Kitb al-Saqfa of Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hill, which is purportedly the oldest surviving Shite (and Islamic) adth collection, is a Twelver Shite text that is drenched in controversy today. Its controversy, for the most part, stems from its embodiment of an alternative Rfiite rendition of the historical events following the Prophets death, most notably, the purported assault on his daughter, Fima. The controversy surrounding Kitb Sulaym ibn Qays and its origins is not confined to the realms of Sunn-Shite polemical disputes. Rather, the book was initially criticized by some medieval Twelver authorities, who casted doubts on its integrity and/or authenticity. Despite the past criticism it had received, the book today is championed in many Twelver Shite institutions and circles as an authoritative document that can be verifiably traced to the first century of Islam, hence granting it great significance and importance in many circles. This book provides an exposition of this Twelver Shite document with a detailed analysis of its transmission and historicity in an attempt to discern its origins. Though Kitb Sulaym is not the be-all and end-all of Shite historiography surrounding the purported tragedy of Fima, it is, more or less, an important pillar of the narrative, and discerning the books origins will prove to be a milestone in untangling this historical narrative.

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Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 8 Preface 10 List of Figures 14 List of Plates 16 List of Short References to Frequently Cited Works 18 Note on Transcription and Dates 22 1. Whence the Citadel 24 2. The Citadel Today 41 3. The Ayyubid Sultanate Acquires a New Center 73 4. The Early Mamluk Period 113 5. The Citadel under Qālāwūn and al-Ashraf Khalīl 155 6. The Citadel in al-Nāṣir Muḥammad's Reign: First Construction Period (1310-25) 204 7. The Citadel in al-Nāṣir Muḥammad's Reign: Second Construction Period (1333-41) 252 8. The Citadel and the Mamluk System 330 Glossary 344 A Note on the Primary Sources 352 Bibliography 358 Index 374 Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts 388

Front Cover 1 Title page 4 Copyright page 5 Table of Contents 6 List of illustrations 7 Acknowledgements 9 Preface 11 Part 1 Unpacking Mamluk Sources 16 1. The Changing Concept of Mamluk in the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt and Syria 18 2. Representing the Mamluks in Mamluk Historical Writing 27 3. Perception of Architecture in Mamluk Sources 35 4. Architects and Artists in Mamluk Society: The Perspective of the Sources 48 Part 2 Architecture as History 60 5. The Mosaics of the Qubba al-Zahiriyya in Damascus: A Classical Syrian Medium Acquires a Mamluk Signature 62 6. The Militarisation of Taste in Medieval Bilad al-Sham 74 7. Al-Azhar Mosque: An Architectural Chronicle of Cairo’s History 87 Part 3 Architecture and Language 114 8. Documenting Buildings in the Waqf System 116 9. The Iwans of the Madrasa of Sultan Hasan 119 10. Qasr: An Agent of Monumentality in Mamluk Architecture 127 11. Mamluk Throne Halls: Qubba or Iwan 140 Part 4 Architecture as Cultural Index 154 12. Writing the History of Islamic Architecture in Cairo 156 13. The Ideological Significance of the Dar al-‘Adl in the Medieval Islamic Orient 161 14. ‘Ajib and Gharib: Artistic Perception in Medieval Arabic Sources 181 15. The Formation of the Neo-Mamluk Style in Modern Egypt 188 Glossary 203 Notes 207 Bibliography 253 Index 267

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"The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture. Not only do Mamluk buildings embody one of the most outstanding medieval architectural traditions, Mamluk architecture is actually a key to the social history of the period. Analysing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, "Mamluk History Through Architecture" shows how the buildings mirror the complex - and historically unique - military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society. With this original and authoritative study, Nasser Rabbat offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks - through readings of the spectacular architecture of the period. Drawing on examples from throughout both Egypt and Syria, from the Citadel and Al-Azhar Mosque of Cairo to the Mausoleum of al-Zahir Baybars in Damascus, Rabbat demonstrates how Mamluk architecture served to reinforce visually the spirit of the counter-Crusade, when the Muslim world rebounded from the setbacks of the First Crusade. Both holistically and in case studies, Rabbat demonstrates how history is inscribed into and reflected by a culture's artefacts. This is a groundbreaking work in the study of architecture and social history in the Middle East and beyond."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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A concise letter written by the noble and eminent second century AH scholar, Sufyān al-Thawrī (d. 161 AH), to ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbād containing reminders, warnings, and advice pertaining to the nascent tribulations endured by the Muslims at the time. It is the first installment of the Salaf Renaissance series, and it serves as an introduction to the devotion and zuhd of the Salaf.

