The History of the Maghrib

The History of the Maghrib
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 441
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ISBN-10 : 9781400869985
ISBN-13 : 1400869986
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Synopsis The History of the Maghrib by : Abdallah Laroui

This survey of North African history challenges both conventional attitudes toward North Africa and previously published histories written from the point of view of Western scholarship. The book aims, in Professor Laroui's words, "to give from within a decolonized vision of North African history just as the present leaders of the Maghrib are trying to modernize the economic and social structure of the country." The text is divided into four parts: the origins of the Islamic conquest; the stages of Islamization; the breakdown of central authority from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries; and the advent of colonial rule. Drawing on the methods of sociology and political science as well as traditional and modern historical approaches, the author stresses the evolution marked by these four stages and the internal forces that affected it. Until now, the author contends, North African history has been written either by colonial administrators and politicians concerned to defend foreign rule, or by nationalist ideologues. Both used an old-fashioned historiography, he asserts, focusing on political events, dynastic conflicts, and theological controversies. Here, Abdallah Laroui seeks to present the viewpoint of a Maghribi concerning the history of his own country, and to relate this history to the present structure of the region. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

A History of the Maghrib

A History of the Maghrib
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Total Pages : 422
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ISBN-10 : 0317260707
ISBN-13 : 9780317260700
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Synopsis A History of the Maghrib by : Ǧamīl M. Abū-'n-Naṣr

The Maghrib in the Mashriq

The Maghrib in the Mashriq
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 648
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ISBN-10 : 9783110713442
ISBN-13 : 3110713446
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Synopsis The Maghrib in the Mashriq by : Maribel Fierro

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.

Inventing the Berbers

Inventing the Berbers
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780812251302
ISBN-13 : 081225130X
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Synopsis Inventing the Berbers by : Ramzi Rouighi

Before the Arabs conquered northwest Africa in the seventh century, Ramzi Rouighi asserts, there were no Berbers. There were Moors (Mauri), Mauretanians, Africans, and many tribes and tribal federations such as the Leuathae or Musulami; and before the Arabs, no one thought that these groups shared a common ancestry, culture, or language. Certainly, there were groups considered barbarians by the Romans, but "Barbarian," or its cognate, "Berber" was not an ethnonym, nor was it exclusive to North Africa. Yet today, it is common to see studies of the Christianization or Romanization of the Berbers, or of their resistance to foreign conquerors like the Carthaginians, Vandals, or Arabs. Archaeologists and linguists routinely describe proto-Berber groups and languages in even more ancient times, while biologists look for Berber DNA markers that go back thousands of years. Taking the pervasiveness of such anachronisms as a point of departure, Inventing the Berbers examines the emergence of the Berbers as a distinct category in early Arabic texts and probes the ways in which later Arabic sources, shaped by contemporary events, imagined the Berbers as a people and the Maghrib as their home. Key both to Rouighi's understanding of the medieval phenomenon of the "berberization" of North Africa and its reverberations in the modern world is the Kitāb al-'ibar of Ibn Khaldūn (d. 1406), the third book of which purports to provide the history of the Berbers and the dynasties that ruled in the Maghrib. As translated into French in 1858, Rouighi argues, the book served to establish a racialized conception of Berber indigenousness for the French colonial powers who erected a fundamental opposition between the two groups thought to constitute the native populations of North Africa, Arabs and Berbers. Inventing the Berbers thus demonstrates the ways in which the nineteenth-century interpretation of a medieval text has not only served as the basis for modern historical scholarship but also has had an effect on colonial and postcolonial policies and communal identities throughout Europe and North Africa.

A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period

A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 473
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ISBN-10 : 9781316583340
ISBN-13 : 1316583341
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Synopsis A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period by : Jamil M. Abun-Nasr

Building on the two previous editions of his History of the Maghrib, Professor Abun-Nasr has written a completely new history of North Africa within the Islamic period which begins with the Arab conquest and brings the story up to the present day. He emphasises the factors which led to the adoption of Islam by practically the entire population, the geographical position of the area, which made it the main trade link between the Mediterranean world and the Sudan and led to its involvement in the confrontation between the Christian and Islamic worlds. In Morocco, this confrontation led to the emergence of a distinct religio-political community ruled by sharifian dynasties and, in the rest of the Maghrib, to integration in the Ottoman empire. The political and economic developments of the 'piratical' regencies of Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, the establishment of European colonial rule, the nationalist movements and Islamic religious reform are all treated in detail. The balance between factual account and interpretation makes the book especially useful to students of African and Islamic history.

A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period

A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 0521337674
ISBN-13 : 9780521337670
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period by : Jamil M. Abun-Nasr

A new history of North Africa within the Islamic period from the Arab conquest to the present.

The Invention of the Maghreb

The Invention of the Maghreb
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9781108838160
ISBN-13 : 1108838162
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Synopsis The Invention of the Maghreb by : Abdelmajid Hannoum

Examines how French colonial modernity invented the concept of the Maghreb, making it distinct from Africa and the Middle East.

Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500

Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 0521816912
ISBN-13 : 9780521816915
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Synopsis Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500 by : David S. Powers

Focusing on the Maghrib in the period between 1300 and 1500, in this 2002 book David Powers analyses the application of Islamic law through the role of the mufti. To unravel the sophistication of the law, he considers six cases which took place in the Marinid period on subjects as diverse as paternity, fornication, water rights, family endowments, the slander of the Prophet and disinheritance. The source for these disputes are fatwas issued by the muftis, which the author uses to situate each case in its historical context and to interpret the principles of Islamic law. In so doing he demonstrates that, contrary to popular stereotypes, muftis were in fact dedicated to reasoned argument, and sensitive to the manner in which law, society and culture interacted. The book represents a groundbreaking approach to a complex field. It will be read by students of Islamic law and those interested in traditional Muslim societies.

Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, Volume Two

Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, Volume Two
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781527562837
ISBN-13 : 1527562832
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Synopsis Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, Volume Two by : John Andrew Morrow

Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus provides a panoramic view of the Shi‘ite presence in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. This second volume provides a sweeping study of Aljamiado literature. It features Morisco traditions that are translated into English for the very first time. Not only were Moriscos producing original works of Shi‘ite inspiration, they were also citing classical Shi‘ite sources that were produced by Zaydis, Isma‘ilis, Twelvers, and even Nusayris. As this book’s comprehensive coverage reveals, some Moriscos were drawing from the works of Imam ‘Ali, Kulayni, Bahrani, Saduq, Rawandi, Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Ibn Tawus, Mufid, Bakri, Tusi, Kaf‘ami, and even Majlisi. They were studying Shi‘ite traditions, reciting Shi‘ite prayers, marking the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, and reading about the lives of the twelve Imams. By re-examining, re-assessing, and rewriting the religious and political history of the region, Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus makes a revolutionary contribution to scholarship in the field.

A History of the Maghrib

A History of the Maghrib
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Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:641130692
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Synopsis A History of the Maghrib by : Jamil M. Abun-Nasr