Doubt, scholarship and society in 17th century central Sudanic Africa / by Dorrit van Dalen

Englisch, Arabisch

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

X, 317 Seiten : Karten ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-313) and indexes

Teilweise in arabischer Schrift

Erscheint auch als: Online-Ausgabe- Dalen, Dorrit van, author: Doubt, scholarship and society in 17th century central Sudanic Africa. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

978-90-04-31190-9 : hardback : acid-free paper

978-90-04-32448-0 : e-book

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-04-32448-0 (andere physische Form)

*Islam / Sudan / Gelehrter / Wissenschaft / Gesellschaft / Geschichte 1600-1700

*Wali, Muhammad al-Wali ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Muhammad -- active 1688 -- Knowledge and learning ; Islamic learning and scholarship -- Sudan (Region) -- History -- 17th century ; Islamic learning and scholarship -- Africa, West -- History -- 17th century ; Sudan (Region) -- Intellectual life -- 17th century ; Africa, West -- Intellectual life -- 17th century

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: BP80.W258

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 297.092 ; B;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation:

One man in his environment -- Coordinates -- Intellectual history and philology -- Peripheries -- Sources and structure -- Dramatis loci -- A history of Bornu and Baghirmi as Islamic states -- The spread of Islam -- Ethnicity, religion, slavery -- Islam and traditional religions -- Conclusion -- Muhammad al-Wali -- Biography -- Works -- Reputation -- Education -- Conclusion -- The scholar's habitat -- Scholarship -- Religious leadership -- Intellectual environment: genres -- Intellectual environment: themes -- Conclusion -- Method and message -- Al-Sanusi's Sughra -- The kabbe -- Between oral and scholarly text -- Tradition with a twist -- Conclusion -- Demonising smokers -- How tobacco conquered the Islamic lands -- Al-Wali's point of view -- A folktale about the devil's piss -- From Abgar to al-Azhar -- Conclusion -- On writing -- Author and authority -- Why did al-Wali translate the Fulani commentary? -- From orality to literacy -- Knowing and the knower

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Derzeitiger Standort: Ethnologisches Museum

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