Caliphate and kingship in a fifteenth-century literary history of Muslim leadership and pilgrimage a critical edition, annotated translation, and study of al-D̲ahab al-Masbūk fī d̲ikr man ḥaǧǧa min al-ḫulafā' wa-l-mulūk

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-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...

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Main Author: Steenbergen, J. van (-)
Other Authors: Maqrīzī, Aḥmad ibn 'Alī, 1364-1442
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2016
[2017]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Bibliotheca Maqriziana 4.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432627806719
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Summary: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-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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004332362
Access:Open access