Studies in Medieval Islamic Intellectual Traditions

by Hassan Ansari, Sabine Schmidtke

Overview

The present volume focuses on aspects of Islamic thought in Iran and Yemen, and other regions of the Middle East, ninth through fifteenth century CE, through a close study of manuscript materials. The book's sixteen chapters are arranged under five rubrics: Mu'tazilism, Zaydism in Iran and in Yemen, Twelver Shi'ism, Mysticism, and Bibliographical Traditions. The material included in the book has been published previously in a different version. The appearance of these studies together in a single volume makes this book a significant and welcome contribution to the field of classical Islamic Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937040918
Publisher:	Lockwood Press
Publication date:	11/01/2017
Series:	Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies , #7
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.97(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hassan Ansari earned his doctorate at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) of the Sorbonne, Paris. He is currently a long-term member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His publications include Accusations of Unbelief in Islam: A Diachronic Perspective on Takfir (edited with. Camilla Adang, Maribel Fierro, and Sabine Schmidtke; Leiden, 2015), L'imamat et l'Occultation selon l'imamisme: Etude bibliographique et histoire des textes (Leiden 2017), and a critical edition of Ibn al-Malahimi's Tuhfat al-mutakallimin fi l-radd 'ala l-falasifa (Tehran 2008, with Wilferd Madelung). Sabine Schmidtke is professor of Islamic intellectual history in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables vii

Series Editors' Preface ix

Preface xi

Mu&lhookipa;tazilism

1 Mu&lhookipa;tazilism after &lhookipa;Abd al-Gabbar: Abu Rašid al-Nisaburi's K. Masa&rhookipa;il al-Hilaf fil-Usul 3

2 Mu&lhookipa;tazilism in Rayy and Astarabad: Abu l-Fadl al-&lhookipa;Abbas b. Šarwin 39

3 The Mu&lhookipa;tazilite and Zaydi Reception of Abu l-Husayn al-Basri's K. al-Mu&lhookipa;tamad fi Usul al-Fiqh: A Bibliographical Note 67

4 Yusuf al-Basir's Rebuttal of Abu l-Husayn al-Basri in a Yemeni Zaydi Manuscript of the Seventh/Thirteenth Century (with Wilferd Madelung) 81

Zaydism in Iran

5 The Zaydi Reception of Ibn Hallad's K. al-Usul: The Ta&lhookipa;liq of Abu Tahir b. &lhookipa;Ali al-saffar 115

6 Iranian Zaydism during the Seventh/Thirteenth Century: Abu l-Fadl b. Šahrdawir al-Daylami al-Gilani and His Commentary on the Qur&rhookipa;an 135

Zaydism in Yemen

7 The Cultural Transfer of Zaydi and Non-Zaydi Religious Literature from Northern Iran to Yemen, Sixth/Twelfth through Eighth/Fourteenth Centuries 141

8 The Literary-Religious Tradition among Seventh/Thirteenth-Century Yemeni Zaydis (I): The Formation of Imam al-Mahdi li-Din Allah Ahmad b. al-Husayn b. al-Qasim 159

9 The Literary-Religious Tradition among Seventh/Thirteenth-Century Yemeni Zaydis (II): The Case of &lhookipa;Abd Allah b. Zayd al-&lhookipa;Ansi 193

10 Between Aleppo and sa&lhookipa;da: The Zaydi Reception of the Imamite Scholar Ibn al-Bitriq al-Hilli 231

11 Zaydi Theology in Yemen, Third/Ninth through Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries (with Jan Thiele) 263

12 Zaydi Theology in Seventh/Thirteenth-Century Yemen: &lhookipa;Abd Allah b. Zayd al-&lhookipa;Ansi and His K. al-Mahagga al-Bayda&rhookipa; fi Usul al-Din 283

Twelver Ši&lhookipa;ism

13 The Twelver Ši&lhookipa;i Reception of Mu&lhookipa;tazilism 293

14 Al-Šayh al-Tusi: His Writings on Theology and Their Reception 311

15 Al-Šayh al-Tusi's Muqaddama fi l-Madhal ila &lhookipa;Ilm al-Kalam: A Critical Edition 331

Mysticism

16 Abu Sa&lhookipa;d al-Harguši and His K. al-Lawami&lhookipa;: A sufi Guide Book for Preachers from Fourth/Tenth-Century Nishapur 351

Bibliographical Traditions

17 Bibliographical Practices in Islamic Societies, with an Analysis of MS Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Hs. or. 13525 363

Bibliography 399

Indexes

Personal Names 455

Book Titles 472

Place Names and Institutions 490

Manuscripts 492