ISBN:
9789004311909
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9789004324480
Language:
English
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Arabic
Pages:
X, 317 Seiten
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Karten
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25 cm
Series Statement:
Islam in Africa volume 20
Series Statement:
Islam in Africa
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dalen, Dorrit van, author Doubt, scholarship and society in 17th century central Sudanic Africa
DDC:
297.092
Keywords:
Wali, Muhammad al-Wali ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Muhammad Knowledge and learning
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Islamic learning and scholarship History 17th century
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Islamic learning and scholarship History 17th century
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Sudan (Region) Intellectual life 17th century
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Africa, West Intellectual life 17th century
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Islam
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Sudan
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Gelehrter
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Wissenschaft
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Gesellschaft
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Geschichte 1600-1700
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-313) and indexes
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Teilweise in arabischer Schrift
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