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Maribel Fierro
Bio: Maribel Fierro is an academic researcher from Spanish National Research Council. The author has contributed to research in topics: Islam & Sharia. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 46 publications receiving 442 citations.
Topics: Islam, Sharia, Caliphate, Context (language use), Comparative law
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TL;DR: The Almohad caliphate as discussed by the authors was the last caliphs of the Islamic west and al-Andalus during the sixth/twelfth century and the first half of the seventh/thirteenth century, based on the fact that 'Abd al-Mu'min had been the favourite pupil and political successor of the mahdi Ibn Tuman.
Abstract: The Almohads, who ruled the Islamic west and al-Andalus during the sixth/twelfth century and the first half of the seventh/thirteenth century, based their legitimacy as caliphs on the fact that the founder of the Almohad dynasty, 'Abd al-Mu'min, had been the favourite pupil and political successor of the mahdi Ibn Tuman. Research on Ibn Tumart and the Almohads has always to take into account that what the sources tell about them has suffered both the evolution of the Almohad movement itself and the 'de-almohadizatio' that took place after the failure of Almohadism. For some time the Almohad caliphs tried to develop the implications that Ibn Tumart's mandism had for their own role in the Muslim community. The most striking aspect of the Almohad caliphate is its explicit attempt at signalling its discontinuity with the recent past.
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01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: Fierro as discussed by the authors discusses the post-Almohad dynasties in al-Andalus and the Maghrib (seventh-ninth/thirteenth-fifteenth centuries) Fernando Rodriguez Mediano 5.
Abstract: Introduction Maribel Fierro Part I. Al-Andalus, North and West Africa: 1. Al-Andalus and the Maghrib (from the fifth/eleventh century to the fall of the Almoravids) Maria Jesus Viguera-Molins 2. The central lands of North Africa and Sicily, until the beginning of the Almohad period Michael Brett 3. The Almohads (524-646/1130-1248) and the Hafsids (627-932/1229-1526) Maribel Fierro 4. The post-Almohad dynasties in al-Andalus and the Maghrib (seventh-ninth/thirteenth-fifteenth centuries) Fernando Rodriguez Mediano 5. West Africa and its early empires Ulrich Rebstock Part II. Egypt and Syria: 6. Bilad al-Sham, from the Fatimid conquest to the fall of the Ayyubids (359-658/970-1260) Anne-Marie Edde 7. The Fatimid caliphate (358-567/969-1171) and the Ayyubids in Egypt (567-648/1171-1250) Yaacov Lev 8. The Mamluks in Egypt and Syria: the Turkish Mamluk sultanate (648-784/1250-1382) and the Circassian Mamluk sultanate (784-923/1382-1517) Amalia Levanoni 9. Western Arabia and Yemen (fifth/eleventh century to the Ottoman conquest) Esther Peskes Part III. Muslim Anatolia and the Ottoman Empire: 10. The Turks in Anatolia before the Ottomans Gary Leiser 11. The rise of the Ottomans Kate Fleet 12. The Ottoman Empire (tenth/sixteenth century) Colin Imber 13. The Ottoman Empire. The age of 'political households' (eleventh-twelfth/seventeenth-eighteenth centuries) Soraiya Faroqhi 14. Egypt and Syria under the Ottomans Bruce Masters 15. Western Arabia and Yemen during the Ottoman period Bernard Haykel Part IV. North and West Africa: 16. Sharifian rule in Morocco (tenth-twelfth/sixteenth-eighteenth centuries) Stephen Cory 17. West Africa (tenth-twelfth/sixteenth-eighteenth centuries) Ulrich Rebstock 18. Ottoman Maghrib Houari Touati Part V. Rulers, Soldiers, Peasants, Scholars and Traders: 19. State formation and organization Michael Brett 20. Conversion to Islam. From the 'age of conversions' to the millet system Mercedes Garcia-Arenal 21. Taxation and armies Albrecht Fuess 22. Trade 22A. Muslim trade in the Late Medieval Mediterranean world Olivia Remie Constable 22B. Overland trade in the western Islamic world (fifth-ninth/eleventh-fifteenth centuries) John L. Meloy 22C. Trade in the Ottoman lands to 1215/1800 Bruce Masters 23. The 'ulama' Manuela Marin Bibliography.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe what was involved in the political and cultural project of the Almohads, in order to show the parallels with the political project of King Alfonso X.
