Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220129
David Durand-Guédy
Abstract This article documents intellectual life in Iran under the Mongols through the case of Hindūšāh Naḫjawānī (d. before 728/1327–28), a scholar known primarily as a historian who has gained a certain notoriety thanks to the pioneering works of Edgard Browne and ʿAbbās Iqbāl on his Tajārib al-salaf . New sources allow to rectify a number of approximations and mistakes about his origin, his name, his works, his career and his scholarly interests. The resulting portrait of Hindūšāh illustrates several key features of the scholarly life of medieval Islam in general and of the Ilkhanid period in particular: social mobility (via Hindūšāh’s rise from a Turkish military background to a well-educated scholar), geographical mobility (through his constant travels from his home region of Naḫjawān), linguistic fluidity in his writings (between Persian and Arabic, but without the slightest interest in Turkish), political context (specifically, the increasing “Shiitisation” of the late Ilkhanate), and, last but not least, loyalty to his patrons. Hindūšāh not only enjoyed the protection of the Juwaynī brothers at a time when they wielded tremendous power in the early Ilkhanate state but also remained loyal to their memory decades after their fall in the 680/1280s. It helps explain his disillusioned view of historiographical writing but also his choice of works to copy. Hindūšāh remained an independent scholar, finding solace from distressing historical events in the study of philosophy and the reading of poetry.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220132
Marco Salati
Abstract This article draws attention to a criminal case recorded at the High Court of Ottoman Aleppo in 1655. Although extremely concise, the document is a good example not only of daily legal practice in an Ottoman court but also of the interaction between the judicial system and the urban elite in cases involving matters of public order that were perceived as particularly sensitive. The list of persons called before the court for an official statement of accusation is a sort of who’s who of Aleppine society. It includes some major Ottoman officeholders of the mid-17th century who were resident in Aleppo and other local notables.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220139
Şeyma Afacan
{"title":"Inventing Laziness: The Culture of Productivity in Late Ottoman Society, written by Melis Hafez","authors":"Şeyma Afacan","doi":"10.1163/24685623-20220139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/24685623-20220139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Eurasian Studies","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134945025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220130
Claudio Zanier
Abstract At the end of 19th century, Trieste, then the main city port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, produced and exported alcoholic beverages all over the world, including to Islamic countries where alcohol consumption was forbidden. For the latter, beverages were disguised as “medicines”. The Serravallo pharmaceutical plant of Trieste took the lead, sending their medical liquors everywhere, up to the late 1930s. The present essay examines the network of distributors in the Levant and Asia, as well as the astonishingly vast set of supporting advertising instruments, precisely prepared in local languages.
{"title":"Serravallo Bark and Iron Wine Tonic, 1890 to 1930s","authors":"Claudio Zanier","doi":"10.1163/24685623-20220130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/24685623-20220130","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract At the end of 19th century, Trieste, then the main city port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, produced and exported alcoholic beverages all over the world, including to Islamic countries where alcohol consumption was forbidden. For the latter, beverages were disguised as “medicines”. The Serravallo pharmaceutical plant of Trieste took the lead, sending their medical liquors everywhere, up to the late 1930s. The present essay examines the network of distributors in the Levant and Asia, as well as the astonishingly vast set of supporting advertising instruments, precisely prepared in local languages.","PeriodicalId":39195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Eurasian Studies","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134944915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220135
Francisco Apellániz
{"title":"Studies on the History and Culture of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517), edited by Stephan Conermann and Toru Miura","authors":"Francisco Apellániz","doi":"10.1163/24685623-20220135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/24685623-20220135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Eurasian Studies","volume":"300 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134944912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220136
Michele Bernardini
{"title":"Les livres du sultan : Matériaux pour une histoire du livre et de la vie intellectuelle du Maroc saadien (XVIe siècle), written by François Déroche, Nuria De Castilla et Lbachir Tahali","authors":"Michele Bernardini","doi":"10.1163/24685623-20220136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/24685623-20220136","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Eurasian Studies","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134944913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220133
Reuven Amitai
{"title":"Breaking Down Disciplinary Walls for Better Understandings in Late Medieval and Early Modern Middle Eastern and Mediterranean History","authors":"Reuven Amitai","doi":"10.1163/24685623-20220133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/24685623-20220133","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Eurasian Studies","volume":"2010 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134945026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220137
Irene Cazzato
{"title":"The Spiritual Vernacular of the Early Ottoman Frontier: The Yazıcıoğlu Family, written by Carlos Grenier","authors":"Irene Cazzato","doi":"10.1163/24685623-20220137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/24685623-20220137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Eurasian Studies","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134944910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220128
Jessica Varsallona
Abstract This article offers a brief analysis of the architectural features of the building Kefeli Mescidi in Istanbul and supports its identification as a Byzantine monastic dining hall. The analysis of Late Byzantine written sources in connection to the topographical and material data of the building supports the association with the famous Constantinopolitan monastery of St John of Petra and its refectory.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1163/24685623-20220131
Alessandro Rizzo
Abstract For a long time, scholarship concerning the relations between the Mamluks and Christian powers has been heavily influenced by the traditional dichotomy between dār al-Islām and dār al-ḥarb . This paradigm has often led historians to misinterpret the nature of the diplomatic documents issued by the chancery in Cairo. Taking into account new perspectives on the dialogue between Muslim and non-Muslim powers, the article examines the principles underlying the diplomatic dialogue in wartime and in peacetime through the lens of Mamluk diplomatic sources. Through this analysis, the paper illustrates how the discipline of Diplomatics can offer a direct approach to reconsidering some historiographical narratives and to understanding the real nature of diplomatic exchange and its symbolic representation.
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