Suleiman A. Mourad

Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus

Champion of Sunni Islam in the Time of the Crusades

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Ibn 'Asakir (1105-1176) was one of the most renowned experts on Hadith and Islamic history in medieval Damascus, and author of a multi-volume history of that city. His was a tumultuous time: centuries of Shi'i rule had not long ended, rival warlords sought control of Damascus, and Crusaders had invaded, capturing Jerusalem in 1099. Seeking the unification of Syria and Egypt, and the revival of Sunnism in both, Ibn 'Asakir placed himself in the service of Sultan Nur al-Din Zengi, advocating and designing propaganda against Shi'is and the Crusaders. Through this and his writings that would influence Sunni scholars who followed him, he helped to… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-86154-046-4
EAN: 9780861540464
Produktnummer: 35392868
Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 144 S.
Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor

Suleiman A. Mourad is Professor of Religion at Smith College in Massachusetts, USA, and Director of the Nantes Institute for Advanced Study in France. He specialises in Islamic history and religious thought, and how the challenges of modernity have led to major changes in Muslims' perception of and attitude towards their own history and classical thought.