Kitāb Dustūr Al-Gharāʼib Wa-Maʻdan Al-Raghāʼib Wa-Nuṣūṣ Ukhrá: Murāsalāt Muḥammad Al-Bakrī Al-Ṣiddīqī, 1524-1586
Department
World Languages and Literatures
Document Type
Book
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Description
This is the first publication of the official correspondence of the leading religious scholar and literary figure, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Bakri al-Siddiqi al-Shafi'i Sibt Al al-Hasan. It provides a window into the world of an influential religious scholar in sixteenth century Cairo and his network of contacts in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Muhammad al-Bakri corresponded with Sultan Murad III, the grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, and with various officials in Mecca, including the sharifian ruler of Mecca, al-Hasan ibn Abi Numayy. The collection also contains two letters addressed to Sa'di rulers of Morocco and one to the Mughal Emperor Akbar, as well as letters to a variety of lesser Ottoman officials. It is an important source for the history of Ottoman Egypt and the Hijaz.
Call number in WMU's library
BP80.B2358 A4 2020 (Waldo Library WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
9783847111139
Publication Date
2020
Disciplines
Islamic Studies | Islamic World and Near East History
Recommended Citation
Mughazy, Mustafa, "Kitāb Dustūr Al-Gharāʼib Wa-Maʻdan Al-Raghāʼib Wa-Nuṣūṣ Ukhrá: Murāsalāt Muḥammad Al-Bakrī Al-Ṣiddīqī, 1524-1586" (2020). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 909.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/909
Comments
Mustafa Mughazy, Editor.