
A Window to the Past?
Tracing Ibn Iyas's Narrative Ways of Worldmaking
Anna Kollatz(Author)
Brill Deutschland (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 11. July 2022
Book
Hardback
314 pages
978-3-8471-1448-2 (ISBN)
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Description
The only Arabic voice to have witnessed the Ottoman conquest of Cairo, Ibn Iyas, is an eminent historical source for the late Mamluk period. This book is the first to take stock of the author's complete works, approaching him through an examination of his narrative voice and writing strategies. Tracing Ibn Iyas's working process by compilation analysis, it shows how the author adapted his representations of Egyptian history to his writing projects and audience. Ibn Iyas's ways of worldmaking are shaped deeply by beliefs, biases and intellectual trends as well as the impact of the social and historical context the author wrote in. Knowing these conditioning factors allows to understand his presentation of history as an individual voice of his time.
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Series
Thesis
Professorial dissertation
2022
Universität Bonn
Edition
1. Edition 2022
Language
English
Place of publication
Göttingen
Germany
Publishing group
V&R unipress
Illustrations
with one figure
Dimensions
Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 16 cm
Thickness: 2.2 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-8471-1448-2 (9783847114482)
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07/2022
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Dr Anna Kollatz is professor for Islamic Studies (Arabic), University of Heidelberg, who focuses on Islam in the Mediterranean and in South Asia.