Local Knowledge for a Prince
A Maqāma on the Miracles of Water
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22029601 |
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| Authors | Maurice Pomerantz (0000-0002-9982-8558, Crossroads College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-79 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Intellectual History of the Islamicate World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2212-9421 • E-ISSN: 2212-943X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/2212943x-12340003 |
| OpenAlex | W4293589171 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This article discusses the Maqāma Miyāhiyya (A Maqāma on the Waters) of al-Ḥasan b. Abī Muḥammad al-Ṣafadī as an example of a work that offers geographical knowledge about well-known places to a courtly circle of recipients. The maqāma is found in al-Ṣafadī’s collection of thirty maqāmāt , the Maqāmāt Ǧalāliyya , which was dedicated to the famed ruler of Hama, al-Malik al-Muʾayyad Abū l-Fidāʾ (672/1273–732/1332). The Maqāma Miyāhiyya discusses the rivers of the Mamluk domains in quantitative terms (a comparison of their weights) and then juxtaposes this section with a long poem in raǧaz meter describing the magical properties of springs, lakes, and rivers in Mamluk territory. As such, it represents the way al-Ṣafadī employed local geographical knowledge that he gained through his experience as an administrator in courtly contexts
Ancient history · Art · Literature · Mamluk · Poetry · Ruler · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Computer Science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Islamic Studies and History
| Highly cited | No |
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