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by Mohamad El-Merheb (Editor), Mehdi Berriah (Editor)
This volume offers a collection of new concepts and approaches to the study of the professional mobility of the literati and scholars (ʿulamāʾ) in pre-modern Islamic societies between the eighth and the eighteenth centuries.
Author Biography
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.
Contributors
Mehmetcan 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.
