Vol. 10 No. 020 (2024): Issue 020

غلاف العدد 20 من دورية أسطور

Issue 20 of Ostour for Historical Studies (2024) includes the following studies and articles: “France's Madrassas: Education as Mediator in Colonial Algeria (1850-1951)” (Ahmed Sarri); “Mu'tazilite Kalām as a Trans-religious Phenomenon: A Contextual and Observational Search for a Christian Mu'tazilite Orientation” (Najib George Awad); “The hijaba and the hujjab in Ifriqiya during the Hafsid era” (Hamed Ajili); “The Sulaha of Sijilmasa during the Almoravid and Almohad eras” (Abdelhak Tahri); “Slaves at Royal Palaces in Morocco's Tafilalt-Sijilmassa in the 19th Century” (Hassane Mharzi); “Archives et histoire: Dépasser les tournants” (Olivier Poncet, Mohammed Hatmi); “Muhammad Ali Jauhar’s Burial at the Al-Aqsa Mosque: A Model of Indian-Palestinian Relations During the British Mandate” (Farida Mohamed Ali Gamus); “Highlights on the Outcome of Archaeological Research at Ancient Historical Sites Through Moroccan Writings” (Ali Wahidi); “A Thematic Reading of Moroccan Historiography in Writings on the History of Ancient Morocco” (Saïd El Bouzidi); “Outcomes of Research on Morocco’s 20th Century History: An Evaluation” (Kacem El hadeg); “The History of Jewish Groups in Morocco The Functionality of Academic Research in the Re-Creation of the Moroccan Personality” (Mohammed Hatmi); “Book review Crops and Gardens in the Far Maghreb During the Medieval and Early Modern Period: Distribution, Functions, and Decline” (Abdelilah Benmlih); “Book Review: The Berbers Between Maghreb and Mashreq (VII-XV Century)” (Khalid Jeddi); “Turkish Historical Writing Through Moroccan Eyes” (Houbaida Mohamed).

Published: 2024-07-01

Studies

  • France's Madrassas: Education as Mediator in Colonial Algeria (1850-1951)

    Author: Ahmed Sarri

    Twenty years after they occupied Algeria, French colonial authorities established three madrassas (Islamic religious schools) in each of the country’s three main cities: Algiers, Constantine and...

  • Mu'tazilite Kalām as a Trans-religious Phenomenon: A Contextual and Observational Search for a Christian Mu'tazilite Orientation

    Author: Najib George Awad

    This paper examines contemporary studies of the extant data on the Mu’tazilite sect of Islam during the Abbasid era to investigate whether or not Mu’tazilism can be seen as a historical model of...

  • The hijaba and the hujjab in Ifriqiya during the Hafsid era

    Author: Hamed Ajili

    The ḥijāba was an official role that appeared in Ifrīqiya (modern Tunisia and parts of Algeria and Libya) in the Aghlabid era (800-909) and continued into the Hafsid era (1228-1574). The role of...

  • The Sulaha of Sijilmasa during the Almoravid and Almohad eras

    Author: Abdelhak Tahri

    The history of Sufism in the desert city of Sijilmasa during the Almoravid and Almohad eras is an important aspect of the religious history of medieval Morocco. It is a key component of...

  • Slaves at Royal Palaces in Morocco's Tafilalt-Sijilmassa in the 19th Century

    Author: Hassane Mharzi

    This research paper examines social, economic and political details of the lives of slaves at Moroccan palaces in the Tafilalet-Sijilmassa region, relying on the Sultan's correspondence and...

Documents and Texts

  • Muhammad Ali Jauhar’s Burial at the Al-Aqsa Mosque: A Model of Indian-Palestinian Relations During the British Mandate

    Author: Farida Mohamed Ali Gamus

    Mohammad Ali Jauhar, an Indian Muslim activist and major political figure, died in London in , but was buried at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, with the assent of the President of the Supreme Islamic...

Translations

  • Archives et histoire: Dépasser les tournants

    Authors: Olivier Poncet, Mohammed Hatmi

    The article highlights the growing interest in archival studies in historical research, emphasizing a shift towards fundamental methodological inquiries. It contrasts the “archival turn,”...

Book Reviews

  • Book review Crops and Gardens in the Far Maghreb During the Medieval and Early Modern Period: Distribution, Functions, and Decline

    Author: Abdelilah Benmlih

    Book Title: ” Crops and Gardens in the Far Maghreb During the Medieval and Early Modern Period: Distribution, Functions, and Decline” Author: Mustafa Taher Publisher:Faculty of Letters and...

  • Book Review: The Berbers Between Maghreb and Mashreq (VII-XV Century)

    Author: Khalid Jeddi

    Book Title: The Berbers Between Maghreb and Mashreq (VII-XV Century) Editor: Dominique Valérian Publisher: Madrid: Casa de Velázquez Date of Publication: 2021 Number of Pages: 181

  • Turkish Historical Writing Through Moroccan Eyes

    Author: Houbaida Mohamed

    Book title: Turkish Historiographies: On the Turks' Wr iting of the History of the Ottoman Empire (1860-1973) Author: Abdel Rahim Benhada Publisher: Beirut: Arab Center for Research and Policy...

Ostour Symposium

  • Highlights on the Outcome of Archaeological Research at Ancient Historical Sites Through Moroccan Writings

    Author: Ali Wahidi

    This paper aims to shed light on the outcome of archaeological research on ancient historical sites through Moroccan writings. The first part of the paper deals with the development of...

  • A Thematic Reading of Moroccan Historiography in Writings on the History of Ancient Morocco

    Author: Saïd El Bouzidi

    This paper counts more than 400 research papers that concern the history of Morocco in the period 1956-2020, and it serves as a scientific basis for exploring the most important historical...

  • Outcomes of Research on Morocco’s 20th Century History: An Evaluation

    Author: Kacem El hadeg

    This paper aims to monitor what has been accomplished in the field of Moroccan historical studies regarding the contemporary and current period and question it, and to closely examine the...

  • The History of Jewish Groups in Morocco The Functionality of Academic Research in the Re-Creation of the Moroccan Personality

    Author: Mohammed Hatmi

    This paper details the number of historical studies on Moroccan Jews, their content, Judaism in the metropolis and the desert, and the nature of the interactions affecting the structure of...