"This conference will provide an opportunity for medievalists working across a range of disciplines and geographic areas to join in conversation about premodern cultures of the book, boundary- crossing, and … Continue reading Call for Papers: New England Medieval Consortium 2024: “Books and Transgressions,” Boston College, June 15, 2024 (Conference: November 16, 2024)
Thank you, Ahmed El Shamsy & Seminar Participants!
Ahmed El Shamsy
Thank you, Ahmed El Shamsy & seminar participants, for joining us as guest blog editor in March. In case you missed their essays, here they are: Al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of Mālik’s … Continue reading Thank you, Ahmed El Shamsy & Seminar Participants!
What else can we learn from the manuscript of al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ?
By Adam DeSchriver, Ammar Farra, Henry Stratakis-Allen and Ahmed El Shamsy The preceding essays describe various aspects of the only surviving complete manuscript of al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ. We … Continue reading What else can we learn from the manuscript of al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ?
Legal language in al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ
By Raza Baqai, Zainab Hermes and Ahmed El Shamsy Previous studies of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ have relied primarily on the recension of Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā al-Laythī (d. 234/848) to understand Mālik’s … Continue reading Legal language in al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ
Al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ: Paths and vectors of transmission
By Kainat Jalaluddin, Yousef Aly Wahb, Hamza Baig and Ahmed El Shamsy Shuhda In the year 490/1096, an eight-year-old girl named Shuhda accompanied her father, the renowned ḥadīth expert Abū … Continue reading Al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ: Paths and vectors of transmission
Al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ: The single surviving copy
By Hamza Baig, Adam DeSchriver, Ammar Farra and Ahmed El Shamsy The Muwaṭṭaʾ of Mālik b. Anas (93–179/711–95) is one of the earliest surviving works of Islamic law, containing ḥadīth … Continue reading Al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ: The single surviving copy
Welcome to our March Guest Blogger: Ahmed El Shamsy & Seminar Participants
Ahmed El Shamsy
The essays for this month arise from a seminar on Arabic philology taught by Professor Ahmed El Shamsy at the University of Chicago. Each essay is jointly authored by Professor … Continue reading Welcome to our March Guest Blogger: Ahmed El Shamsy & Seminar Participants
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Insight: the legal and regulatory framework governing Islamic finance and markets in Malaysia" (Lexology, October 19, 2022) Murni Zuyati Zulkifli Aziz and Rodney Gerard … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Islamic Law at the American Oriental Society Annual Meeting: Session Roundup
The 2022 American Oriental Society Annual Meeting will be held in Boston between March 18 - 21, 2022. The meeting will be held at the Omni Parker House Hotel, 60 … Continue reading Islamic Law at the American Oriental Society Annual Meeting: Session Roundup
Islamic Law & History at the Middle East Studies Association Conference (2021): Session Roundup
The 2021 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting is taking place on November 29 - December 5, 2021. A complete program listing all the various sessions can be found … Continue reading Islamic Law & History at the Middle East Studies Association Conference (2021): Session Roundup