Writing Sacred Histories in Late Ottoman Egypt: Zaynab Fawwāz and Qadriyya Kāmil’s Descriptions of Early Islam

This article studies contrasting notions of historiography in Zaynab Fawwāz and Qadriyya Kāmil’s biographical dictionaries. It begins by offering an overview on these authors’ vitas and delves into the historiographical practices that concerned Ottoman intellectuals in the late nineteenth century. I...

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Main Author: Liepsner, Nura Sophia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2025, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-89
Further subjects:B ahl al-bayt
B late Ottoman Empire
B intellectual authority in modern Islam
B al-sālifāt
B religious cosmologies
B Sectarianism
B Caliphate
B Feminist historiography
B al-salaf
B early Islamic history
B decolonial modernity
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