Mehdi Berriah
Biographic Data
| ID | 6596049 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mehdi Berriah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mehdi |
| FAMILY NAME | Berriah |
| SIGNATURE | BERRIAH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8701-8905 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Theology of Self-Sacrifice in jihad
The question of jihad in Ibn Taymiyya’s work and its contemporary relevance has captured scholarly interest in recent years. Among Ibn Taymiyya’s writings on jihad, which offer significant research opportunities and have been little studied, is the short treatise commonly titled: Qāʿida fī l-inġimās fī l-ʿaduww wa-hal yubāḥ ( A Rule on Plunging into the Enemy: Is this Permitted? ). Ibn Taymiyya addresses the issue ( masʾala ) of a fighter (or gro…
Political Thought in the Mamluk Period
This book examines the history of political thought in the late Ayyubid and early Mamluk periods. Through an analysis of the concerns and solutions developed by five theorists of Muslim law (Badr al-Dīn b. Jamāʿa, Ibn Talḥa, Shihāb al-Dīn al-Qarāfī, the anonymos author of al-Misbaḥ and Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī) in the Syrian-Egyptian region, Mohamad El-Merheb sheds light on the way in which these theorists attempted to answer the following cardinal qu…
Histoire du djihad
Ce livre propose une histoire du concept du jihad du Moyen Âge à l’avènement de Daech (acronyme arabe pour « État islamique en Iraq et au Sham »). L’auteur étudie le sujet à travers une approche croisée : historique, islamologique, sémiologique, anthropologique et géopolitique.En Occident, les actions d’envergure de l’organisation terroriste d’al-Qaïda, puis celles, plus récentes, de Daech « seraient représentati[ve]s d’une ultra violence propre …
Chauki Lazhar, Vicegerency in Islamic Thought and Scripture
This book by Chauki Lazhar, Assistant Professor in Islamic Sciences at Qatar University, is based on a thesis of Islamic Law and Theology defended in 2020 at University of Abderdeen. Through a theological lens, the author examines the concept of vice vicegerency and its use in contemporary Muslim thought in the light of the Qur’anic text, prophetic tradition and, to a lesser extent, classical religious literature. The theme is part of contemporar…
Ambiguity and confusion around the celebration of the Mawlid
As the supposed date of the birth of Prophet Muḥammad approaches, the debate within the Muslim community about the legality or permissibility of celebrating the birth of the Prophet (Mawlid) of Islam opens up each year: condemnable bidʿa (innovation) to some since neither the Prophet nor his Companions celebrated it during their lifetime ; Bidʿa ḥasana (good innovation) for others who see this event as an opportunity to show respect and love for …
Mustafa Banister, The Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo, 1261‒1517. Out of the Shadows
This book examines the last chapter of the history of the Abbasid Caliphate, which took place, in Cairo during the two and a half centuries (659‒923/1261‒1517) following the demise of the caliphate in Baghdad at the hands of the Mongols (659‒923/1261‒1517). This is the broader inter-regional and socio-political context of the Mamluk Sultanate, which the author chooses to call the Cairo Sultanate following the lead of Jo Van Steenbergen (p. 1). Th…
La théorie militaire sassanide
Sasanian military theory has not been studied in depth since C. A. Inostrancev’s paper, published in 1926, which proposed a translation of the Persian Ēwēn-nāmag cited by Ibn Qutayba in the ‘Uyūn al-aḫbār. This article offers a reassessment of this topic and aims to give a wider look at the theoretical sources which were part of the Iranian de re militari literature. The matters covered by these documents are exposed and compared with the data co…
Clément Onimus, Les maîtres du jeu. Pouvoir et violence politique à l’aube du sultanat mamlouk circassien (784-815/1382-1412)
qui traite de la question du conflit et de l'organisation de l'lite mamelouke, la priode dite barqqide qui couvre les annes 784/1382 815/1412, correspondantes aux rgnes du sultan al-Zhir Barqq (m. 801/1389) et de son fils al-Nir Farj (m. 815/1412). Ce travail s'inscrit dans la continuit de ceux raliss, antrieurement, par plusieurs chercheurs (entre autres, Irina Lapidus, Michael
Ibn Taymiyya's Conception of Jihad
The question of jihad is fundamental to Ibn Taymiyya since he is one of the theologians of the Mamluk period—and probably of the entire medieval period—who wrote the most on this subject. Jihad was an essential part of the life of the famous theologian of Damascus, who took part in the Mamluk war effort as a volunteer in various expeditions. Over the last decades, scholars have been interested in the issue of jihad in Ibn Taymiyya and have highli…
