A copy of the Kitāb al-īḍāḥ and accompanying gloss, from the Gouja family library in Djerba, Tunisia. In my recent book, the Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo, I used the library of the Ibadi trade agency, school, and library known as the Wikālat al-Jāmūs (what I call the 'Buffalo Agency') to tell the social history of … Continue reading Which books has Saʿid al-Shammakhi (d.1883) read? Let him tell you about it. | ما هي الكتب التي قرأها سعيد الشماخي؟ دعه هو يعلمك بها
Buffalo Agency (Wikālat al-Jāmūs)
An Ibadi Tafsir at the British Library | نسخة من تفسير هود الهواري في المكتبة البريطانية
Last summer, in a series of email exchanges, colleagues Dr. Aurélien Montel (Maître de Conférence, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès) , Mr. Soufien Mestaoui (Director, Ibadica), and Dr. Michael Erdman (Head, Middle Eastern & Central Asian Collection, The British Library) together identified an exciting copy of the Maghribi Ibadi tafsir, known as the Tafsīr Hūd … Continue reading An Ibadi Tafsir at the British Library | نسخة من تفسير هود الهواري في المكتبة البريطانية
Upcoming book talk in Tunis on 5 Jan | تقديم حول “الإباضية العثمانيون في القاهرة” في تونس 4 جانفي
I am delighted to have the opportunity to share some of the research behind my most recent book, The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo (Cambridge Univ Press, 2023) at Columbia University's Global Center in Tunis, Tunisia. If you're in the area, please join us at 4:30PM on Friday 5 January. يسعدني أن تكون لدي الفرصة قريبا … Continue reading Upcoming book talk in Tunis on 5 Jan | تقديم حول “الإباضية العثمانيون في القاهرة” في تونس 4 جانفي
Coming Soon: The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo | قريبا: إباضية القاهرة العثمانيون
Source: Cambridge University Press My forthcoming book, entitled The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo now shows as "coming soon" on the Cambridge University Press website. The book offers a social history of the Ibadi communities of Cairo from the 17th to the early 20th centuries through the story of a trade agency, school, and library known … Continue reading Coming Soon: The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo | قريبا: إباضية القاهرة العثمانيون
A surprising lithograph at the American University in Cairo | طبعة حجرية إباضية في مكتبة الجامعة الأمريكية في القاهرة
Unable to travel lately, I have been searching for Ibadi lithographs listed in research libraries online. .. I did not anticipate [finding] the former owner of these volumes...
Ibadi Manuscripts at the Dār al-Kutub in Egypt (Part 1)| المخطوطات الإباضية في دار الكتب المصرية (الجزء الأول)
A couple of years ago, I received a photocopy of some handwritten notes on Ibadi manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library, the Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣriyya (Figure 1). The notes are dated 1408/1988 in Cairo, where the copyist was sitting at the library with a copy of A. Fuʾād Sayyid's catalog of recent (between 1936-55) acquisitions … Continue reading Ibadi Manuscripts at the Dār al-Kutub in Egypt (Part 1)| المخطوطات الإباضية في دار الكتب المصرية (الجزء الأول)
Podcast Interview on “Maghrib in Past & Present” | مقابلة في سلسلة “المغرب في الماضي والحاضر”ـ
A quick note that a podcast interview I did while doing research in Tunisia last summer is now available on the "Maghrib in Past & Present" podcast. If you have not encountered the podcast series yet, you're in for a treat. It offers podcast lectures and interviews with emerging and established scholars of the Maghrib … Continue reading Podcast Interview on “Maghrib in Past & Present” | مقابلة في سلسلة “المغرب في الماضي والحاضر”ـ
The library of Ibadi historian Saʿīd b. ʿAlī b. Taʿārīt (d.1289/1872) | مكتبة المؤرّخ الإباضي سعيد بن علي بن تعاريت
Saʿīd b. ʿAlī b. Taʿārit (d.1289/1872) occupies an important place in the history and historiography of Ibadi communities in the Maghrib as the author of The Epistle on the History of Jerba (Risāla fī taʾrīkh Jarba). This work, which he completed in 1273/1856, fills in a lot of gaps in the time between the end … Continue reading The library of Ibadi historian Saʿīd b. ʿAlī b. Taʿārīt (d.1289/1872) | مكتبة المؤرّخ الإباضي سعيد بن علي بن تعاريت
Upcoming talk at NYU on Ibadis in Ottoman Cairo | محاضرة حول الإباضية في القاهرة العثمانية بجامعة نيو يورك
A quick note that I will be giving a talk the Maghribi Ibadi community of Ottoman Cairo on 4 March 2020 at New York University's Silsila Center for Material Histories. Details and a sign up to attend can be found here on their website. إعلان سريع بأنّني سألقي محاضرة حول المجتمع الإباضية في القاهرة العثمانية … Continue reading Upcoming talk at NYU on Ibadis in Ottoman Cairo | محاضرة حول الإباضية في القاهرة العثمانية بجامعة نيو يورك
Ibadi Manuscripts in non-Ibadi Libraries | المخطوطات الإباضية بالمكتبات غير الإباضية
Ibadi libraries, almost without exception, house non-Ibadi books. Sometimes, Ibadi-owned libraries held hundreds of titles by non-Ibadi authors and those titles far outnumbered the Ibadi ones. When an Ibadi manuscript appears in a non-Ibadi library, however, that is something to write home about. A manuscript from the El Trouk Mosque library in Houmet Souk, Jerba … Continue reading Ibadi Manuscripts in non-Ibadi Libraries | المخطوطات الإباضية بالمكتبات غير الإباضية
Ibadi Studies | دراسات إباضية 