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Europe through Arab eyes, 1578-1727 /

Traveling to archives in Tunisia, Morocco, France, and England, with visits to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Spain, Nabil Matar assembles a rare history of Europe's rise to power as seen through the eyes of those who were later subjugated by it. Many historians of the Middle East believe Arabs an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Matar, N. I. (Nabil I.), 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
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  • Acknowledgments xi; A Note on Transliteration xvii; Chronology xix; List of Rulers xxiii; PART ONE; Introduction 3; I. Popular Sources: Accounts of Muslim Captivity in Christendom 29; The Captives "Speak"-and Write 41; Captivity and the Other 51; Captivity and Karamat 55; Captivity of Women 60; European Captives and New Muslims 65; II. Elite Sources: Muslim Ambassadors in Christendom 72; Al- Nafhah al- Miskiyah 77; Ahmad ibn Qasim and Fakhr al- DIn al- Maʻni II 80; The Widening Exposure 93; Ambassadors and European Women 106; Non-Muslim Ambassadors 114.
  • Conclusion: Encountering the Dunya of the Christians 118Nasr 122; Sinaʻ a/Technology 125; PART TWO; Translations 139; 1. 1578: Letters of Radwan al- Janawy on Muslim Captives, in Tuhfatal- Ikhwan, Rabat National Library, MS Kaf 154, fols. 423-424, 427-428. 141; 2. After 1588: Description of the Defeat of the Armada, by Abu Faris 'Abdal-ʻAziz al- Fishtali, in Rasa'il Saʻdiyah, ed. ʻAbdallah Gannun, 152-157. 144.
  • 7. 1633-1635: Letters from Tunis by Osman/Thomas d'Arcos, a Convert to Islam, Les Correspondants de Peiresc:Lettres inédites publiées et annotées, ed. PhilippeTamizey de Larroque, 2:23-28, 36-39. French original.46 1868. 1635: Letter About Muslim Captives Converted toChristianity, Rabat National Library, MS Ji ̄m 223,101-103. 192; 9. 1635: Expulsion of the Moriscos, Muhammad ibnʻAbd al- RafI ʻ ibn Muhammad al- Andalusi, Al- Anwaral- Nabawiyah fi ̄ Aba' Khair al- Bariyah, in A. Turki, "Watha'iq al- hijra al- Andalusiyah al- Akhirah, "Hawliyat al- Jamiʻah al- Tunisiyah 4 (1967): 27-39.56 194.