Some New Insights regarding Mamluk Siege Artillery (7th–8th/13th–14th centuries)
The conquest of the Frankish and Armenian fortresses attests to the high level of mastery achieved by the Mamluk army in the art of siege warfare. In addition to the large number of places they conquered, the short duration of their sieges raises the question of the process and phases of the Mamluk army’s sieges, the presence of specialized corps (sappers, artificers), and above all their use of artillery. Had the Mamluks not used heavy artillery…
ʿAyn Ǧālūt (658/1260). Re‐evaluating a So‐called Decisive Battle
The Mamluk victory at ʿAyn Ǧālūt on 25 Ramaḍān 658/3 September 1260 is certainly one of the most famous events in the history of the Mamluk‐Ilkhanid war. It has been the subject of numerous works and fueled a rich debate among scholars. Although the facts overall are fairly well‐known, there remain several grey areas and some important questions are still unanswered. By comparing Arabic, Latin, Armenian, Persian and Syriac chronicles, this articl…
William Granara, Narrating Muslim Sicily. War and Peace in the Medieval Mediterranean World
Comme le titre l’indique, le livre se donne pour objet l’écriture et la perception de l’histoire de la Sicile musulmane par les auteurs musulmans médiévaux. La problématique générale qui sert de fil conducteur à l’ouvrage peut être exprimée de la manière suivante : comment les auteurs musulmans qui furent témoins des débuts de la conquête perçurent-ils l’île d’un point de vue historique ou mémoriel, et comment ceux plus tardifs ont-ils travaillé,…
Eychenne Mathieu, PRADINES Stéphane et Zouache Abbès (dir.), Guerre et paix dans le Proche-Orient médiéval (xe-xve siècle)
Ce volume rassemble les actes du second colloque du programme de recherche « Guerre et paix dans le Proche-Orient médiéval » qui a eu lieu au Caire en décembre 2011et était dirigé par Mathieu Eychenne, Stéphane Pradines et Abbès Zouache. Le premier colloque, tenu en novembre 2010 à Damas, a fait l’objet d’une publication en 2015. La publication du second, retardée pour diverses raisons, était donc très attendue. Les études sur le fait guerrier da…
The Mamluk Sultanate and the Mamluks seen by Ibn Taymiyya
Indubitably, Ibn Taymiyya is among those medieval Muslim theologians who have aroused the most interest in modern Western and Arab scholarship. This interest in Ibn Taymiyya has led to the production of a considerable number of academic works. While his fatwas and positions on dogmatic, legal, philosophical, and political questions are beginning to become well‐known, his position and vision concerning Mamluk power have been less frequently invest…
Jean‐François Breton et François Villeneuve, préface Mounir Arbach. La guerre en Arabie antique. Actes des XXIIe Rencontres Sabéennes
Cet ouvrage est la publication des actes des 22e Rencontres Sabéennes, consacrées au thème de la guerre en Arabie antique, qui se sont tenues au Musée d’Archéologie Nationale de Saint‐Germain‐en‐Laye le 23 juin 2018. Comme les éditeurs du livre le rappellent, cette publication intervient dans le contexte de la guerre au Yémen et constitue une marque d’attache à ce pays et à son héritage culturel, et de solidarité avec son peuple qui souffre depui…
Représentations, sunnanisation et sacralisation de la furūsiyya à l’époque mamelouke (xiiie‐xvie siècle)
Cavaliers hors pair, les Mamelouks furent les maîtres incontestés de la furūsiyya à leur époque. Résultat de la combinaison de différentes cultures équestres et guerrières, cet art, que l’on peut qualifier de martial, fut porté à son apogée par les Mamelouks qui en firent, par sa pratique régulière, une distinction sociale comme l’a démontré A. Carayon en 2012. Le présent article tente de faire la lumière sur les enjeux de la furūsiyya. Au‐delà d…
Un aspect de l’art de la guerre de l’armée mamelouke
Le dimanche 3 ramaḍān 702/21 avril 1303, à Šaqḥab, une localité située à une quarantaine de kilomètres au sud de Damas, les Mamelouks vainquirent l’armée ilkhanide après deux jours de rudes combats. Cette nouvelle défaite des Mongols ilkhanides marqua la fin de tout espoir pour ces derniers de reconquérir un jour la Syrie. Outre la victoire, la manière par laquelle les Mamelouks battirent leurs ennemis, plus nombreux, démontre, à bien des égards,…
Reuven Amitai, Holy War and Rapprochement. Studies in the Relation between the Mamluk Sultanate and the Mongol Ilkhanate (1260-1335), Brepols, Turnhout, 2013, 148 p., 1 ill.
