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This volume is a collection of several papers devoted to Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505), presented on the First Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies (held at Ca' Foscari University,Venice, from June 23 to June 25, 2014). It aims to contribute to a reassessment of the scholarly profile of the controversial but fascinating polymath and intellectual, and, more generally, to a deeper understanding of the cultural, political and academic life of the last period of the Mamluk empire. Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's bibliography ranges from law to theology, and from linguistics to history. It includes medicine and geography. This polymath felt that his mission was to preserve the rich cultural heritage of the past, and knowledge in general, from widespread ignorance and decline. Considered for a long time to be an author devoid of any originality and a simple compiler, he was in fact an excellent teacher and a rigorous scholar who had a meticulous and accurate working method. With contributions by: Christopher D. Bahl; Mustafa Banister; Joel Blecher; S. R. Burge; Daniela Rodica Firanescu; Eric Geoffroy; Antonella Ghersetti; Francesco Grande; Jaakko Hameen-Anttila; Takao Ito; Judith Kindinger; Christian Mauder; Aaron Spevack.

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Author:   Antonella Ghersetti
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   138
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.555kg
ISBN:  

9789004334502

ISBN 10:   9004334505
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   10 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Antonella Ghersetti (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Introduction Geoffroy, Eric (University of Strasbourg), Al-Suyuti as a Sufi Spevack, Aaron (Colgate University), Al-Suyuti, the intolerant ecumenist: law and theology in Ta'yid al-haqiqa al-'aliya wa-tashyid al-tariqah al-Shadhiliyya Ito, Takao (Kobe University), Al-Suyuti and problems of the waqf Kindinger, Judith (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Bid'a or sunna: the taylasan as a contested garment in the Mamluk period (discussions between al-Suyuti and others) Mauder, Christian (University of Goettingen), Al-Suyuti's stance toward worldly power: a reexamination based on unpublished and understudied sources Banister, Mustafa (University of Toronto), Casting the caliph in a cosmic role: examining al-Suyuti's historical vision Bahl, Christopher D. (SOAS, University of London), Preservation through elaboration: the historicisation of the Abyssinians in al-Suyuti's Raf' sha'n al-Hubshan Burge, Stephen R. (Institute of Ismaili Studies, London), Evidence of self-editing in al-Suyuti's Tahbir and Itqan: a comparison of his chapters on Asbab al-nuzul Blecher, Joel (The George Washington University), Usefulness without toil : al-Suyuti and the art of concise hadith commentary Grande, Francesco (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), History, comparativism and morphology: al-Suyuti and modern historical linguistics Hameen-Anttila, Jaakko (University of Edinburgh), Al-Suyut i and erotic literature Firanescu, Daniela Rodica (Dalhousie University, Halifax), Revisiting love and coquetry in Medieval Arabic Islam: al-Suyuti's perspective Index of names Index of titles

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A book containing such a plethora of diversified and wide ranging perspectives to polymath al-Suyuti is more than a tribute to his work. It addresses readers interested in linguistics, theologians, students of history and literature, all those who read travelling, who read in summer and winter, who read on Earth and in heaven, those who read with angels. - Stavros Nikolaidis, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 27 (2018)

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Antonella Ghersetti, Ph.D. (Florence, 1998) is Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. She authored a series of articles and edited monographs on pre-modern Arabic literature and culture. She also translated Arabic texts.

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