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In Other Words: The Ethics of the Translator in 17th-century al-Andalus. The Perspective of Aḥmad Ibn Qāsim al-Ḥaǧarī al-Andalusī
2015
This study focuses on a particular aspect of the Translation Studies orDirāsāt al-tarǧamah, i.e. the ethics of the translator.Starting from the analysis of concepts like “cultural otherness” or “linguistic hospitality”, theorized by Antoine Berman, Lawrence Venuti and Paul Ricoeur, and concerning the translator’s process of mediating between languages and between cultures, it will be taken into account the specific case of a muslim traveller and interpreter, Aḥmad ibn Qāsim al-Ḥaǧarī al-Andalusī (d. 1051/1641), author of theKitāb Nāṣir al-dīn ʿalà l-qawm al-kāfirīn, who was asked, by a Christian authority (the Archbishop of Granada), to translate some Arabic manuscripts.In such a context, t…
Familiarity and otherness in late-Ottoman travel accounts in Palestine.
2018
Apart from the more common pilgrimage reports, or rihla higaziyya, the rihla maqdisiyya (journey to the Palestinian territories) definitely forms a distinct typology of account, both from a historical and a literary point of view. The territories of Palestine, which are traditionally considered as a part of the wider unit of Bilad al-Sham in the perspective of Arab historians and geographers, represent a peculiar pole of attraction for Arab travellers throughout the centuries, due to the significant presence of holy places and the special regard accorded to the city of Jerusalem as early as the Islamic conquest of the area. In the late-Ottoman period (mid-19th - 20th century), Palestine exp…
Gerusalemme e la Palestina nella rihla maqdisiyya dello shaykh Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi (1903)
2019
The rihla maqdisiyya, or the record of the visit to to the Palestinian regions, and especially to Jerusalem (al-Quds), represents a particular typology of Arabic travel accounts as compared to other documents of this genre. As a matter of fact, the rihla maqdisiyya reflects some peculiarities which mainly depend, other than the particular geographical position of the Palestinian region, on the religious as well as symbolic significance that this has assumed throughout history (just consider the relevant presence of holy places for the three major monotheisms in Jerusalem). The rihla of Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi at the beginning of the 20th century is very little known. Not only it is of great …
Kitab Nasir al-Din 'ala'l-qawm al-kafirin. Il difensore della religione contro il popolo degli infedeli.
2011
Nel 1611, a Marrakesh, il sultano sa‘diano Mawlāy Zaydān incaricò il segretario ed interprete ufficiale di corte al-Hağarī di guidare una missione diplomatica in Francia e in Olanda per ottenere la restituzione dei beni indebitamente sottratti ai Moriscos durante la loro espulsione dall’Andalus per ordine del re Filippo III. Di questo viaggio al-Hağarī scriverà un resoconto dettagliato contenente, oltre alle descrizioni di luoghi, usi e costumi, anche le numerose dispute di natura teologica e religiosa che l’autore ebbe occasione d’intavolare con gli uomini di scienza cristiani ed ebrei incontrati durante la sua permanenza in Europa. Il testo riveste molteplici motivi d’interesse storico, l…
Ansie ed inquietudini di un ḥāǧǧ marginino del XVII secolo: Abū Sālim al-'Ayyāšī (1628-1679)
2019
This study aims at examining some extracts of a 17th century rihla written by the well-known maghribi author Abu Salim al-'Ayyashi, with a special attention to the anxieties and inquietudes of the author as a paradigm for all the coeval travelers who used to undertake their pilgrimage to Mecca.