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Browsing through the Sultan’s Bookshelves

Starting from 135 manuscripts that were once part of the library of the late Mamluk sultan Qāniṣawh al-Ghawrī (r. 1501–1516), this book challenges th… Mehr

Autor: D’hulster, Kristof

Verlag: V&R unipress

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Beschreibung

Starting from 135 manuscripts that were once part of the library of the late Mamluk sultan Qāniṣawh al-Ghawrī (r. 1501–1516), this book challenges the dominant narrative of a "post-court era", in which courts were increasingly marginalized in the field of adab. Rather than being the literary barren field that much of the Arabic and Arabic-centred sources, produced extra muros, would have us believe, it re-cognizes Qāniṣawh’s court as a rich and vibrant literary site and a cosmopolitan hub in a burgeoning Turkic literary ecumene. It also re-centres the ruler himself within this court. No longer the passive object of panegyric or the source of patronage alone, Qāniṣawh has an authorial voice in his own right, one that is idiosyncratic yet in conversation with other voices. As such, while this book is first and foremost a book about books, it is one that consciously aspires to be more than that: a book about a library, and, ultimately, a book about the man behind the library, Qāniṣawh al-Ghawrī.

Produktnummer 97838471129212
EAN 9783847112921
Verlag V&R unipress
Autor D’hulster, Kristof
Produktform Hardcover
Sprachen Englisch
Auflage 1
Erscheinungsdatum 12.07.2021
Seiten 396
Maße Breite 162 mm x Höhe 28 mm
Gewicht 0.7 kg