Mediterranean captivity through Arab eyes, 1517-1798
Introduction: Mediterranean Captivities -- Qiṣaṣ al-Asrā, or Stories of the Captives -- Letters -- Divine Intervention: Christian and Islamic -- Conversion and Resistance -- Ransom and Return -- Captivity of Books -- Epilogue: Esclaves turcs in Sculpture -- Postscript: How Should the Sculptures Be T...
| Published in: | Islamic history and civilization |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2020
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| In: |
Islamic history and civilization (volume 176)
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| Series/Journal: | Islamic history and civilization
volume 176 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mediterranean area
/ Piracy
/ Kidnapping
/ Slavery
/ History 1517-1798
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| Further subjects: | B
Arabs (Africa, North)
History
B Slavery (Mediterranean Region) History B Piracy (Mediterranean Region) History B Africa, North History 1517-1882 B Captivity narratives (Africa, North) History B Captivity narratives (Mediterranean Region) History B Arabs (Mediterranean Region) History B Piracy (Africa, North) History B Slavery (Africa, North) History |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Introduction: Mediterranean Captivities -- Qiṣaṣ al-Asrā, or Stories of the Captives -- Letters -- Divine Intervention: Christian and Islamic -- Conversion and Resistance -- Ransom and Return -- Captivity of Books -- Epilogue: Esclaves turcs in Sculpture -- Postscript: How Should the Sculptures Be Treated? "The post-Lepanto Mediterranean was the scene of "small wars," to use Fernand Braudel's phrase, which resulted in acts of piracy and captivity. Thousands upon thousands of Europeans and North African Arabs and Turks were seized into bagnios stretching from Cadiz to Valletta and from Salé to Tripoli. Europeans wrote extensively about their ordeals, and so did the North Africans and Levantines. In Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798, Nabil Matar examines the distinct Arabic narrative of captivity. Consulting archives from Tunis to London and from Fez to Paris, Valletta and Rome, Matar has collected, translated, and contextualized the anecdotes, recollections, reports, miracles, letters, fatawa, exempla and short accounts that cumulatively recount the Arabic qiṣṣas al-asrā, or stories of the captives, in the captives' native language and idiom"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004440240 |