The Islamic scholarly tradition studies in history, law, and thought in honor of Professor Michael Allan Cook : studies in history, law, and thought in honor of Professor Michael Allan Cook

The volume contains highly original articles on Islamic history, law, and thought, each either proposing new hypotheses or readjusting existing ones. The contributions range from studies in the formulation of the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar to notes on the "blood-money group" in Islamic law, and to transformations in Arabic logic in the post-Avicennan period. Prepared by former students of Michael A. Cook, to whom this volume is dedicated, these studies not only shed new light on the development of the Islamic scholarly tradition from various perspectives, but together they also represent the honoree's vast, profound, and continuing impact on the field. This collection of highly empirical articles is intended for scholars and students specializing in various subfields within Islamic Studies. Asad Q. Ahmed, Ph.D., Princeton (2007), is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He has published on early Islamic social history and Islamic intellectual history, including the forthcoming The Religious Elite of the Early Islamic Ḥijāz (P&G, University of Oxford, 2010) and The Deliverance: Logic (Oxford University Press, 2011). His awards include fellowships and grants from the National Humanities Center, the NEH, the Stanford Humanities Center, the Mellon Sawyer Seminars, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Behnam Sadeghi, Ph.D., Princeton (2006), is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University. He is the author of “The Chronology of the Qur’ān: A Stylometric Research Program,” Arabica; “The Traveling Tradition Test: A Method for Dating Muslim Traditions,” Der Islam, 85/1 (2010): 203-242; “The Codex of a Companion and the Qur’ān of the Prophet,” Arabica, 57/4-5 (2010); ““The Authenticity of Two 2nd/8th-Century Legal Texts: the Kitāb al-Āthār and al-Muwaṭṭa’ of Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī,” Islamic Law and Society, 17/3 (November 2010); and Women and Prayer in the Islamic Legal Tradition: The Logic of Law Making (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). Michael Bonner, Ph.D., Princeton (1987), is Professor of Medieval Islamic History in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. His recent publications include Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practices (Princeton University Press, 2006), and Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts, co-edited with Amy Singer and Mine Ener (SUNY Press, 2003). He was Director of the University of Michigan Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies in 1997-2000 and 2001-2003, and Acting Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies in 2007-08. Contributors include: Asad Q. Ahmed, Karen Bauer, Michael Bonner, Maribel Fierro, Najam Haider, Leor Halevi, Jane Hathaway, R. Stephen Humphreys, Nimrod Hurvitz, Nancy Khalek, Adam Sabra, Petra Sijpesteijn, Justin Stearns, Samer Traboulsi, Nurit Tsafrir Readership All those interested in Islamic history and historiography, Islamic law, Islamic thought, including philosophy, theology, and logic Reviews "... a beautiful collection of articles." Anna Ayşe Akasoy in Ilahiyat Studies 3.2 (2012). “Ce bel ensemble d’articles constitue non seulement undigne hommage à un grand chercheur mais aussi un témoignage de ce quepeut produire la relation de maître à élève, exemple précieux à une époque oùle marché de l’enseignement tend à se dématérialiser et à se dépersonnaliser.” J. Dean in REVUE D’HISTOIRE ET DE PHILOSOPHIE RELIGIEUSES 2012, Tome 92 n° 4. Contents 7 Acknowledgements 11 Notes on Contributors 13 Bibliography of Professor Michael Allan Cook 19 The Scholarship of Michael A. Cook: A Retrospective in Progress 23 Introduction 29 I. Studies in Early Islamic History 41 “Time Has Come Full Circle”: Markets, Fairs and the Calendar in Arabia before Islam 43 The Waṣiyya of Abū Hāshim: The Impact of Polemic in Premodern Muslim Historiography 77 Building an Egyptian Identity 113 The Battle of the Ditch (al-Khandaq) of the Cordoban Caliph 'Abd al-Raḥmān III 135 Dreams of Hagia Sophia: The Muslim Siege of Constantinople in 674 CE, Abū Ayyūb al-Ansạ̄rī, and the Medieval Islamic Imagination 159 II. Studies in Early Modern and Modern Islamic History 175 “The Second Ottoman Conquest of Egypt”: Rhetoric and Politics in Seventeenth Century Egyptian Historiography 177 Ḥabeşī Meḥmed Agha: The First Chief Harem Eunuch (Darüssaade Ağası) of the Ottoman Empire 207 “I Entered Mecca . . . and I Destroyed All the Tombs”: Some Remarks on Saudi-Ottoman Correspondence 225 III. Juridical and Intellectual History 247 The 'Āqila in Ḥanafī Law: Preliminary Notes 249 Legal Doctrines, Historical Contexts and Moral Visions: The Case of Sectarians in the Courts of Law 267 The Legal Status of Science in the Muslim World in the Early Modern Period: An Initial Consideration of Fatwās from Three Maghribī Sources 293 IV. Reinterpretations and Transformations 319 “I Have Seen the People’s Antipathy to this Knowledge”: The Muslim Exegete and His Audience, 5th/11th–7th/13th Centuries 321 Lex Mahomethi: Carnal and Spiritual Representations of Islamic Law and Ritual in a Twelfth-Century Dialogue by a Jewish Convert to Christianity 343 Systematic Growth in Sustained Error: A Case Study in the Dynamism of Post-Classical Islamic Scholasticism 371 Index 407 The Volume Contains Highly Original Articles On Islamic History, Law, And Thought, Each Either Proposing New Hypotheses Or Readjusting Existing Ones. The Contributions Range From Studies In The Formulation Of The Pre-islamic Arabian Calendar To Notes On The Blood-money Group In Islamic Law, And To Transformations In Arabic Logic In The Post-avicennan Period. Prepared By Former Students Of Michael A. Cook, To Whom This Volume Is Dedicated, These Studies Not Only Shed New Light On The Development Of The Islamic Scholarly Tradition From Various Perspectives, But Together They Also Represent The Honoree's Vast, Profound, And Continuing Impact On The Field. This Collection Of Highly Empirical Articles Is Intended For Scholars And Students Specializing In Various Subfields Within Islamic Studies. -- Back Cover. Studies In Early Islamic History -- Studies In Early Modern And Modern Islamic History -- Juridical And Intellectual History -- Reinterpretations And Transformations. Edited By Asad Q. Ahmed, Behnam Sadeghi, And Michael Bonner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Bringing together the expansive scholarly expertise of former students of Professor Michael Allan Cook, this volume contains highly original articles in Islamic history, law, and thought. The contributions range from studies in the pre-Islamic calendar, to the "blood-money group" in Islamic law, to transformations in Arabic logic.