1 v. (various pagings) : 28 cm Rev. ed. of: Notes on ACI 318-83, building code requirements for reinforced concrete, with design applications Includes bibliographical references

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During the nineteenth century, Cairo witnessed once of its most dramatic periods of transformation. Well on its way to becoming a modern and cosmopolitan city, by the end of the century, a 'medieval' Cairo had somehow come into being. While many Europeans in the nineteenth century viewed Cairo as a fundamentally dual city--physically and psychically split between East/West and modern/medieval--the contributors to the provocative collection demonstrate that, in fact, this process of inscription was the result of restoration practices, museology, and tourism initiated by colonial occupiers. The first edited volume to address nineteenth-century Cairo both in terms of its history and the perception of its achievements, this book will be an essential text for courses in architectural and art history dealing with the Islamic world.

## Recounts the life of Egypt’s greatest historian, analyses his work and assesses its impact then and now * Offers the most complete, probing and layered biography of al-Maqrizi * Interprets al-Maqrizi’s historical output as a long-term scholarly project revolving around his famous __Khitat__ to capture the entire history of Egypt * Analyses al-Maqrizi’s approach and methodologies in light of his beliefs, ethics, feelings, education, social standing, world views, politics and personal circumstances * Distills from al-Maqrizi’s massive textual output insights into his theorising, conception of history and the influence of his teacher Ibn Khaldun * Restores him to the pinnacle of Mamluk historiographical tradition as an unusually outspoken critic who was animated by his moral rectitude Although al-Maqrizi is recognised as the most influential historian of pre-modern Egypt, he has never received the probing historical treatment warranted by his standing and scholarly output. This book fills that gap. Arranged in three sections, it tells al-Maqrizi’s life story in the first, weaves it with historiographical, textual and methodological analysis of his oeuvre in the second, and reconstructs the afterlife of the author and his work down to the present in the third part. al-Maqrizi is presented both as a man of his age who forged a distinct and unique scholarly persona and a historian with a structured and principled project aiming to reconstruct the history of Islamic Egypt in all its facets. His, however, was a critical stance with moral overtones, conceived from within the epistemological framework of a medieval Muslim thinker, which ensured not only his reputation in his own historiographical tradition, but also his reclamation in the modern Egyptian consciousness as one of the most original voices of Egypt.

Stories 12 Robot 14 The Aeroplanes at Brescia 46 The Richard Nixon Freischütz Rag 66 A Field of Snow on a Slope of the Rosenberg 76 The Death of Picasso 112 Bronze Leaves and Red 134 A Gingham Dress 140 Jonah 144 And 150 Belinda’s World Tour 152 Gunnar and Nikolai 158 The Concord Sonata 194 August Blue 204 Boys Smell Like Oranges 218 Veranda Hung with Wisteria 230 Essays 232 The Geography of the Imagination 234 The Symbol of the Archaic 250 Finding 266 Ralph Eugene Meatyard 278 Hobbitry 284 The Hunter Gracchus 288 On Reading 304 Spinoza’s Tulips 316 A Letter to the Masterbuilder 326 What Are Revolutions? 336 Poems 348 The Medusa 350 The Resurrection in Cookham Churchyard 352 Poetry In Translation 360 Sappho 362 Anakreon 366 Archilochos 368 Duino Elegy I 372 Logia In Translation 376 Herakleitos 378 Diogenes 388 Journals 398 Journal I 400 Journal II 410

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Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Abbreviations 10 Introduction 12 Text and Translation 56 Appendices 293 Chant Sources and Concordances Table: Explanatory Notes 296 Works Cited 316 Lexicon 326 Glossary 332 Onomastic Index 338

