The Maghrib in the Mashriq: Knowledge, Travel and Identity (Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East, 40)

This is a pioneering book about the impact that knowledge produced in the Maghrib (Islamic North Africa and al-Andalus = Muslim Iberia) had on the rest of the Islamic world. It presents results achieved in the Research Project "Local contexts and global dynamics: al-Andalus and the Maghrib in the Islamic East (AMOI)", funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FFI2016-78878-R AEI/FEDER, UE) and directed by Maribel Fierro and Mayte Penelas. The book contains 18 contributions written by senior and junior scholars from different institutions all over the world. It is divided into five sections dealing with how knowledge produced in the Maghrib was integrated in the Mashriq starting with the emergence and construction of the concept 'Maghrib' (sections 1 and 2); how travel allowed the reception in the Maghrib of knowledge produced in the Mashriq but also the transmission of locally produced knowledge outside the Maghrib, and the different ways in which such transmission took place (sections 3 and 4), and how the Maghribis who stayed or settled in the Mashriq manifested their identity (section 5). The book will be of interest not only for those whose research concentrates on the Maghrib but more generally for those who want to understand the complex and shifting dynamics between 'centres' and 'peripheries' as regards intellectual production and circulation. Contents 5 List of contributors 9 The Maghrib in the Mashriq. Knowledge, Travel and Identity. Introduction 15 Part I: Establishing Boundaries between the Maghrib and the Mashriq 49 Constructing the Boundary between Mashriq and Maghrib in Medieval Muslim Sources 49 Ibn Saʿīd al-Maghribī: Egypt as Part of the Maghrib 93 Part II: Integrating the Maghrib into Universal Islamic History 113 Al-Andalus in al-Mukhtaṣar fī akhbār albashar, by Abū al-Fidāʾ 113 Lost Somewhere in Between? On the Transmission of History from Islamic West to East in Premodern Times: The Case of the Almohad Caliph Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb and the Battle of Alarcos 133 Communicating a Biography: A Comparison of the Maghribi-Andalusi and Mashriqi Sources on al-Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ 157 Part III: Maghribi Success in the East 185 A Majorcan in Baghdad. Al-Ḥumaydī’s Jamʿ bayn al-Ṣaḥīḥayn and Its Reception in the Mashriq 185 The Impact of Maghribi Ḥadīth Commentaries on the Mashriq 227 Andalusi Scholars on Qurʾānic Readings in the Islamic East: The Case of Abū al-Qāsim al-Shāṭibī (538–590 H/1143–1194 CE) 251 On the Success of Ibn Saʿīd al-Maghribī’s al-Mughrib in the Islamic East 271 A Successful Andalusi muwashshaḥa: ʿUbāda b. Māʾ al-Samāʾ’s Man walī 299 Part IV: Pathways of Reception from the Maghrib to the Mashriq 371 Andalusi Romance Terms in Kitāb al-Simāt fī asmāʾ al-nabāt, by al-Suwaydī of Damascus (d. 690 H/1291 CE) 371 The Influence of Andalusi Ṣūfism on the Central Islamicate World: Ibn Sabʿīn’s son and his Kitāb al-Sulūk fī ṭarīq al-qawm 385 Isnād of Ibn Khaldūn: Maghribi Tradition of Knowledge in Mamlūk Cairo 413 Mālikī Jurists from the Maghrib and al- Andalus in Post-Fāṭimid Egypt 425 Traces of the Medieval Islamic West in Modern East Africa: Andalusi and Maghribi Works in the Horn of Africa 449 Part V: Remaining Maghribi while in the Mashriq 469 Vehicles of Cultural Identity: Some Thoughts on Maghribi Scripts and Manuscripts in the Mashriq 469 A Mamlūk-Andalusi Holograph Manuscript of the Former Marīnid Chancellor Muḥammad Ibn Ḥizb Allāh al-Wādī Āshī (d. 788 H/1386 CE) 491 Writing the Biography of Ibn Khaldūn 527 Index of Names and Places 551

This is a pioneering book about the impact that knowledge produced in the Maghrib (Islamic North Africa and al-Andalus = Muslim Iberia) had on the rest of the Islamic world.

It presents results achieved in the Research Project "Local contexts and global dynamics: al-Andalus and the Maghrib in the Islamic East (AMOI)", funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FFI2016-78878-R AEI/FEDER, UE) and directed by Maribel Fierro and Mayte Penelas.

The book contains 18 contributions written by senior and junior scholars from different institutions all over the world. It is divided into five sections dealing with how knowledge produced in the Maghrib was integrated in the Mashriq starting with the emergence and construction of the concept 'Maghrib' (sections 1 and 2); how travel allowed the reception in the Maghrib of knowledge produced in the Mashriq but also the transmission of locally produced knowledge outside the Maghrib, and the different ways in which such transmission took place (sections 3 and 4), and how the Maghribis who stayed or settled in the Mashriq manifested their identity (section 5).

The book will be of interest not only for those whose research concentrates on the Maghrib but more generally for those who want to understand the complex and shifting dynamics between 'centres' and 'peripheries' as regards intellectual production and circulation.

This book is about the impact of knowledge produced in the Islamic West on the Mashriq. Topics include the emergence and construction of the concept 'Maghrib', the role of travel in the transmission, reception and integration of locally produced knowledge, and the ways in which Maghribis in the Mashriq manifested their identity. The studies are of interest for understanding the complex dynamics between local and global intellectual contexts