Caliphate and Kingship in a Fifteenth-Century Literary History of Muslim Leadership and Pilgrimage

Al-Ḏahab Al-Masbūk Fī ḏikr Man ḥaǧǧa Min Al-ḫulafāʾ Wa-L-Mulūk. Critical Edition, Annotated Translation, and Study
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-32568-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 498 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 861 g

Reihe: Bibliotheca Maqriziana

In 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-Dahab al-Masbuk fi Dikr man Hagga min al-Hulafa' wa-l-Muluk, a summary history of the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca by al-Maqrizi (766-845 AH/ca. 1365-1442 CE). Traditionally considered as a useful source for the history of the hagg, al-Dahab al-Masbuk 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steenbergen, Jo van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Jo Van Steenbergen, Ph.D. (2003), is Professor of Islamic history at Ghent University. He has published extensively on late medieval Syro-Egyptian political, social and cultural history, including Order Out of Chaos. Patronage, Conflict and Mamluk Socio-Political Culture. 741-784/1341-1382 (Brill, 2006).