Curating Lived Islam in the Muslim World: British Scholars, Sojourners and Sleuths

ISBN-13: 9780367770730 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 202 str.

Iftikhar H. Malik

Opis

Beginning with the medieval period, this book collates and reviews first-hand scholarship on Muslims in the Middle East and South Asia, as noted down by eminent British travellers, sleuths and observers of lived Islam.

Spis treści

Introduction: Travel Narratives and the Imperial Imperatives: Investigating Gender and Islam  1. Adelard and Muslim Scholarship: Connecting the Medieval Worlds during the Crusades and Reconquista  2. The Pioneer Traveller-Observer: Thomas Coryate’s Eastern Journeys and Discourses  3. Mary Wortley Montagu in the Ottoman World: A Formidable Non-Orientalist  4. Montagu on Gender, Janissaries, Jews and Inoculation in Ottoman Turkey  5. Bridging the Gaps: Fanny Parkes among the Indian Muslims  6. Mapping Muslim Communities: Mrs Meer Hassan Ali (Biddy Timms) in India.  7. Scholar, Spy and Imperial Socialite: Gertrude Bell among Muslims.  8. Lone Scholar and Invisible Sleuth: Freya Stark and Muslims.  Epilogue: Sojourners and Academes

O autorze

Iftikhar H. Malik is Professor of History in the School of Humanities at Bath Spa University, UK. He is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and an MCR at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK.