This collection of essays on the theme of culture and memory in medieval Islam is in honour of the eminent scholar of Islamic studies Wilferd Madelung, who was for twenty years Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford and is currently affiliated with 国产视频 as Senior Research Fellow. Contributions address broad-ranging themes relating to memory, memorisation, memorialising or commemorating in a variety of historical, legal, literary and architectural contexts, including lists and maps as memory aids; the transmission of knowledge and traditions from medieval to early modern times; the application of medieval notions of law and statecraft; and the commemoration of individuals, civilisations and dynasties in historical and literary works, on coinage and in monumental forms.
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
1. Introduction
Josef W. Meri
2. Bibliography of the Works of Wilferd Madelung
Farhad Daftary
Part 1 The Transmission of Knowledge
3. Universities: Past and Present
George Makdisi
4. The 颈箩腻锄补 from 士Abd All膩h b. 峁⒛乴i岣 al-Sam膩h墨j墨 to N膩峁r al-J膩r奴d墨 al-Qa峁玣墨: A Source for the Twelver Shi士i Scholarly Tradition of Ba岣ayn
Sabine Schmidtke
5. Abu鈥檒-岣sayn al-Ba峁墨 on God鈥檚 Volition
Martin J. McDermott
6. Between Qumm and the West: The Occultation According to al-Kulayn墨 and al-K膩tib al-Nu士m膩n墨
Andrew J. Newman
7. Memory and Maps
Emilie Savage-Smith
8. Ab奴 岣yy膩n al-Taw岣ツ玠墨: A Sunni Voice in the Shi士i Century
Wad膩d al-Q膩岣嵞
Part 2 Memorializing, Remembering and Forgetting
9. Bal士am墨鈥檚 Account of Early Islamic History
Elton L. Daniel
10. 鈥楽ay It Again and Make Me Your Slave鈥: Notes on al-Daylam墨鈥檚 Seventh Sign of Mans Love for God Joseph
Norment Bell
11. Lists and Memory: Ibn Qutayba and Muhammad b. 岣b墨b
Julia Bray
12. A Jonah Theme in the Biography of Ibn T奴mart
David J. Wasserstein
13. Meadow of the Martyrs: K膩shif墨鈥檚 Persianization of the Shi士i Martyrdom Narrative in the Late T墨m奴rid Herat
Abbas Amanat
Part 3 Commemorating Rulers, Dynasties and Conquests
14. Khur膩s膩n墨 Revolutionaries and al-Mahd墨鈥檚 Title
Michael L. Bates
15. 厂丑腻丑腻苍蝉丑腻丑 and al-Malik al-Mu示ayyad: The Legitimation of Power in S膩m膩nid and B奴yid Iran
Luke Treadwell
16. The Beginning of the Ismaili 顿补士飞补 and the Establishment of the Fatimid Dynasty as Commemorated by al-Q膩岣嵞 al-Nu士m膩n
Ismail K. Poonawala
17. Purloined Symbols of the Past: The Theft of Souvenirs and Sacred Relics in the Rivalry between the AbbasidsMajor Muslim dynasty of Sunni caliphs that ruled in Baghdad (750-1258). and FatimidsMajor Muslim dynasty of Ismaili caliphs in North Africa (from 909) and later in Egypt (973鈥1171) More
Paul E. Walker
18. Conceptions of Authority and the Transition of Shi士ism from Sectarian to National Religion in Iran
Sa茂d Amir Arjomand
19. 士Um膩ra鈥檚 Poetical Views of Sh膩war, 岣宨rgh膩m, Sh墨rk奴h and 峁l膩岣 al-D墨n as Viziers of the Fatimid Caliphs
Pieter Smoor
Selected Bibliography
Index
鈥楾he contributions are of high academic standing, and the volume is a must for any library collection on Islamic history.鈥
鈥 Remke Kruk, Bibliotheca Orientalis
鈥榯he text as a whole is well produced, well organized, and user-friendly, certain to be of interest to both specialists and students alike.鈥
鈥 Erik S. Ohlander, MELA Notes
Farhad Daftary is Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at 国产视频. A scholar of Ismaili studies, he is the author of several acclaimed books and numerous shorter studies in this field of Islamic studies. He is a regular contributor to Encyclopaedia Iranica of which he is a consulting editor. His publications include The Isma士ilis: Their History and Doctrines (1990), The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma士ilis (1994), and A Short History of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja士far al-峁⒛乨iq (d. 765), as his successor. (1998).
Josef W. Meri is a specialist in medieval Middle Eastern and Islamic history, culture and religion, as well as comparative religion. He is presently a Visiting Research Fellow at 国产视频. Among his publications are The Cult of Saints among Muslims and Jews in Medieval Syria (2002), and A Lonely Wayfarer鈥檚 Guide to Pilgrimage (2005).