Al-Suyūṭī, a polymath of the Mamlūk period : proceedings of the themed day of the First Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies (Ca' Foscari University, Venice, June 23, 2014) /

Al-Suyūṭī, a polymath of the Mamlūk period : proceedings of the themed day of the First Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies (Ca' Foscari University, Venice, June 23, 2014) /

This volume is a collection of several papers devoted to Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505), presented on the First Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies (held at Ca' Foscari University,Venice, from June 23 to June 25, 2014). It aims to contribute to a reassessment of the scholarly profi...

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Corporate Author: Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies Venice, Italy)

Other Authors: Ghersetti, Antonella.

Format: Conference Proceeding eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 138.
Brill's Companions to Middle East and Islamic Studies Online I, ISBN: 9789004389243.

Subjects:

Suyūṭī, > 1445-1505.
1250-1517
Mamelukes > History.
Mamelukes.
Egypt > History > 1250-1517.
Egypt.
Electronic books.
History.

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Call Number: PJ7760.S89 Z566 2017

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction /
  • Antonella Ghersetti
  • 1 Al-Suyūṭī as a Sufi /
  • Éric Geoffroy
  • 2 Al-Suyūṭī, the Intolerant Ecumenist: Law and Theology in Ta ʾyīd al-ḥaqīqa al-ʿaliyya wa-tashyīd al-ṭarīqah al-Shādhiliyya /
  • Aaron Spevack
  • 3 Al-Suyūṭī and Problems of the waqf /
  • Takao Ito
  • 4 Bidʿa or sunna: The ṭaylasān as a Contested Garment in the Mamlūk Period (Discussions between al-Suyūṭī and Others) /
  • Judith Kindinger
  • 5 Al-Suyūṭī's Stance Toward Worldly Power: A Reexamination Based on Unpublished and Understudied Sources /
  • Christian Mauder
  • 6 Casting the Caliph in a Cosmic Role: Examining al-Suyūṭī's Historical Vision /
  • Mustafa Banister
  • 7 Preservation through Elaboration: The Historicisation of the Abyssinians in al-Suyūṭī's Rafʿ sha ʾn al-Ḥubshān /
  • Christopher D. Bahl
  • 8 Evidence of Self-editing in al-Suyūṭī's Taḥbīr and Itqān: A Comparison of his Chapters on Asbāb al-nuzūl /
  • S.R. Burge
  • 9 "Usefulness without Toil": Al-Suyūṭī and the Art of Concise ḥadīth Commentary /
  • Joel Blecher
  • 10 History, Comparativism, and Morphology: Al-Suyūṭī and Modern Historical Linguistics /
  • Francesco Grande
  • 11 Al-Suyūṭī and Erotic Literature /
  • Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila
  • 12 Revisiting Love and Coquetry in Medieval Arabic Islam: Al-Suyūṭī's Perspective /
  • Daniela Rodica Firanescu
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Titles.