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Intimate Invocations - Al-Ghazz¿'s Biography of 'Abd al-Ghan¿ al-N¿bulus¿ (1641-1731)

English · Paperback / Softback

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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, Muḥammad Kamāl al-Dīn al-Ghazzī (1760-1799), the chief Shafi'i jurisconcult of Damascus, introduces us to one of the leading figures of early modernity, 'Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641-1731). Being al-Nābulusī's great grandson, al-Ghazzī 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-Nābulusī's death, al-Ghazzī's biography, al-Wird al-Unsī, 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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Authors Samer Akkach
Publisher Koninklijke Brill NV
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 04.06.2012
 
EAN 9789004211414
ISBN 978-90-04-21141-4
No. of pages 862
Dimensions 159 mm x 241 mm x 50 mm
Weight 1435 g
Series Islamic History and Civilizati
Brill
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies

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