The story of the journey with Iblis of the Yemeni Sheikh Abdullah in the Malay "Tale of Merong Mahavangsa"
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22219755 |
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| Authors | Liubov Goriaeva (0000-0002-4744-6005, Institute of Oriental Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 676-698 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Orientalistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2618-7043 • E-ISSN: 2687-0738 |
| Publisher | Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31696/2618-7043-2022-5-3-676-698 |
| OpenAlex | W4308008864 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The narration about the embracing of the Islamic Creed by non-Muslims is often an essential episode in many Malay chronicles. In the «Tale of Merong Mahavangsa» (Chronicles of the Kedah kingdom), this is a separate episode. This is a kind of "framed story", with dramatis personae such as Sheikh Abdullah Yemeni and his fellow traveller and antagonist Iblis, the chief of evil spirits. Before the Sheikh’s eyes, unfolds a series of episodes where the "enemy of mankind" demonstrates its power over man as well as his methods of seducing people from the true path. The climax of this plot is the rebellion of the sheikh, who no longer wants to see the devil tormenting his people, as well as the conversion to Islam of the Kedah ruler and all his subjects. The frame story of Sheikh Abdullah’s journey with Iblis and the mention of real existing characters: several generations of rulers of Kedah and Sheikh Nuruddin al-Raniri, Gujarati philosopher and writer, allows to date it to the mid-17 th century
Ancient history · Art · Creed · Islam · Literature · Malay · Narrative · Ruler · Sufism · Theology · Urdu · Asian Studies and History · Education and Islamic Studies · History · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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