for funding the studies published herein and we applaud Michael Lackner for the years of effort he has dedicated to this project. With this groundbreaking work, if not before, he has distinguished himself as a leader in the field.' Stephen L. Field, Trinity University, Journal of the American Oriental Society 140.2 (2020).Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction  Michael Lackner Part 1: Divination and Literature: Excavated and Extant 1 A Recently Published Shanghai Museum Bamboo Manuscript on Divination  Marco Caboara 2 Hexagrams and Prognostication in the Weishu Literature: The Thirty-Two-Year Cycle of the Qian zuo du  Bent Nielsen 3 The Representation of Mantic Arts in the High Culture of Medieval China  Paul W. Kroll 4 Divination, Fate Manipulation, and Protective Knowledge in and around The Wedding of the Duke of Zhou and Peach Blossom Girl, a Popular Myth of Late Imperial China  Vincent Durand-Dastès Part 2: Divination and Religions 5 A List of Magic and Mantic Practices in the Buddhist Canon  Esther-Maria Guggenmos 6 The Allegorical Cosmos: The Shi 式 Board in Medieval Taoist and Buddhist Sources  Dominic Steavu* 7 Divining Hail: Deities, Energies, and Tantra on the Tibetan Plateau  Anne C. Klein Part 3: Divination and Politics 8 Early Chinese Divination and Its Rhetoric  Martin Kern 9 Choosing Auspicious Dates and Sites for Royal Ceremonies in Eighteenth-century Korea  Park Kwon Soo Part 4: Divination and Individual 10 Exploring the Mandates of Heaven: Wen Tianxiang’s Concepts of Fate and Mantic Knowledge  Liao Hsien-huei 11 Chŏng Yak-yong on Yijing Divination  Kim Yung Sik 12 From Jianghu to Liumang: Working Conditions and Cultural Identity of Wandering Fortune-Tellers in Contemporary China  Stéphanie Homola 13 Women and Divination in Contemporary Korea  Jennifer Jung-Kim Part 5: Mantic Arts: When East Meets West 14 Translation and Adaption: The Continuous Interplay between Chinese Astrology and Foreign Culture  Che-chia Chang 15 Against Prognostication: Ferdinand Verbiest’s Criticisms of Chinese Mantic Arts  Chu Pingyi 16 Contradictory Forms of Knowledge? Divination and Western Knowledge in Late Qing and Early Republican China  Li Fan and Michael Lackner 17 Western Horoscopic Astrology in Korea  Jun Yong Hoon Part 6: Reflections on Mantic Arts 18 How to quantify the Value of Domino Combinations? Divination and Shifting Rationalities in Late Imperial China  Andrea Bréard 19 Correlating Time Within One’s Hand: The Use of Temporal Variables in Early Modern Japanese “Chronomancy” Techniques  Matthias Hayek 20 The Physical Shape Theory of Fengshui in China and Korea  Oh Sanghak Index

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