The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo

Paul M. Love, Jr. is Associate Professor of North African, Middle Eastern, and Islamic History at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. He is a former Fulbright scholar and received three prestigious Critical Language Scholarships from the United States Department of State. His research has been funded by the Arcadia Foundation, the Council for American Overseas Research Centers, the Social Sciences Research Council, the American Institute for Maghrib Studies, and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. He previously published Ibadi Muslims of North Africa (2018).

• Introduction; 1. Tulun district; 2. The alley of the ram; 3. An Ibadi library in Cairo; 4. A new century; 5. The diplomat and the printer; 6. Salim Bin Yaʿqub; Conclusion.

'… an important contribution to the study of the Ibadiyya and to the burgeoning field of Ottoman Studies. Among other things, the narrative intimacy of its pages allows the reader a glimpse into the daily life of a religious minority in late medieval and early modern Cairo, a feature that stands as a testament to Love's utilization of his sources. Scholars of the Ottoman Empire, early modernity, and Ibadism alike will find something captivating in its pages. From my own perspective, one of the joys of reading Love's work lies in discovering the ways that it corrects and re-directs my own assumptions about Ibadis.' Adam Gaiser, Review of Middle East Studies