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This volume is a collection of several papers devoted to Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505), presented on the First Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies (held at Ca’ Foscari University,Venice, from June 23 to June 25, 2014). It aims to contribute to a reassessment of the scholarly profile of the controversial but fascinating polymath and intellectual, and, more generally, to a deeper understanding of the cultural, political and academic life of the last period of the Mamlūk empire. Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī's bibliography ranges from law to theology, and from linguistics to history. It includes medicine and geography. This polymath felt that his mission was to preserve the rich cultural heritage of the past, and knowledge in general, from widespread ignorance and decline. Considered for a long time to be an author devoid of any originality and a “simple” compiler, he was in fact an excellent teacher and a rigorous scholar who had a meticulous and accurate working method. With contributions by: Christopher D. Bahl; Mustafa Banister; Joel Blecher; S. R. Burge; Daniela Rodica Firanescu; Éric Geoffroy; Antonella Ghersetti; Francesco Grande; Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila; Takao Ito; Judith Kindinger; Christian Mauder; Aaron Spevack.
Price: $144.00
Pages: 270
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Islamic History and Civilization
Publication Date:
10 November 2016
ISBN: 9789004334502
Format: Hardcover
"A book containing such a plethora of diversified and wide ranging perspectives to polymath al-Suyuti is more than a tribute to his work. It addresses readers interested in linguistics, theologians, students of history and literature, all those who read travelling, who read in summer and winter, who read on Earth and in heaven, those who read with angels." - Stavros Nikolaidis, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 27 (2018)
Antonella Ghersetti, Ph.D. (Florence, 1998) is Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. She authored a series of articles and edited monographs on pre-modern Arabic literature and culture. She also translated Arabic texts.