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Reuven Amitai, Holy War and Rapprochement. Studies in the Relation between the Mamluk Sultanate and the Mongol Ilkhanate (1260-1335), Brepols, Turnhout, 2013, 148 p., 1 ill.
Un aspect de l’art de la guerre de l’armée mamelouke
Le dimanche 3 ramaḍān 702/21 avril 1303, à Šaqḥab, une localité située à une quarantaine de kilomètres au sud de Damas, les Mamelouks vainquirent l’armée ilkhanide après deux jours de rudes combats. Cette nouvelle défaite des Mongols ilkhanides marqua la fin de tout espoir pour ces derniers de reconquérir un jour la Syrie. Outre la victoire, la manière par laquelle les Mamelouks battirent leurs ennemis, plus nombreux, démontre, à bien des égards,…
The Mamluk Sultanate and the Mamluks seen by Ibn Taymiyya
Indubitably, Ibn Taymiyya is among those medieval Muslim theologians who have aroused the most interest in modern Western and Arab scholarship. This interest in Ibn Taymiyya has led to the production of a considerable number of academic works. While his fatwas and positions on dogmatic, legal, philosophical, and political questions are beginning to become well‐known, his position and vision concerning Mamluk power have been less frequently invest…
Jean‐François Breton et François Villeneuve, préface Mounir Arbach. La guerre en Arabie antique. Actes des XXIIe Rencontres Sabéennes
Cet ouvrage est la publication des actes des 22e Rencontres Sabéennes, consacrées au thème de la guerre en Arabie antique, qui se sont tenues au Musée d’Archéologie Nationale de Saint‐Germain‐en‐Laye le 23 juin 2018. Comme les éditeurs du livre le rappellent, cette publication intervient dans le contexte de la guerre au Yémen et constitue une marque d’attache à ce pays et à son héritage culturel, et de solidarité avec son peuple qui souffre depui…
Représentations, sunnanisation et sacralisation de la furūsiyya à l’époque mamelouke (xiiie‐xvie siècle)
Cavaliers hors pair, les Mamelouks furent les maîtres incontestés de la furūsiyya à leur époque. Résultat de la combinaison de différentes cultures équestres et guerrières, cet art, que l’on peut qualifier de martial, fut porté à son apogée par les Mamelouks qui en firent, par sa pratique régulière, une distinction sociale comme l’a démontré A. Carayon en 2012. Le présent article tente de faire la lumière sur les enjeux de la furūsiyya. Au‐delà d…
ʿAyn Ǧālūt (658/1260). Re‐evaluating a So‐called Decisive Battle
The Mamluk victory at ʿAyn Ǧālūt on 25 Ramaḍān 658/3 September 1260 is certainly one of the most famous events in the history of the Mamluk‐Ilkhanid war. It has been the subject of numerous works and fueled a rich debate among scholars. Although the facts overall are fairly well‐known, there remain several grey areas and some important questions are still unanswered. By comparing Arabic, Latin, Armenian, Persian and Syriac chronicles, this articl…
William Granara, Narrating Muslim Sicily. War and Peace in the Medieval Mediterranean World
Comme le titre l’indique, le livre se donne pour objet l’écriture et la perception de l’histoire de la Sicile musulmane par les auteurs musulmans médiévaux. La problématique générale qui sert de fil conducteur à l’ouvrage peut être exprimée de la manière suivante : comment les auteurs musulmans qui furent témoins des débuts de la conquête perçurent-ils l’île d’un point de vue historique ou mémoriel, et comment ceux plus tardifs ont-ils travaillé,…
Eychenne Mathieu, PRADINES Stéphane et Zouache Abbès (dir.), Guerre et paix dans le Proche-Orient médiéval (xe-xve siècle)
Ce volume rassemble les actes du second colloque du programme de recherche « Guerre et paix dans le Proche-Orient médiéval » qui a eu lieu au Caire en décembre 2011et était dirigé par Mathieu Eychenne, Stéphane Pradines et Abbès Zouache. Le premier colloque, tenu en novembre 2010 à Damas, a fait l’objet d’une publication en 2015. La publication du second, retardée pour diverses raisons, était donc très attendue. Les études sur le fait guerrier da…
La théorie militaire sassanide
Sasanian military theory has not been studied in depth since C. A. Inostrancev’s paper, published in 1926, which proposed a translation of the Persian Ēwēn-nāmag cited by Ibn Qutayba in the ‘Uyūn al-aḫbār. This article offers a reassessment of this topic and aims to give a wider look at the theoretical sources which were part of the Iranian de re militari literature. The matters covered by these documents are exposed and compared with the data co…
Clément Onimus, Les maîtres du jeu. Pouvoir et violence politique à l’aube du sultanat mamlouk circassien (784-815/1382-1412)
