Culture and Memory in Medieval Islam : Essays in Honour of Wilferd Madelung

This Book Explores Broad-ranging Themes Relating To Memory, Memorization, Memorializing Or Commemorating In A Variety Of Historical, Legal, Literary And Architectural Contexts. Distinguished Scholars Like Abbas Amanat, Irene Bierman, Elton Daniel, George Makdisi, Roy Mottahedeh, Andrew Newman, Ismail K. Poonawala, And Paul E. Walker Examine Lists And Maps As Memory Aids, The Transmission Of Knowledge And Traditions From Medieval To Early Modern Times, The Application Of Medieval Notions Of Law And Statecraft And The Commemoration Of Individuals, Civilizations And Dynasties In Historical And Literary Works, On Coinage And In Monumental Forms. Introduction / Josef W. Meri -- Bibliography Of The Works Of Wilferd Madelung / Farhad Daftary -- Universities : Past And Present / George Makdisi -- The Ijāza From 'abd Allāh B. Ṣāliḥ Al-samāhījī To Nāṣir Al-jārūdī Al-qaṭīfī : A Source For The Twelver Shi'i Scholarly Tradition Of Baḥrayn / Sabine Schmidtke -- Abu'l-Ḥusayn Al-baṣrī On God's Volition / Martin J. Mcdermott -- Between Qumm And The West : The Occultation According To Al-kulaynī And Al-kātib Al-nu'mānī / Andrew J. Newman -- Memory And Maps / Emilie Savage-smith -- Abū Ḥayyān Al-tawḥīdī : A Sunni Voice In The Shi'i Century / Wadād Al-qādī -- Bal'amī's Account Of Early Islamic History / Elton L. Daniel -- 'say It Again And Make Me Your Slave' : Notes On Al-daylamī's Seventh Sign Of Man's Love For God / Joseph Norment Bell -- Lists And Memory : Ibn Qutayba And Muḥammad B. Ḥabīb / Julia Bray -- A Jonah Theme In The Biography Of Ibn Tūmart / David J. Wasserstein -- Meadow Of The Martyrs : Kāshifi's Persianization Of The Shi'i Martyrdom Narrative In The Late Timurīd Herat / Abbas Amanat -- Khurāsānī Revolutionaries And Al-mahdī's Title / Michael L. Bates -- Shāhānshāh And Al-malik Al-mu'ayyad : The Legitimation Of Power In Sāmānid And Būyid Iran / Luke Treadwell -- The Beginning Of The Ismaili Da'wa And The Establishment Of The Fatimid Dynasty As Commemorated By Al-qādī Al-nu'man / Ismail K. Poonawala -- Purloined Symbols Of The Past : The Theft Of Souvenirs And Sacred Relics In The Rivalry Between The Abbasids And Fatimids / Paul E. Walker -- Conceptions Of Authority And The Transition Of Shi'ism From Sectarian To National Religion In Iran / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- 'umāra's Poetical Views Of Shāwar, Ḍirghām, Shīrkūh And Ṣalāḥ Al-dīn As Viziers Of The Fatimid Caliphs / Pieter Smoor. Edited By Farhad Daftary And Josef W. Meri. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 433-448) And Index. The relationship between the workings of memory and the formation of culture is intriguingly close in the world of medieval Islam. In this book, distinguished contributors explore broad-ranging themes relating to memory, memorisation, memorialising or commemorating in a variety of historical, legal, literary and architectural contexts. Abbas Amanat, Irene Bierman, Elton Daniel, George Makdisi, Andrew Newman, Roy Mottahedeh, Ismail K. Poonawala and Paul E. Walker examine lists and maps as memory aids, the transmission of knowledge and traditions from medieval to early-modern times, the application of medieval notions of law and statecraft and the commemoration of individuals, civilisations and dynasties in historical and literary works, on coinage and in monumental forms. This is a fascinatingly original perspective on a topic which will engage scholars of Islamic history and sociology, as well as cultural history and the history of ideas. This book explores broad-ranging themes relating to memory, memorisation, memorialising or commemorating in a variety of historical, legal, literary and architectural contexts. Distinguished scholars like Abbas Amanat, Elton Daniel, George Makdisi, Andrew Newman, Ismail K. Poonawala and Paul E. Walker examine lists and maps as memory aids, the transmission of knowledge and traditions from medieval to early modern times, the application of medieval notions of law and statecraft and the commemoration of individuals, civilisations and dynasties in historical and literary works on coinage and in m