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Maqāmat al-Naṣr fī Manāqīb Imām al-ʿAṣr

Mamluk Studies 1. Edition 2023

von: Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Zamlakani, Yehoshua Frenkel
40,00 €
Verlag:	V&R Unipress
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	14.11.2022
ISBN/EAN:	9783847014577
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	205

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Titelbeschreibung

A unique Mamlūk manuscript tells the story of a Damascene jurist. Ibn al-Zamlakānī's story revolves around a dramatic episode in the life of his master, the great judge Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī, who is the central figure (hero) of the tale. The composer justly names his document maqāmah. In rhyming prose, it narrates several episodes. Transmitted by a narrator (or at least his voice), who distances himself from the event, it is a story about an escape from hardship of a hero who is supported by good characters and face some evil enemies. Yet, it is not a biography, but a dramatic plot that transmits a moral lesson. The maqāmah illuminates the relations between the Mamlūk ruling military aristocracy and the religious establishment, as well as the competition that divided the Damascene urban elite.

Autorenportrait

Yehoshua Frenkel is Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa. His research interests embrace popular culture, Islamic etiquette, communal practices, social history, and legal discourse in Middle and Late Caliphate Egypt and Syria (1055–1517).