Cover 1 The Oxford Handbook o fthe Abrahamic Religions 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of Contributors 12 Introduction 14 Part I: The Concept of the Abrahamic Religions 20 Chapter 1: Abraham and Authenticity 22 Abraham as Homo Religiosus 23 Abraham in the Hebrew Bible 23 Abraham as Founder of Sacred Sites 24 Abraham’s Community and the Divine Promise 24 Abraham as Obedient Servant of God 24 Abraham as Covenantal Partner 25 Abraham as the Friend of God 26 Abraham in the New Testament 26 The Abraham of the Gospels 26 The Abraham of the Epistles: Faith Trumps Obedience and Spirit Trumps Law 27 Spiritual Lineage Trumps Genealogy 28 The Covenant of the New Testament 30 Abraham in the Quran 31 Abraham Reasons God’s Unity 31 Abraham Builds the Meccan Sanctuary 31 Abraham as Muslim 32 Abraham and Covenant 33 Abraham in the Oral Torah 35 Abraham’s Merit Passes to his Children 36 Abraham was a Jew 37 The Covenant with Jews Endures Forever 37 Conclusion 38 References 38 Chapter 2: Yet another Abraham 41 Provincializing Religion 42 Phrases in Dispute 47 Constructive Criticism 50 References 53 Chapter 3: Abrahamic Experiments in History 56 Abraham as a Unifying Figure 56 Recognition of Shared Attributes amongst Abrahamic Religions 62 References 73 Chapter 4: Three Rings or Three Impostors? The Comparative Approach to the Abrahamic Religions and its Origins 75 Comparative Religion in The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 75 A Theological Triangle 78 ‘Abrahamic Religions’ in Pre-Modern Times 81 The Abrahamic Eclipse 87 Suggested Reading 88 References 89 Chapter 5: The Abrahamic Religions as a Modern Concept 90 References 104 Chapter 6: The Concept of the Abrahamic Religions, Problems and Pitfalls 107 Three monotheisms? 108 Monotheism is not Essentially Religious 108 There are not Only Three Monotheisms 109 Do Monotheism and Polytheism Simply Oppose One Another? 110 The Real Question 110 Islamic Monotheism 111 A Mutual Recognition of the Monotheisms? 112 Three religions of abraham? 113 The Common Personages 113 The Same Abraham? 114 Three Religions of Abraham, or Only One? 115 Three religions of the book? 116 A Deceptive Expression 116 Three Very Different Books 117 The Old Testament 117 The New Testament 118 The Quran 118 Three Relations to the Book 118 Judaism 118 Christianity 119 Islam 120 The Idea of Revelation 121 Three religions? 122 How do the Three Religions Distinguish Themselves from Each Other? 122 Three Books? 122 Conclusion 123 References 123 Part II: Communities 126 Chapter 7: Islamo-Christian Civilization 128 Hellenism 132 Abrahamic Scripture 132 Sin and Salvation 133 Spirituality and Mysticism 134 Conversion 135 State and Law 135 Violence and Toleration 136 Word and Language 136 Clergy 137 Education and Mission 137 The Future of Islamo-Christian Civilization 138 Suggested Reading 139 Chapter 8: The Abrahamic Religions in the Mediterranean 140 I: A Meeting-Point for the Three Religions 140 II: Fuzzy Boundaries 141 III: Solid Boundaries 145 IV: A Fractured Mediterranean 151 References 153 chapter 9: Justice 156 Scriptural Models 158 Principles of Praxis 159 Rabbinic Justice 159 Ecclesiastical Justice 160 Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Justice 161 Justice in the Early Islamic Period 162 Judicial Centralization in the Context of Social Fragmentation 163 Gaonic Centres vis-à-vis Regional Communities 164 The Ecclesiastical Leadership and the Challenges of Legal Diversity and Internal Divisions 165 Caliphs and Scholars 167 Institutional Multiplicity 170 Ordained, Expert, and Lay Rabbanite Judges 170 Ecclesiastical and Non-ecclesiastical Judicial Authorities 172 Islamic Judicial Diversity 174 Conclusion: Justice and Community 176 References 179 Chapter 10: jews and muslims in christian law and history 185 1. Jews and Christian Rome 186 A. Jews in Roman and Byzantine Law 186 B. Jews in the Emerging Christian Conception of History 187 2. The Middle Ages and Early Modernity 191 A. Irruption of the Saracens into the Christian Scheme of History, Seventh to Thirteenth Centuries 191 B. Jews and Muslims in Christendom: Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries 195 C. Christian History as Seen in the Sixteenth Century: Martin Luther 197 3. Secularization of European Society and Changing Notions Of Judaism and Islam 201 A. Towards Religious Relativism? 201 B. The Emancipation of the Jews 203 Abbreviations used 205 References 205 Chapter 11: Beyond exclusivism in the middle ages: On the Three Rings, the Three Impostors, and the Discourse of Multiplicity 208 Introduction 208 I: The Tales of The Three and The One and The Discourse of Multiplicity 209 The Tales of the Three and the One 209 Secular Literature 211 Theological Genres 211 Legal Literature and Juridical Acts 212 The Discourse of Multiplicity 212 II: On Human and Religious Respect In Medieval Discourse 213 Analytical Models 213 Anthropological Universalism 214 Inclusivism 215 a. Dogmatic inclusivism 215 b. Soteriological inclusivism 216 Religious Scepticism and Individualistic Faith 217 Pluralism: Dogmatic or Soteriological 218 a. Denominational pluralism 218 b. Interreligious pluralism 219 Conclusion 221 References 222 Part III: Scripture Andhermeneutics 226 Chapter 12: Historical-Critical Readings of the Abrahamic Scriptures 228 The Hermeneutics of Traditional Scriptural Exegesis 229 Spinoza’s Understanding of Historical-Critical Hermeneutics 230 The Origins of the Historical-Critical Approach 233 Biblical Criticism after 1700 236 The Historical-Critical Study of the Quran 239 Concluding Remarks 242 References 242 Chapter 13: Interpreters of Scripture 245 Ancient Jewish Biblical Interpretation 247 Compilations of Midrash 249 Midrashic Methods 250 Christian Biblical Interpretation 252 Quranic Exegesis 261 References 268 Chapter 14: The Finality of Prophecy 273 Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and in Post-biblical Texts 274 Prophecy in the New Testament 275 Prophetic Movements in Late Antiquity 276 A New Arabian Prophet 277 The Finality of Prophecy 281 Prophetology in the Quran 284 The Chronology of Revelation 286 The Redaction of the Quran 287 Two Options—In Lieu of a Conclusion 288 Bibliography 289 Primary Sources 289 Secondary Sources 289 Chapter 15: Apocalypticism, Millenarianism, and Messianism 291 Introduction: Endings and Beginnings 291 Research 292 Terms, Types, and Features 295 Dynamics 299 Endings and Beginnings in History 302 Conclusion 307 References 307 Part IV: Religious Thought 314 Chapter 16: The Abrahamic Religions and the Classical Tradition 316 Christian Apologetic Literature 317 Wisdom of Greek (Ḥokhmat Yevanit) 319 Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement 322 Maimonides between Medicine and Speculative Theology 324 Interest in Greek and Latin at the Ottoman Court 326 Classical Studies and Islam’s Modernity 327 Conclusions 329 Further Reading 331 References 331 Chapter 17: Concessing Monotheism in Arabic (At-Tawḥīd): The one God of Abraham and his Apologists 334 I The ‘Oneness’ of The One God 334 II Interreligious Philosophy in Tenth-Century Baghdad 335 III God-Talk in Arabic 337 IV The Logic of Monotheism 340 V Contesting The Trebling of God’s ‘Oneness’ 344 VI Intellectual Encounters in Islamicate Society 347 References 348 Chapter 18: Philosophy and Theology 351 1. Introduction: Abraham the Philosopher? 351 2. The Intellectual Setting: Al-Ghazali’s Deliverance from Error 352 3. Methodological Considerations 355 4. Theology (Kalam) 357 5. Philosophy (Falsafa) 359 6. Epilogue: Philosophy and Theology in the Latin West 369 References 370 Chapter 19: Science and Creation: The Medieval Heritage 374 Medieval Islam 375 The Jewish Tradition and Maimonides 381 The Christian West and Thomas Aquinas 384 Conclusion 389 References 389 Chapter 20: Mysticism in the Abrahamic Religions 392 1. Mysticism as Intensification of Performance, and Contact 392 2. Methodological Warnings 395 3. Mystical Techniques in Abrahamic Religions 396 4. Mystical Theologies 399 5. Divine Names 400 6. Sacred Scriptures and The Graeco-Hellenistic Reservoir 401 7. Other Influences 402 8. Mystical Union 403 9. Mysticism and Extraordinary Powers 404 10. Personal Redemption and Eschatology 404 11. Social Frameworks for Mystics 405 12. Languages and their Implications 406 13. Mutual Influences 407 References 408 Chapter 21: Political Thought 409 Introduction 409 Religion and Politics 409 Land and Conquest 412 Lineage 413 Law 413 The People 414 Government 415 Political Philosophy 416 Modern Political Thought 419 Conclusion 421 References and Suggested Reading 422 Chapter 22: Religious Dualism and the Abrahamic Religions 424 History of Research 425 Definitions of Religious Dualism and the Abrahamic Religions 428 Varieties/Typologies of Religious Dualism and the Abrahamic Religions 431 Religious Dualism and the Study of Abrahamic Religions 435 References 441 Part V: Rituals and Ethics 446 Chapter 23: Prayer 448 1. Liturgy and Prayer as Performance: Typical Gestures and Postures 448 2. Texts 450 3. Communal and Solitary Prayer 453 4. Space and Time 456 4.1 Prayer and Space 456 4.2 sTRUCTURES OF tIMETHESERITES⸀倀刀䄀夀 458 5. Establishing and Crossing Borderlines 461 6. Changes of Liturgies and Customs 463 7. Concluding Observations 463 References 464 Chapter 24: Purity and Defilement 467 Major Sources and Domains of Impurity 470 a. Bodily Events 470 i. Death 471 ii. Birth 472 iii. Genital emissions 472 iv. Sexual relations 473 b. Sin 474 c. Social Groups 476 i. Foreigners 476 ii. Hierarchy, elites, heretics, and deviants 477 d. The Demonic 478 Interactions, Influences, and Comparisons 479 References 482 Chapter 25: Dietary Law 485 Biblical Dietary Law within the Abrahamic Religions 487 Laws Governing Particular Animal Species 487 The Blood Taboo 489 Not Mixing Meat and Dairy 491 Wine and Other Alcohol 492 The Food of Foreigners within the Abrahamic Religions 493 Food Offered to Idols 494 Islamic Authorities on the Food of Jews and Christians 495 Christian Authorities on the Food of Jews and Muslims 496 Jewish Authorities on the Food of Christians and Muslims 497 References 500 Chapter 26: Life-Cycle Rites of Passage 502 Texts, the Study of Rituals, and Life-Cycle Events 504 Locating Life-Cycle Events 507 Interaction among Traditions 510 Lines of Comparative Analysis 512 Contemporary Developments: Some Examples 514 References 516 Chapter 27: The Cult of Saints and Pilgrimage 518 Background 520 Saints 522 Defining the Saint 524 Varieties of Saints 525 Pilgrimage: Introduction 526 Holiness 528 Defining Pilgrimage 528 Shrines of Abraham 530 Common Pilgrimage Sites 531 Memory 533 Conclusion 534 Postscript 534 References 534 Chapter 28: Religions of Love: Judaism, Christianity, Islam 537 Judaism Biblical and Rabbinic 539 Islam Early and Classical 543 Polemics of Love 548 References 551 Chapter 29: Religion and Politics in the Age of Fundamentalisms 555 1. Fundamentalist Trajectories 557 American Original 557 2. Judaeo-Christian Linkages 561 3. Islamic Problematic 564 Conclusion: Religious Absolutisms after the Death of God 571 References 574 Part VI: Epilogues 576 Chapter 30: Jewish and Other Abrahamic Philosophic Arguments for Abrahamic Studies 578 A Vocabulary for this Chapter 578 Arguments 582 Philosophical Enquiry in Times of Conflict and Change 583 Conclusion 596 References 597 Chapter 31: Christian Perspectives: Settings, Theology, Practices, and Challenges 599 Settings 600 Theology 606 Practices 607 Tasks 612 Conclusion 614 References 615 Chapter 32: Islamic Perspectives 616 Introduction 616 Dealing with (a Necessary) Diversity 618 Commonalities 620 Challenges 621 Community 623 Education 624 Contemporary Issues 626 Shared Involvement 628 Conclusion 629 References 630 Index 632

