Vol. 3 No. 006 (2017): Issue 006

غلاف العدد 6 من دورية أسطور

Issue 6 of Ostour for Historical Studies (2017) includes the following studies and articles: “The Nature of Early Islamic Sources and Academics' Differing Views of their Historical Significance” (Hayet Amamo); “The Image of the Byzantines in Arabic Culture as Expressed in Language” (Mohamed Tahar Mansouri); “On the Road to the Abode of Felicity: Observations of a Damascene Scholar in Anatolia and Istanbul in 1530” (Abdul Rahim Abu Husayn, Tarek Abu Hussein); “Maghrebi Captives in Europe 1772 - 1775: From the Tunisian National Archives” (Lamjed Bouzid); “French Expeditions to the Moroccan South during the 19th Century Fact and Representation” (Mohamed Aitjamal); “The Historiography of Contemporary Events through Memoires and Personal Testimonies Significance and Research Cautions (The Case of Libya)” (Fatah Gdarh); “Witness and Historian in Morocco: Conflict or Complementarity?” (Abdelaaziz Ettahiri); “The Prose of Counter-Insurgency” (Ranajit Guha); “Scenes from the Hejaz at the End of the 19th Century: the Travels of Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Sabei 1310AH/1893AD” (Elhaj Sassioui); “Dividing the World: Centenary of Sykes-Picot” (Ostour Editorial Commitee); “From Marj Dabiq to Sykes-Picot Report on the Fourth ACRPS Annual Conference on Historical Studies” (Ghandi Mohtar); “A review of Kessrouan Campaings in Political History of Ibn Taymiyya Fatwas” (Ra'ed Alsamhouri); “A 16th-century Tunisian Atlas: A review of” (Abderrahim Benhadda); “The Ottomans and Emergence of Modernity:” (Abdelhay EL Khili).

Published: 2017-07-01

Studies

  • The Nature of Early Islamic Sources and Academics' Differing Views of their Historical Significance

    Author: Hayet Amamo
    7-21

    This paper offers a reconsideration of the Arab-Islamic resources which form the basis for Arab history. Written up to 150 years after the events they describe, the histories in question cover...

  • The Image of the Byzantines in Arabic Culture as Expressed in Language

    Author: Mohamed Tahar Mansouri
    23-32

    The history of diverse relations between Byzantium, the heir to the Roman Empire, and the Arab-Islamic world went beyond war and conflict. While war did shape the initial contacts between the...

  • On the Road to the Abode of Felicity: Observations of a Damascene Scholar in Anatolia and Istanbul in 1530

    Authors: Abdul Rahim Abu Husayn, Tarek Abu Hussein
    33-44

    This paper explores the journey of Damascene scholar Mohammed Badreddin al-Ghazi in the wake of the Ottoman conquest of the Bilad al-Sham (1530). His account gains its historical significance...

  • Maghrebi Captives in Europe 1772 - 1775: From the Tunisian National Archives

    Author: Lamjed Bouzid
    46-64

    This paper offers a survey of some of the North African captives who were held in Europe between 1772 and 1775, relying on written sources to highlight the relationship between piracy and...

  • French Expeditions to the Moroccan South during the 19th Century Fact and Representation

    Author: Mohamed Aitjamal
    65-77

    France's occupation of Algeria and Senegal created a frontier which was ideal for exploration by the country's travelers and spies on the southern rim of the Maghreb. The country aimed to find a...

  • The Historiography of Contemporary Events through Memoires and Personal Testimonies Significance and Research Cautions (The Case of Libya)

    Author: Fatah Gdarh
    79-98

    The rapid development of events in the Arab region over the past 20 years has made a treasure chest of vital primary materials available to historians and other scholars. Many of these sources...

  • Witness and Historian in Morocco: Conflict or Complementarity?

    Author: Abdelaaziz Ettahiri
    100-117

    Addressing a problem in Moroccan historical scholarship, this paper examines the dialectical relationship between witness (especially historical and political actors) and academic historian;...

Documents and Texts

  • Scenes from the Hejaz at the End of the 19th Century: the Travels of Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Sabei 1310AH/1893AD

    Author: Elhaj Sassioui
    183-200

    Travel has long been a channel for cross-fertilization between human societies. Travelogues also contribute an important resource for scholarship, offering detailed descriptions of events and...

Translations

  • The Prose of Counter-Insurgency

    Author: Ranajit Guha
    121-151

    In this renowned article, Ranajit Guha analyzes the historiography of peasant uprisings under the British Raj in India. His key thesis is that historians who have studied these movements did not...

Book Reviews

  • A review of Kessrouan Campaings in Political History of Ibn Taymiyya Fatwas

    Author: Ra'ed Alsamhouri
    155-164

    Book Title: Kessrouan Campaings in Political History of Ibn Taymiyya Fatwas Author: Mohammed Jamal Barout Publisher: ACRPS Place of publication: Doha/Beirut Date of publication: 2017 No. of...

  • A 16th-century Tunisian Atlas: A review of

    Author: Abderrahim Benhadda
    166-171

    Author: Abderrahim Benhadda. Title of the book: The Paradise of Infidels: An Ottoman Ambassador in Paris in 1721. Publisher: Dar Abi Rakrak for Printing and Publishing, Rabat, Morocco....

  • The Ottomans and Emergence of Modernity:

    Author: Abdelhay EL Khili
    172-180

    المؤلف: عبد الرحيم بنحادة عنوان الكتاب: جنّة الكفار: سفير عثماني في باريس سنة 1721 الناشر: دار أبي رقراق للطباعة والنشر، الرباط، المغرب سنة النشر: 2017 عدد الصفحات: 174صفحة

Ostour Symposium

  • Dividing the World: Centenary of Sykes-Picot

    Author: Ostour Editorial Commitee
    201-320

    Whether it comes as the result of expansionist movements or as an exercise of might, powerful states have persistently divided up the world. This division marks the world into segmented...

  • From Marj Dabiq to Sykes-Picot Report on the Fourth ACRPS Annual Conference on Historical Studies

    Author: Ghandi Mohtar
    321-337

    The ACRPS convened the fourth annual conference on historical studies. “The Arabs from Marj Dabiq to Sykes- Picot (1516-1916): Transformations in Structures of Power and Society from Sultanates...