The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo : a history / Paul M. Love, Jr., Al Akhawayn University, Morocco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Love, Paul M., Jr., 1985- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibadites--Egypt--Cairo--History.

Ibadites.

Cairo (Egypt)--Ethnic relations.

Cairo (Egypt).

Cairo (Egypt)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Ibadi Muslims, a minority religious community, historically inhabited pockets throughout North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the East African coast. Yet less is known about the community of Ibadi Muslims that relocated to Egypt. Focusing on the history of an Ibadi-run trade depot, school and library that operated in Cairo for over three hundred years, this book shows how the Ibadi Muslims operated in and adapted to the legal, religious, commercial, and political realms of the Ottoman Empire from the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries. Using a unique range of sources, including manuscript notes, family histories and archival correspondence, Paul M. Love, Jr. presents an original history of this Muslim majority told from the bottom up. Whilst illuminating the events that shaped the history of Egypt during these centuries, he also brings to life the lived reality of a Muslim minority community in the Ottoman world.

Contents:

List of figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Tulun District

The Alley of the Ram

An Ibadi Library in Cairo

A new century

The diplomat and the printer

Salim Bin Ya'qub

Conclusion

Bibliography

Manuscripts and documents from archives and libraries

Manuscript catalogs

Primary sources (Printed)

Secondary works.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Sep 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009254267 (ebook)

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