qui traite de la question du conflit et de l'organisation de l'lite mamelouke, la priode dite barqqide qui couvre les annes 784/1382 815/1412, correspondantes aux rgnes du sultan al-Zhir Barqq (m. 801/1389) et de son fils al-Nir Farj (m. 815/1412). Ce travail s'inscrit dans la continuit de ceux raliss, antrieurement, par plusieurs chercheurs (entre autres, Irina Lapidus, Michael
Ibn Taymiyya's Conception of Jihad
The question of jihad is fundamental to Ibn Taymiyya since he is one of the theologians of the Mamluk period—and probably of the entire medieval period—who wrote the most on this subject. Jihad was an essential part of the life of the famous theologian of Damascus, who took part in the Mamluk war effort as a volunteer in various expeditions. Over the last decades, scholars have been interested in the issue of jihad in Ibn Taymiyya and have highli…
Some New Insights regarding Mamluk Siege Artillery (7th–8th/13th–14th centuries)
The conquest of the Frankish and Armenian fortresses attests to the high level of mastery achieved by the Mamluk army in the art of siege warfare. In addition to the large number of places they conquered, the short duration of their sieges raises the question of the process and phases of the Mamluk army’s sieges, the presence of specialized corps (sappers, artificers), and above all their use of artillery. Had the Mamluks not used heavy artillery…
Mustafa Banister, The Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo, 1261‒1517. Out of the Shadows
This book examines the last chapter of the history of the Abbasid Caliphate, which took place, in Cairo during the two and a half centuries (659‒923/1261‒1517) following the demise of the caliphate in Baghdad at the hands of the Mongols (659‒923/1261‒1517). This is the broader inter-regional and socio-political context of the Mamluk Sultanate, which the author chooses to call the Cairo Sultanate following the lead of Jo Van Steenbergen (p. 1). Th…
Chauki Lazhar, Vicegerency in Islamic Thought and Scripture
This book by Chauki Lazhar, Assistant Professor in Islamic Sciences at Qatar University, is based on a thesis of Islamic Law and Theology defended in 2020 at University of Abderdeen. Through a theological lens, the author examines the concept of vice vicegerency and its use in contemporary Muslim thought in the light of the Qur’anic text, prophetic tradition and, to a lesser extent, classical religious literature. The theme is part of contemporar…
Ambiguity and confusion around the celebration of the Mawlid
As the supposed date of the birth of Prophet Muḥammad approaches, the debate within the Muslim community about the legality or permissibility of celebrating the birth of the Prophet (Mawlid) of Islam opens up each year: condemnable bidʿa (innovation) to some since neither the Prophet nor his Companions celebrated it during their lifetime ; Bidʿa ḥasana (good innovation) for others who see this event as an opportunity to show respect and love for …
Political Thought in the Mamluk Period
This book examines the history of political thought in the late Ayyubid and early Mamluk periods. Through an analysis of the concerns and solutions developed by five theorists of Muslim law (Badr al-Dīn b. Jamāʿa, Ibn Talḥa, Shihāb al-Dīn al-Qarāfī, the anonymos author of al-Misbaḥ and Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī) in the Syrian-Egyptian region, Mohamad El-Merheb sheds light on the way in which these theorists attempted to answer the following cardinal qu…
Histoire du djihad
Ce livre propose une histoire du concept du jihad du Moyen Âge à l’avènement de Daech (acronyme arabe pour « État islamique en Iraq et au Sham »). L’auteur étudie le sujet à travers une approche croisée : historique, islamologique, sémiologique, anthropologique et géopolitique.En Occident, les actions d’envergure de l’organisation terroriste d’al-Qaïda, puis celles, plus récentes, de Daech « seraient représentati[ve]s d’une ultra violence propre …
The Theology of Self-Sacrifice in jihad
The question of jihad in Ibn Taymiyya’s work and its contemporary relevance has captured scholarly interest in recent years. Among Ibn Taymiyya’s writings on jihad, which offer significant research opportunities and have been little studied, is the short treatise commonly titled: Qāʿida fī l-inġimās fī l-ʿaduww wa-hal yubāḥ ( A Rule on Plunging into the Enemy: Is this Permitted? ). Ibn Taymiyya addresses the issue ( masʾala ) of a fighter (or gro…
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