The world's religions at midcentury: an introductory essay / F.S.C. Northrop -- The western tradition: The Catholic church / R. Aubert -- Protestant theology and thought / Daniel Robert & Jean Bosc -- Church and state in Soviet society / Yu. A. Levada -- Jewish religious thought / André Neher -- Modern humanism / H.J. Blackham -- The eastern tradition: Internal religious developments in Islam / F. Rahman -- Islam and the challenge of the modern world / Kenneth Cragg -- Japanese and Chinese Buddhism / Zenryu Tsukamoto Includes bibliographical references and index

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vi, 334 pages : 27 cm Introduction -- Mademoiselle Fifi -- Vain beauty -- The Horla -- Madame Tellier's excursion -- The piece of string -- A matter of business -- The story of a farm-girl -- That pig of a Morin -- The umbrella -- Was it a dream? -- The false gems -- Hautot senior & Hautot junior -- A family affair -- A Normandy joke -- The diamond necklace -- In the moonlight -- Love -- The little cask -- Clochette -- A Fishing excursion -- Humiliation -- Julie Romain -- The specter -- My uncle Sostenes -- The duel -- A vagabond -- Madame Parisse -- One phase of love -- Simon's papa -- The Vendetta -- The farmer's wife. -- The signal -- Love's awakening -- The olive grove -- Saved -- A country excursion -- The diary of a madman -- Two little soldiers -- The white wolfe -- The devil -- A lucky burglar -- Moonlight -- The mad woman -- A costly outing -- Babette -- Toine -- The Marquis de Fume rol -- Ugly -- Ball-of-fat