Decolonial Ventures in Early Modern History: Al-Ghassānī’s Khaldunian Reading of Spanish Modernity and the Burgeoning of Islamicate Diplomatic Ethics

This article explores the diplomatic mission of ambassador Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahāb al-Ghassānī (d. 1707) to seventeenth-century Spain, as detailed in his account The Journey of the Minister to Ransom the Captive (1690–1691), focusing on two pertinent dimensions. First, it aspires to read his use o...

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Main Author: Idrissi, Achraf Guennouni (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Medieval encounters
Year: 2025, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 290-338
Further subjects:B Mediterranean
B philosophy of history
B Ibn Khaldūn
B Modernity
B Diplomacy
B Morisco
B Decoloniality
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