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Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age : A Sourcebook
33. A Polemical Treatise by a Twelfth-Century Jewish Convert to Islam, by Abū Nasr Samawʾal b. Yahyā al-Maghribī
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Book chapters
pp. i
Frontmatter
pp. v
Contents
pp. xi
Acknowledgments
pp. xiii
Timelines
pp. xviii
Maps
pp. 1
General Introduction
pp. 33
Introduction
pp. 41
1. Conversion in the Qurʾān
pp. 46
2. The Conversion of Khadīja bt. Khuwaylid by Muhammad b. Ishāq
pp. 51
3. On Three Jewish Converts to Islam from the Banū Qurayza, by Ibn Hishām
pp. 54
4. Women Converts and Familial Loyalty in the Time of the Prophet, by Muhammad b. Saʿd
pp. 58
5. Reports on Tribal Delegations to the Prophet, by Muhammad b. Saʿd
pp. 63
6. The Spread of Islam in Arabia: Expressing Conversion in Poetry, by Selected Early Arabic Poets
pp. 69
7. Early Hadīth Touching on Marriage and Conversion, by Ibn Abī Shayba
pp. 74
8. Practicalities and Motivations of Conversion as Seen through Early H.adīth and Law, by ʿAbd al-Razzāq b. Humām al-Sanʿānī and Abū Bakr Ah.mad b. Muhammad al-Khallāl
pp. 79
9. Christian Conversions to Islam in the Wake of the Arab Conquest, by Anastasius of Sinai
pp. 83
10. Jacob of Edessa’s Canonical Responsa about Conversion and Islam, by Jacob of Edessa
pp. 88
11. A Multireligious City in Khurāsān Converts to Islam? by Shaykh al-Islām Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh al-Wāʿiz al-Balkhī
pp. 94
12. ʿUmar II and the Treatment of the Mawālī, by Ahmad b. Yahyā b. Jābir al-Balādhurī, Muhammad b. Jarīr al-Tabarī, and Abū Muhammad ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Hakam
pp. 101
13. Mass Conversion of Christians in Northern Mesopotamia, by Joshua the Stylite of Zuqnīn
pp. 105
14. Conversion and Martyrdom in ʿAbbasid Damascus, Anonymous
pp. 109
15. Three Accounts of Zoroastrian Conversion to Islam, by Muhammad b. ʿAbdūs al-Jahshiyārī, ʿAlī b. Yūsuf al-Qiftī, and Abū al-Faraj al-Isfahānī
pp. 114
16. Conversion to Islam among the Armenian Elite, by Tʽovma Artsruni
pp. 119
17. Conversion and Martyrdom in Córdoba, by Eulogius of Córdoba
pp. 123
18. A Christian Intellectual Declines to Convert to Islam, by Hunayn b. Ishāq
pp. 128
19. The Religious Commitment of the ʿAbbasid “Slave Soldiers,” by Muh.ammad b. Jarīr al-T.abarī and Ah.mad b. Yūsuf “Ibn al-Dāya”
pp. 131
20. Zoroastrian Priests Offer Legal Advice about Conversion, by Ādurfarnbag son of Farroxzād and Ēmēd son of Ašawahišt
pp. 136
21. A Muslim Poet Consoles a Christian Friend Whose Nephew Has Converted to Islam, by al-Qāsim b. Yahyā al-Maryamī
pp. 141
Introduction
pp. 147
22. A Christian Convert’s Examination of His Former Faith, by al-Hasan b. Ayyūb
pp. 152
23. A Monk’s Conversion to Islam, by Abū al-Faraj al-Isfahānī
pp. 156
24. The Conversion of the Volga Bulgars, by Ahmad b. Fadlān b. al-ʿAbbās b. Rāshid b. Hammād
pp. 160
25. Notarial Forms for the Conversion of Non-Muslims to Islam, by Ibn al-ʿAttār
pp. 167
26. A Monk Deploring the Assimilation of the Christians to the Hagarenes, attributed to a monk called Apollo
pp. 172
27. The Foundation of Shaykh Abū Ish.āq Kāzarūnī’s Congregational Mosque, by Mahmūd b. ʿUthmān
pp. 178
28. Conversion to Islam under the Fatimid Caliph al-Hākim bi-Amr Allāh, by Michael of Damrū (Mīkhāʾīl al-Damrāwī), Bishop of Tinnīs
pp. 184
