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Book SynopsisThis is the first collection of studies entirely devoted to the terminological pair dār al-islām / dar al-ḥarb, “the abode of Islam” and “the abode of war”, apparently widely known as representative of “the Islamic vision” of the world, but in fact almost unexplored. A team of specialists in different fields of Islamic studies investigates the issue in its historical and conceptual origins as well as in its reception within the different genres of Muslim written production. In contrast to the fixed and permanent categories they are currently identified with, the multifaceted character of these two notions and their shifting meanings is set out through the analysis of a wide range of contexts and sources, from the middle ages up to modern times. Contributors are Francisco Apellániz, Michel Balivet, Giovanna Calasso, Alessandro Cancian, Éric Chaumont, Roberta Denaro, Maribel Fierro, Chiara Formichi, Yohanan Friedmann, Giuliano Lancioni, Yaacov Lev, Nicola Melis, Luis Molina, Antonino Pellitteri, Camille Rhoné-Quer, Francesca Romana Romani, Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti, Roberto Tottoli, Raoul Villano, Eleonora Di Vincenzo and Francesco Zappa.
Trade Review“This valuable addition to the bibliography of Islamic law and history manages to present nearly all the ways that have been used to look at it, to move around it and to use it.” Sotirios S. Livas in Journal of Oriental and African Studies 27 (2018), 422-424.
Table of ContentsGiovanna Calasso, Introduction: Concepts, Words, Historical Realities of a “Classical” Dichotomy Section I. Concepts and Terminology Giovanna Calasso, Constructing and Deconstructing the Opposition dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb: Between Sources and Studies Giuliano Lancioni, The Missing dār: On Collocations in Classical Arabic dictionaries Yaacov Lev, The Perception of the Others. Rūm and Franks (Tenth-Twelfth Centuries) Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti, Some Observations on dār al-ḥarb / dār al-islām in the Imami Context Section II. Early Texts Roberta Denaro, Naming the Enemy’s Land: Definitions of dār al-ḥarb in Ibn al-Mubārak’s Kitāb al-Jihād Roberto Tottoli, Dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb in the Tafsīr by Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī and in Early Traditions Raoul Villano, The Qur’anic foundation of the dichotomy dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb: an unusual hypothesis Section III. Law: theory and practice Éric Chaumont, Dār al-islām et dār al-ḥarb: Quelques réflexions à propos de la géographie théologico-politique sunnite classique, en regard du Kitāb al-Muhaḏḏab d’Abū Isḥāq al-Šīrāzī (m. 476/1083) Francisco Apellániz, An Unknown Minority Between the dār al-ḥarb and the dār al-Islām Nicola Melis, Some Observations on the Concept of dār al-ʿahd in Ottoman Context (XVI-XVII c.) Section IV. History of specific areas Maribel Fierro and Luis Molina, Some Notes on dār al-ḥarb in Early al-Andalus Camille Rhoné, Les émirs d’Iran nord-oriental face aux steppes turques (IXe-XIe siècle) entre légitimation, confrontation et cohabitation Michel Balivet, Dār al-islām ou bilād al-rūm? Le cas de l’Anatolie turque au Moyen- ge Francesco Zappa, Une appartenance controversée : trois moments dans le débat autour du statut du bilād al-sūdān Section V. Modern and contemporary developments Alessandro Cancian, Faith as Territory: dār al-islām and dār al-ḥarb in Modern Shi’i Sufism Chiara Formichi, Dār al-islām and Darul Islam: from Political Ideal to Territorial Reality Yohanan Friedmann, Dār al-islām and dār al-ḥarb in Modern Indian Muslim Thought Antonino Pellitteri, Better barr al-ʿaduww Than dār al-ḥarb: Some Considerations about Eighteenth Century maġribī Chronicles Francesca Romana Romani and Eleonora Di Vincenzo, Muḥammad Bayram’s Risāla fī dār al-ḥarb wa-suknāhā: A Modern Reinterpretation of Living in dār al-ḥarb Giuliano Lancioni, Concluding remarks: The terminological array
