Vol. 9 No. 018 (2023): Issue 018

غلاف العدد 18 من دورية أسطور

Issue 18 of Ostour for Historical Studies (2023) includes the following studies and articles: “The Problem of Hadith Codification: The History of the” (Mohamed Jamal Barout); “The Catastrophe of Abū Ayyūb al-Mūryānī: Ahvazi Vizier in the Court of the Abbasid Caliphate” (Aref Abdollah Nasr); “Approaching Historical Demography Through Biographical Dictionaries: The Scholars of 8-9th Century AH/14-15th Century CE as an Example” (Hichem Smair); “Pig breeding in Morocco during the nineteenth century: a study in the history of taboos” (Bouzid Laghla); “Representations of the Ottoman-Turkish Past in Arabic Discourse and the Formation of the Collective Arab Memory: The Case of MK Atatürk” (Soumaya Louhichi); “Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas” (Quentin Skinner, Ali Hakim Saleh); “Emergency Telephone: The June 1967 War and Its Impact on Nablus as Reflected in the Correspondence between Hamdi Kanaan and Akram Zuaytir” (Bilal Mohammed Shalash); “The Moroccan Experience of Writing Morocco's Economic History in the Modern Period” (Othman Emansouri); “Writing Economic History in Morocco: The Path of Production and the Question of Method” (Tayeb Biad); “Women's Echo in Moroccan Historical Writings: Initial Findings of Historical Research” (Latifa El Bouhsini); “The Paths of Social History in the Moroccan University My Experience of Researching the Topic of Slavery in the Medieval Islamic West” (Abdelilah Benmlih); “Review of The Sociology of Values, the Ethics of Society and Authority in Andalusia and Medieval Morocco” (Abdelhadi El Biade); “Review of From the Memory of the Oasis of Figuig: A Documentary Collection (1882-1912)” (Ahmed Bouhsane).

Published: 2023-07-01

Studies

  • The Problem of Hadith Codification: The History of the

    Author: Mohamed Jamal Barout

    After the era of hadith codification that began in the second century AH/eighth century CE, hadith spread among the various Islamic sects-Sunni, Shi'i, Ibadhi and Mu'tazili-as did the hadith of...

  • The Catastrophe of Abū Ayyūb al-Mūryānī: Ahvazi Vizier in the Court of the Abbasid Caliphate

    Author: Aref Abdollah Nasr

    An important figure in the Umayyad and Abbasid eras, Abū Ayyūb al-Mūryānī first entered the diwan of the Abbasid caliphate as a clerk before going on to hold a series of prestigious positions...

  • Approaching Historical Demography Through Biographical Dictionaries: The Scholars of 8-9th Century AH/14-15th Century CE as an Example

    Author: Hichem Smair

    It is difficult to talk about the historical demography of the Maghreb region before the eleventh century AH/ seventeenth century CE due to the dearth of records and statistics on population,...

  • Pig breeding in Morocco during the nineteenth century: a study in the history of taboos

    Author: Bouzid Laghla

    This study conducts a historical study of taboos by shedding light on pig breeding in Morocco during the nineteenth century, which was spread with European influence as an income generating...

  • Representations of the Ottoman-Turkish Past in Arabic Discourse and the Formation of the Collective Arab Memory: The Case of MK Atatürk

    Author: Soumaya Louhichi

    A review of Arabic publications on modern Turkey since the 1970s and their portrayal of the founder of the republic, MK Atatürk (1881-1938), reveals a rather negative image, and the reader is...

Documents and Texts

  • Emergency Telephone: The June 1967 War and Its Impact on Nablus as Reflected in the Correspondence between Hamdi Kanaan and Akram Zuaytir

    Author: Bilal Mohammed Shalash

    This study examines the correspondence that took place between Hamdi Kanaan and Akram Zuaytir during the weeks and months immediately following the June 1967 War. Their exchange sheds light on...

Translations

  • Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas

    Authors: Quentin Skinner, Ali Hakim Saleh

    This study examines central methodological assumptions in the field of the history and critique of ideas, exposing their incoherence. It discusses the ways in which historians and theorists,...

Book Reviews

  • Review of The Sociology of Values, the Ethics of Society and Authority in Andalusia and Medieval Morocco

    Author: Abdelhadi El Biade

    Author: Said Ben Hamada. Book title: The Sociology of Values, the Ethics of Society and Authority in Andalusia and Medieval Morocco . Publisher: Cairo: Dar Roueya for Publishing and...

  • Review of From the Memory of the Oasis of Figuig: A Documentary Collection (1882-1912)

    Author: Ahmed Bouhsane

    Author: Akasha Berhab. Book title: From the Memory of the Oasis of Figuig: A Documentary Collection (1882-1912) . Publisher: Rabat: Dar Abi Rakrak for Printing and Publishing. Date of...

Ostour Symposium

  • ملاحظات تمهيدية: تأملات في البحث في التاريخ الاقتصادي

    Author: نور الدين العوفي
  • The Moroccan Experience of Writing Morocco's Economic History in the Modern Period

    Author: Othman Emansouri

    تهدف هذه الورقة إلى تقديم صورة عن كتابة التاريخ الاقتصادي في المغرب بصفة عامة، ثم في الفترة الحديثة على الخصوص؛ من أجل التعريف بهذا المجال الذي يكاد يكون مجهولًا من لدُن العديد من الباحثين...

  • Writing Economic History in Morocco: The Path of Production and the Question of Method

    Author: Tayeb Biad

    تسعى هذه الورقة إلى تتبع تجربة المؤرخين المغاربة ورصدها من جهة التعامل مع موضوعات ذات طبيعة اقتصادية، وذلك عَبْر معالجة تستهدف النظر في هذا المسار من خلال علاقته بسؤال المنهج؛ أيْ: إلى أيِّ حدٍّ...

  • Women's Echo in Moroccan Historical Writings: Initial Findings of Historical Research

    Author: Latifa El Bouhsini

    تحاول هذه الورقة إبراز مكانة الإستوغرافيا المهتمة بتاريخ النساء ضمن الانشغالات التاريخية العامة في المغرب. وتسعى إلى التعريف بالكتابة التاريخية المغربية المتعلقة بالنساء. وتقف الورقة على ثلاثة...

  • The Paths of Social History in the Moroccan University My Experience of Researching the Topic of Slavery in the Medieval Islamic West

    Author: Abdelilah Benmlih

    تحاول هذه الورقة الوقوف، على نحو فاحصٍ، على ما يمكن أن نسميه الإنتاج التاريخي المعرفي المتعلق بالرقيق في المجتمع المغربي. وهي ورقة ستثير العديد من القضايا والمسائل، وذلك في إطار عرض التجربة...