Professional Mobility in Islamic Societies (700-1750)

Mohamad El-Merheb is a historian of Islamic political thought. He studies the ideal of ‘the rule of law’ as expressed in advice literature under the Mamluks, Ayyubids, and Seljuqs. His other research interests include the depiction of kings Louis IX and Frederic II in Islamic historiography and professional mobility in pre-modern Islam.Mehdi Berriah is a researcher specializing in medieval Islam at the French Institute of the Near East (IFPO). His research and publications focus on Islamic military history, furūsiyya, Islamic thought, jihad ideology, Islamic law of war and ulamology. He is currently leading a research project entitled "The taymiyyan corpus on jihad: reception, decontextualization and use by contemporary jihadist movements" funded by the French Ministry of the Interior.ContributorsMehmetcan Akpinar, Amal Belkamel, Mehdi Berriah, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Adday Hernández López, Konrad Hirschler, Mohamad El-Merheb, Marta G. Novo, M. A. H. Parsa, M. Syifa A. Widigdo.

• ContentsForewordAcknowledgmentsList of Maps, Figures, TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Professional Mobility as a Defining Characteristic of Pre-Modern Islamic SocietiesMohamad El-Merheb and Mehdi Berriahpart 1: Networks of Knowledge and Learning1 Medinan Scholars on the Move: Professional Mobility at the Umayyad CourtMehmetcan Akpınar2 Professional Mobility and Social Capital: A Note on the muḥaddithāt in Kitāb Tārīkh BaghdādNadia Maria El Cheikh3 The Aqīt Household: Professional Mobility of a Berber Learned Elite in Premodern West AfricaMarta G. Novopart 2: Social Mobility and Professionalization4 The Professional Mobility of Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār between the Quest for Knowledge and the Confluence with PowerAmal Belkamel5 Mobility and Versatility of the ʿulamāʾ in the Mamluk Period: The Case of Ibn TaymiyyaMehdi Berriah6 Mobility among the Andalusī quḍāt: Social Advancement and Spatial Displacement in a Professional ContextAdday Hernández Lópezpart 3: Power, Politics, and Mobility7 Imām al-Ḥaramayn al-Juwaynī’s Mobility and the Saljūq’s Project of Sunnī Political UnityM. Syifa Amin Widigdo8 Iran’s State Literature under Afghan Rule (1722–1729)M.A.H. Parsa9 Islamic Political Thought and Professional Mobility: The Intellectual and Empirical Worlds of Ibn Ṭalḥa and Ibn JamāʿaMohamad El-MerhebIndex

"Im Ganzen ist der Band ein gelungener und lesenswerter Beitrag zur Forschung und bietet selbst für besonders häufig studierte Fälle, wie z.B. Ibn Taymiyya, noch neue Erkenntnisse. Dazu gehört, dass die Bewertung von Mobilität immer im Kontext der jeweiligen Gesellschaft bzw. auch von persönlichen Motiven betrachtet werden muss....In allem ist der Band jedoch sehr lesenswert und eine inspirierende Ergänzung zur bestehenden Forschung. Es ist in jedem Fall erstrebens- und lohnenswert, den von dem Band vorgezeichneten Weg weiterzuverfolgen, auszudifferenzieren und mit mehr Fallbeispielen auszutesten." -- Mohammad Gharaibeh, Berliner Institut für Islamische Theologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in H-SozKult, 27.04. 2022“ - Mohammad Gharaibeh, Berliner Institut für Islamische Theologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, In: H-Soz-Kult, 27.04.2022.