Intimate Invocations: Al-Ghazzī's Biography of 'Abd Al-Ghanī Al-Nābulusī (1641-1731)

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-21141-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 92, 824 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1435 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

Despite the growing interest in the intellectual history of early modern Arabs and Ottomans, many key figures of the period remain unknown. In this unique biographical account, edited and published here for the first time, Mu?ammad Kam?l al-D?n al-Ghazz? (1760-1799), the chief Shafi‘i jurisconcult of Damascus, introduces us to one of the leading figures of early modernity, ‘Abd al-Ghan? al-N?bulus? (1641-1731). Being al-N?bulus?’s great grandson, al-Ghazz? had direct access to the family’s collective memory through his parents and grandparents, as well as to his great grandfather’s scattered memoirs. Written about fifty years after al-N?bulus?’s death, al-Ghazz?’s biography, al-Wird al-Uns?, remains the authoritative account of the great master’s distinguished career, covering many aspects of his life and work in breadth, depth, and sophistication unmatched by any of the competing biographies.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the intellectual history of Islam, early modern history, Middle Eastern history, Arab-Ottoman history, intellectual history of Bilad al-Sham, history of Sufism, Sufism in early modern Damascus, Ibn ‘Arabi’s Sufism, and life and work of al-Naabulusi.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akkach, Samer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamische Gruppen: Sufis
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Spiritualität & Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Literatur & Kunst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgements
Note to the reader
Note on the manuscripts
Introduction: Karamat al-Awliya’: Religious Rationalism and the Nature of Sainthood
Selected bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Akkach, Samer
Samer Akkach, PhD (1992) in Architecture, University of Sydney, is Associate Professor in Architectural History and Theory and Founding Director of the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture at Adelaide University. His major works include Letters of a Sufi Scholar, ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, and Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam.

Samer Akkach, PhD (1992) in Architecture, University of Sydney, is Associate Professor in Architectural History and Theory and Founding Director of the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture at Adelaide University. His major works include Letters of a Sufi Scholar, ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, and Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam.