The Qadi Al-Fadil (ePub)
The Eminent Judge
(Sprache: Englisch)
This is a historical novel written to introduce the young adult to the world of medieval Islam. The protagonist in this story, al-Qadi al-Fadil, started his career working for the chancery of Medieval Egypt, then functioned as a judge and finally ended up...
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This is a historical novel written to introduce the young adult to the world of medieval Islam. The protagonist in this story, al-Qadi al-Fadil, started his career working for the chancery of Medieval Egypt, then functioned as a judge and finally ended up as the advisor to the Sultan Salah al-Din. This tale is based on a story that tells of how the famous Chancellor befriended the well-known Jewish physician philosopher Moses Maimonides. Moses, or Musa Ibn Maimun, as he was known in the Arab world, was born in Cordoba Spain, but moved with his father first to Morocco, where the whole family was apparently forced to convert to Islam, and then to Egypt. Importantly, it was as a member of the Jewish community that the family of Maimonides was made welcome in Egypt.
We have very little information regarding the events that led to the Qadi al-Fadil's defense of Musa Ibn Maimun. I have built a story around the incident with the hope of introducing my reader to life in the Medieval Islamic world. I have tried to be historical in the presentation of this material, but there is no denying that my imagination has had the upper hand. My hope is that it would lead the young reader to investigate this period of history with more interest.
Suada
October 2012
We have very little information regarding the events that led to the Qadi al-Fadil's defense of Musa Ibn Maimun. I have built a story around the incident with the hope of introducing my reader to life in the Medieval Islamic world. I have tried to be historical in the presentation of this material, but there is no denying that my imagination has had the upper hand. My hope is that it would lead the young reader to investigate this period of history with more interest.
Suada
October 2012
Autoren-Porträt von Suada
I obtained my first degree at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1970. Several years later I moved to the Univeristy of New Brunswick, Canada, to complete an M.A. in Political Science. From there I moved to Montreal and obtained a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from McGill University in 1995. Since then I have published several scholarly articles in journals, and encyclopaedias. My dissertation was based on the traditions compiled by Ibn Ishaq and al Waqidi. Ibn Ishaq has been made available through a translation by Guillaume. The traditions compiled by al-Waqidi closely resemble those compiled by Ibn Ishaq, and Western scholars have accused him of borrowing without acknowledging his debt.
Having studied his work I believe that the genre of his compilation essentially sought the use of recognized traditions. Its mark of originality lay in how those traditions were juxtaposed one after the other and thus interpreted in different ways.
Al-Waqidi was employed by the Abbasid caliph as a qadi or judge and even taught the Caliph's children. His knowledge of traditions regarding the Prophet is well known, and was attested by the fact that he would often act as a guide to pilgrims, informing them of the incidents that took place in different parts of Mecca and Medina. His amanuensis was the well known Ibn Sad who also compiled volumes of tradition which are acknowledged by Islamic scholars to this day. By making avatiable a translation of his work, I hope not merely to have the compiler understood, but also the genre of Maghazi wrting clarified , which I feel has been mistakenly understood as history. This work is not a historical work, but simply an attempt to provide a lucid and meaningful bringing together of the traditions concerning the Prophet and significant passages of the Quran.
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- Autor: Suada
- 2012, 146 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: AUTHORHOUSE
- ISBN-10: 1477202897
- ISBN-13: 9781477202890
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.12.2012
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