Ali Humayun Akhtar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4793130 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ali Humayun Akhtar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ali Humayun |
| FAMILY NAME | Akhtar |
| SIGNATURE | AKHTAR A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bates College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Italy and the Islamic World
Uncovers the Italian peninsula’s legacy as a bridge between Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Traces the stories of families from the Italian peninsula as they navigated culture and conflict in the shared pursuit of commercial exchange Analyses of the lives of the Pisans, Genoese, Venetians, Florentines, Livornans, the so-called Levantines ( gli levantini ), and the Risorgimento -era Italian citizens Sheds lights on how present-day Europe,…
Malay Perspectives on Ming China during the Age of Exploration
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 95, Part 2, No. 323, December 2022
An Early Nominalist Critique of Platonic Realism
This study examines how Ibn Ḥazm (d. 456 AH/1064 CE) articulated his nominalist critique of Platonic realism in the context of a larger rejection of ontological dualism in philosophy. It draws on evidence in Al-Fiṣal fī l-Milal wa-l-Ahwāʿ wa-l-Niḥal ( The Book of Opinions on Religions, Heresies, and Sects ) and his Marātib al-ʿUlūm ( Categories of the Sciences ). In response to those who “claim to follow philosophy ( falsafa ),” and in dialogue w…
Yousef Casewit. The Mystics of al-Andalus
The study of medieval Spain and Morocco, known in Arabic as al-Andalus, has seen a revival of interest in the United States in conversation with academic trends in Europe and North Africa. Building on the work of scholars such as Vincent Cornell and Maribel Fierro, Yousef Casewit’s The Mystics of al-Andalus: Ibn Barrajān and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century approaches al-Andalus from the perspective of the region’s multifaceted intellectual…
Identifying Mysticism in Early Esoteric Scriptural Hermeneutics
Much has been written on the rise of Sufi Qurʾān exegesis (tafsīr ṣūfī) with an emphasis on the continuity of exegetical practices in mysticism across time. In a break with this analysis, some historians have called into question whether Sufi tafsīr constitutes a distinct genre of Qurʾān exegesis, particularly given the extent to which it shares analytical categories and conceptual tools with the tafsīr genre more broadly. This article sheds new …
The Political Controversy Over Graeco-Arabic Philosophy and Sufism in Nasrid Government
During the reign of the Nasrid sultan Muhammad V in 14th-century Granada, the renowned literary figure Lisan al-Din ibn al-Khatib rose to the office of vizier and chief dignitary. A text on Graeco-Arabic philosophy and Sufism that he wrote under court patronage, Rawdat al-Taʿrif fi al-Hubb al-Sharif (The Garden of Knowledge of Noble Love), became the centerpiece of a famous court case against him that led to his downfall. Historians have had diff…
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The Political Controversy Over Graeco-Arabic Philosophy and Sufism in Nasrid Government
During the reign of the Nasrid sultan Muhammad V in 14th-century Granada, the renowned literary figure Lisan al-Din ibn al-Khatib rose to the office of vizier and chief dignitary. A text on Graeco-Arabic philosophy and Sufism that he wrote under court patronage, Rawdat al-Taʿrif fi al-Hubb al-Sharif (The Garden of Knowledge of Noble Love), became the centerpiece of a famous court case against him that led to his downfall. Historians have had diff…
Identifying Mysticism in Early Esoteric Scriptural Hermeneutics
Much has been written on the rise of Sufi Qurʾān exegesis (tafsīr ṣūfī) with an emphasis on the continuity of exegetical practices in mysticism across time. In a break with this analysis, some historians have called into question whether Sufi tafsīr constitutes a distinct genre of Qurʾān exegesis, particularly given the extent to which it shares analytical categories and conceptual tools with the tafsīr genre more broadly. This article sheds new …
Yousef Casewit. The Mystics of al-Andalus
The study of medieval Spain and Morocco, known in Arabic as al-Andalus, has seen a revival of interest in the United States in conversation with academic trends in Europe and North Africa. Building on the work of scholars such as Vincent Cornell and Maribel Fierro, Yousef Casewit’s The Mystics of al-Andalus: Ibn Barrajān and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century approaches al-Andalus from the perspective of the region’s multifaceted intellectual…
An Early Nominalist Critique of Platonic Realism
This study examines how Ibn Ḥazm (d. 456 AH/1064 CE) articulated his nominalist critique of Platonic realism in the context of a larger rejection of ontological dualism in philosophy. It draws on evidence in Al-Fiṣal fī l-Milal wa-l-Ahwāʿ wa-l-Niḥal ( The Book of Opinions on Religions, Heresies, and Sects ) and his Marātib al-ʿUlūm ( Categories of the Sciences ). In response to those who “claim to follow philosophy ( falsafa ),” and in dialogue w…
Malay Perspectives on Ming China during the Age of Exploration
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 95, Part 2, No. 323, December 2022
Italy and the Islamic World
Uncovers the Italian peninsula’s legacy as a bridge between Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Traces the stories of families from the Italian peninsula as they navigated culture and conflict in the shared pursuit of commercial exchange Analyses of the lives of the Pisans, Genoese, Venetians, Florentines, Livornans, the so-called Levantines ( gli levantini ), and the Risorgimento -era Italian citizens Sheds lights on how present-day Europe,…
Islam (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 works)