From Fekhar (1971), p.394 I have an ongoing interest in private manuscript Ibāḍī libraries on the island of Djerba in Tunisia and have been compiling a preliminary list of those collections that were noted by other scholars in the 20th century. Some of the collections still exist, while others have been dispersed, relocated elsewhere in … Continue reading قائمة أولية من الخزائن الجربية في القرن العشرين | A Preliminary List of Djerbian Libraries in the 20th century
Author: ibadistudies
Ibadi Studies Panel at MESA in Boston next week
Apologies for having not yet written anything new on Ibadi manuscript libraries. But part of the reason for the silence has been that I have been preparing for an Ibadi Studies panel at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) to be held next week in Boston. Details on the panel, entitled … Continue reading Ibadi Studies Panel at MESA in Boston next week
Dissertation Available Online | الأطروحة موجودة في الإنترنت
I am currently preparing another post on private Ibadi manuscript libraries on the island of Djerba in Tunisia but wanted to pass along the link to my PhD dissertation from the University of Michigan. The entire text is now available through the university's online archive: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/133230 أحضّر حاليا مقالا جديدا حول المكتبات الإباضية الخاصّة في … Continue reading Dissertation Available Online | الأطروحة موجودة في الإنترنت
The (Almost) Lost Siyar of Jabal Nafusa | سير مشائخ جبل نفوسة (التي كادت تُفقد)
Manuscript copy of the Kitāb sīrat ahl nafūsa written in the hand of Maḥmūd b. Sālim b. Yaʿqūb and dated 21 August 1974. Source: al-Bughṭūrī, Siyar mashāʾikh jabal nafūsa, ed. T.A. al-Shaqrūnī (Tawalt Editions, 2009), 19. This post is devoted to the very recent manuscript history of a medieval work of siyar known as the … Continue reading The (Almost) Lost Siyar of Jabal Nafusa | سير مشائخ جبل نفوسة (التي كادت تُفقد)
A Letter from the archive about Sedrata and Abū Zakariyā al-Warjalānī | رسالة من الأرشيف حول سدراتة وأبي زكرياء الورجلاني
While working through the private archive of French Orientalist Roger LeTourneau (d. 1971) at the Archives nationales d'outre mer (ANOM) in Aix-en-Provence last year, I came across an unexpected letter. [1] The letter was in a folder containing materials used to prepare LeTourneau and H.R. Idris' translation of the Ibadi text known as the Kitāb … Continue reading A Letter from the archive about Sedrata and Abū Zakariyā al-Warjalānī | رسالة من الأرشيف حول سدراتة وأبي زكرياء الورجلاني
Amr Ennami in Michigan |المرحوم الدكتور عمرو النامي في ميشيغان
One of my first introductions to Ibadi studies was the well-known dissertation of the Libyan historian 'Amr Khalifa Ennami from Cambridge University in 1971. Ennami holds a important place in the history of Ibadi Studies because he introduced many Anglophones to Ibadis for the first time. Like many English-speaking readers, I encountered the book in … Continue reading Amr Ennami in Michigan |المرحوم الدكتور عمرو النامي في ميشيغان
Updating the Site | تجديد الموقع
Over the next few weeks, I am going to be updating the site and preparing to post some of the things I have been working on relating to research. Thanks for your patience.في الأسابيع القادمة سأجدّد مضمون الموقع وأحضّر البحوث الجديدة إن شاء الله. شكرا على الصبر
Ibadi Manuscripts at the Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie | المخطوطات الإباضية في المكتبة الوطنية التونسية
My article on Ibadi Manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale de Tunisie appears this month in the Journal of Islamic Manuscripts: an abstract is available here.صدرت المجلّة للمخطوطات الإسلامية مقالتي حول المخطوطات الإباضية في المكتبة الوطنية التونسية هذا الشهر. الملخّص متوفّر هنا
Dissertation Abstract Updated (Final Version) | وضع ملخص جديد للأطروحة
I have not been posting many new items lately mainly because I have been in the process of finishing my dissertation. I have re-posted the abstract to the "Dissertation" section of the page. The project is coming to a close and I will be defending at the end of this month. After that, I hope … Continue reading Dissertation Abstract Updated (Final Version) | وضع ملخص جديد للأطروحة
Al-Bārūnī Library in Djerba | فتح المكتبة البارونية في جربة
A quick note that the new location for the Barouniyya library in Djerba, Tunisia, opened last week on the 5th of March. I have not had the chance to visit personally but the library posted a photograph of the new site on its Facebook page here.ملاحظة سريعة أنّ المقرّ الجديد للمكتبة البارونية في جربة (تونس) … Continue reading Al-Bārūnī Library in Djerba | فتح المكتبة البارونية في جربة
Ibadi Studies | دراسات إباضية 