Abstract: When dealing with the prolific intellectual output during the reign of King Alfonso X, known to be indebted to Arabic sources, hardly any reference is made to the Almohad context. It is particularly striking that Almohad culture is even ignored when referring to the influence of Averroism. It was in fact the Almohad caliphs who encouraged the development of Aristotelian philosophy, which interest in philosophy and knowledge formed part of the "sapientialist" concept of the Almohad caliphate itself. This chapter discusses this often-disregarded "sapientialism," insisting on its connection with Alfonso X, continuing the line of inquiry begun by Ana M. Montero. The chapter describes what was involved in the political and cultural project of the Almohads, in order to show the parallels with the political and cultural project of Alfonso X.Keywords: Almohad caliphs; Averroism; cultural project; King Alfonso X; political project; sapientialism
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TL;DR: The advantages of a Qaysi genealogy (with a long tradition among the Berber populations of North Africa) for the Mu'minid caliphs are analyzed and the links that such genealogy established with the Arab tribes of Sulaym and Hilāl, crucial elements in the Mu'reinid army.
Abstract: The Almohad caliphs claimed that agnatically they belonged to the Arab tribe of Quraysh. Qays c Aylān does not include the tribe of Qurays, with which the Mu'minids claimed to be linked cognatically. According to the classical doctrine of the caliphate, to be found for example in Ibn Hazm, the caliphs should belong to Quraysh through their paternal lineage. In this article, the advantages of a Qaysi genealogy (with a long tradition among the Berber populations of North Africa) for the Mu'minid caliphs are analyzed. Among those advantages there are the links that such genealogy established with the Arab tribes of Sulaym and Hilāl, crucial elements in the Mu'minid army, and with the pre-Islamic Arab Prophet Khālid b. Sinīn al- c Absī (descendants of whom appear in connection with the episode of the Berber rebellion of the Kāhina).
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TL;DR: In particular, la traducción de Huici Miranda ha influido a investigadores posteriores 2, a pesar de que ya el editor del texto árabe, Abd al-Hádí al-Tází, había señalado la estrecha conexión de ese título con un versículo coránico.
Abstract: Uno de los cronistas más importantes de los almohades fue el andalusí Abu Marwán ''Abd al-Malik b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Bâyï, conocido como Ibn Sáhib al-salát (fallecido después de 600/1203). Su crónica del caUfato inaugurado por \"\"Abd al-Mu'min sólo se ha conservado parcialmente y lleva el título de al-Mann bi-l-imáma \"\"ala l-mustad''afina bi-an ya^'ala-hum Allah a Hmma wa-ya^'ala-hum al-wàritln wa-zuhür al-imàm Mahdî al-muwahhidîn ^ Huici Miranda tradujo ese título como «El don del imamato para los que no merecieron que los colocase Dios como imames y los puso como sus herederos y la aparición de al-Mahdí de los almohades», de donde se deduciría que los almohades mismos (recuérdese que Ibn Sáhib al-salát formaba parte de los talaba, los «cuadros» almohades) no estaban muy convencidos de su propia legitimidad religiosa y política. La traducción de Huici Miranda ha influido a investigadores posteriores 2, a pesar de que ya el editor del texto árabe, \"\"Abd al-Hádí al-Tází, había señalado la estrecha conexión de ese título con un versículo coránico ^ el cual contribuye a aclarar su significado.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age, 1300-1600, 1300 to 1600, is described as follows: "The Ottoman Empire, 1300 and 1600, the classical age, and the early modern period".
Abstract: (1973). The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age, 1300–1600. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 1, No. 7, pp. 152-153.
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TL;DR: The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire as mentioned in this paper is a seminal work in the history of women's empowerment in the Middle Eastern world, focusing on women empowerment in Islam.
Abstract: (1994). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 184-185.
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TL;DR: Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines investigates the political and cultural significance of marriages and other sexual encounters between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula, from the Islamic conquest in the early eighth century to the end of Muslim rule in 1492 as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines investigates the political and cultural significance of marriages and other sexual encounters between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula, from the Islamic conquest in the early eighth century to the end of Muslim rule in 1492 Interfaith liaisons carried powerful resonances, as such unions could function as a tool of diplomacy, the catalyst for conversion, or potent psychological propaganda Examining a wide range of source material including legal documents, historical narratives, polemical and hagiographic works, poetry, music, and visual art, Simon Barton presents a nuanced reading of the ways interfaith couplings were perceived, tolerated, or feared, depending upon the precise political and social contexts in which they occurred Religious boundaries in the Peninsula were complex and actively policed, often shaped by an overriding fear of excessive social interaction or assimilation of the three faiths that coexisted within the region Barton traces the protective cultural, legal, and mental boundaries that the rival faiths of Iberia erected, and the processes by which women, as legitimate wives or slave concubines, physically traversed those borders Through a close examination of the realities and the imagination of interfaith relations, Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines highlights the extent to which sex, power, and identity were closely bound up with one another
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