The travelogue of a Moroccan ambassador to Charles II, 1690-91

The Seville MS

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3979655
AutoresLucile Beck (0000-0002-8718-6818, Mount Allison University, autor correspondente), Lauren Beck
Ano2015
Volume20
Fascículo2
Páginas284-302
Data de publicação2015-03-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13629387.2014.978301
OpenAlexW2115974443
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas7

An unpublished manuscript, containing a unique version of a travelogue, documented the travels of a Moroccan ambassador to the court of Charles II in 1690–91 to negotiate a prisoner exchange as well as the return of a number of Arabic-language manuscripts held at the royal palace near Madrid. After summarising and comparing the travelogue to other known copies, this article explores how this narrative came to reside at the University of Seville's archive. Seeking answers to this question, the reader is transported to the Franciscan missions in Morocco where nineteenth-century missionaries studied the Arabic language. Maghrebi- and Arabic-language documents were subsequently smuggled into Spain by the missionaries. Al-Ghassani's narrative of discovery transformed into an opportunity for missionaries and government officials to discover historical perspectives and knowledge about Spain

Ancient history · Arabic · Art · Government (linguistics · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Classics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy