
Intimate Invocations
Al-Ghazzi's Biography of 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (1641-1731)
Samer Akkach(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 4. June 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
860 pages
978-90-04-21141-4 (ISBN)
Description
Despite the growing interest in the intellectual history of early modern Arabs and Ottomans, many key figures of the period remain unknown. In this unique biographical account, edited and published here for the first time, Mu?ammad Kamal al-Din al-Ghazzi (1760-1799), the chief Shafi'i jurisconcult of Damascus, introduces us to one of the leading figures of early modernity, 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (1641-1731). Being al-Nabulusi's great grandson, al-Ghazzi had direct access to the family's collective memory through his parents and grandparents, as well as to his great grandfather's scattered memoirs. Written about fifty years after al-Nabulusi's death, al-Ghazzi's biography, al-Wird al-Unsi, remains the authoritative account of the great master's distinguished career, covering many aspects of his life and work in breadth, depth, and sophistication unmatched by any of the competing biographies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
All those interested in the intellectual history of Islam, early modern history, Middle Eastern history, Arab-Ottoman history, intellectual history of Bilad al-Sham, history of Sufism, Sufism in early modern Damascus, Ibn 'Arabi's Sufism, and life and work of al-Naabulusi.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Weight
1435 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-21141-4 (9789004211414)
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Samer Akkach, PhD (1992) in Architecture, University of Sydney, is Associate Professor in Architectural History and Theory and Founding Director of the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture at Adelaide University. His major works include Letters of a Sufi Scholar, 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, and Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note to the reader
Note on the manuscripts
Introduction: Karamat al-Awliya': Religious Rationalism and the Nature of Sainthood
Selected bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Note to the reader
Note on the manuscripts
Introduction: Karamat al-Awliya': Religious Rationalism and the Nature of Sainthood
Selected bibliography
Index