I have just posted a new section under the 'Ibāḍī Networks' tab. The section presents an example of how my dissertation is working closely with each of the major Ibāḍī biographical dictionaries (11th-16th centuries) and thinking about their oral and written sources. While the previous section addressed the geographic distribution of Ibāḍī scholars, this section … Continue reading Thinking about Sources| إعادة التفكير في المصادر

I have now posted some new graphs showing the geographic distribution of Ibāḍī scholars in the Maghrib (6th-12th centuries) under the "Ibāḍī Networks" page. These are not meant to be exact reflections of reality; rather, I think they represent some broad trends of geographic concentration of Ibāḍī communities in the region over several centuries.

I have been experimenting with an open source network mapping software called Gephi (website here) in order to map Ibāḍī networks in North Africa in time and space. The results of that experiment are now available under the "Ibāḍī Networks" tab.منذ ثلاثة أسابيع، أجرّب رسم الشبكات العلمية بين الأعلام الإباضية استخداما لبرنامج يدعى "جيفي"موقع البرنامج  … Continue reading Mapping Ibāḍī Scholars across the Centuries: Experimental Stage 1

I have now updated the 'Dissertation Abstract' page in order to share the outline of my dissertation project on Ibāḍī intellectual and commercial networks in the medieval Maghrib (available under the 'Dissertation Abstract' tab above). I will be posting an Arabic version of the abstract in the next week or so.قد أضفت الإطار العام لأطروحتي … Continue reading Dissertation Abstract Updated

Just a quick post on the very exciting news that the island of Djerba in southern Tunisia, home to Ibāḍī communities since at least the eighth century, will join the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites: Click here for more.A recent Al-Jazeera documentary on Ibāḍīs in Djerba is also available on YouTube here.

As a follow-up on the previous post on Ibāḍī manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Tunis, I am posting a list of those MSS that I have had a chance to examine. I am currently working on an article in which I will provide full descriptions and sketches of watermarks for all eight manuscripts.تعليقا على … Continue reading List of Ibāḍī Manuscripts at BNT in Tunis | قائمة المخطوطات الإباضية في المكتبة الوطنية التونسية

Over the past few years there has been an exciting resurgence of interest in Ibāḍī history, theology and law. As a result, a few academic conferences have recently been held that have brought together specialists from Europe, North America, North Africa and the Middle East. Below is a list of recent conferences on Ibadism as … Continue reading Recent Conferences on Ibadism

Since the beginning of June, I have been paying regular visits to the Bibliothèque Nationale de Tunisie (BNT) in Tunis to take a look at a handful of manuscripts by Ibadi authors. Some of these manuscripts have been cited and used by modern historians writing in Arabic but none have been cited (to my knowledge) … Continue reading Ibadi MSS at the Bibliothèque Nationale de Tunisie