29. Conversion from Motives of Expediency, by Sibt Ibn al-Jawzī
pp. 186
30. Conversion, Confession, Prayer, and Apostasy, by Ibn Rushd al-Jadd al-Qurtubī
pp. 193
31. The Conversion of the Turks, by Michael the Syrian
pp. 196
32. The Tribulations of a Converted Man’s Daughter, by Bar Hebraeus
pp. 199
33. A Polemical Treatise by a Twelfth-Century Jewish Convert to Islam, by Abū Nasr Samawʾal b. Yahyā al-Maghribī
pp. 205
34. Anecdotes about Conversion in Twelfth-Century Syria, by Shams al-Dīn al-Dhahabī, Ibn Rajab, and Diyāʾ al-Dīn al-Maqdisī
pp. 210
35. Selections from Two Armenian Martyrologies, Anonymous
pp. 215
36. A Letter of Maimonides about Conversion and Martyrdom, Attributed to Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides)
pp. 220
37. Apostasy in Jewish Responsa, by the Geonim of Babylonia and Abraham Maimonides
pp. 227
38. Several Documents from the Cairo Geniza Concerning Conversion to Islam, Anonymous
pp. 232
39. Conversion to Islam in the Period of the Crusades, by John of Ibelin, Odo of Deuil, Pope Alexander III, and Anonymous
pp. 238
40. Conversion Tales in the Vita of Shaykh ʿAbd Allāh al-Yūnīnī, the Lion of Syria, by Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad ʿUthmān
pp. 245
Introduction
pp. 253
41. The Conversion of Medieval Ghāna as Narrated by a Later Ibādī Scholar, by Abū al-ʿAbbās Ahmad b. Saʿīd al-Darjīnī
pp. 256
42. Cheraman Perumal and Islam on the Malabar Coast, Anonymous
pp. 263
43. The Conversion Miracles and Life of the Dervish Sarı Saltuq, by Muhammad b. ʿAlī b. al-Sarrāj
pp. 267
44. The Providential Conversion of the Mongol King of Iran, by Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī b. Muh.ammad al-Qāshānī and Rashīd al-Dīn Fad.l Allāh Abū al-Khayr
pp. 272
45. The Conversion of ʿAbd al-Sayyid, a Damascene Jew, by Qutb al-Dīn Mūsā b. Muhammad al-Yūnīnī
pp. 275
46. An Account of the Conversion of Egypt’s Copts under Duress at the End of the Thirteenth Century, by Taqī al-Dīn Ahmad b. ʿAlī al-Maqrīzī
pp. 280
47. A Syriac Communal Lament over Apostasy, Anonymous
pp. 286
48. Conversion to Islam in South Asia as Transformation of the Heart, by Hażrat Khwāja Nizām al-Dīn Awliyā and Amīr Hasan ʿAlā Sijzī
pp. 290
49. A Jurist’s Responses to Questions Regarding the Conversion of One Spouse, by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
pp. 295
50. Anselm Turmeda/ʿAbd Allāh al-Tarjumān: A Former Mallorcan Franciscan in the Service of the Hafsids in North Africa, by Anselm Turmeda/ʿAbd Allāh al-Tarjumān
pp. 300
51. Three Stories of Conversion from the Life of Sayyid Ah.mad Bashīrī, a Sufi of Timurid Central Asia, Anonymous (or Nāsir b. Qāsim b. Hājjī Muhammad Turkistānī Farghānaʾī)
pp. 306
52. The Conversion of the Kingdom of Pasai, Indonesia, Anonymous
pp. 313
53. A Tract against “Unbelieving Believers” in West Africa, by Muh.ammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Maghīlī
pp. 317
54. Conversions to Islam in a Late Medieval Chronicle from Damascus, by Shihāb al-Dīn Ah.mad b. Tawq and Shams al-Dīn Muhammad b. Tūlūn
pp. 323
55. Documentary Records of Conversions among Ottoman Palace Personnel, by Ottoman Officials and Elite Servants of the Sultan
pp. 326
56. A Conversion Tale from Java, Indonesia, Anonymous
pp. 330
57. The Story of Master She Yunshan’s Conversion in Changzhou, China, by Zhao Can
pp. 337
Appendix: Sources
pp. 349
List of Contributors
pp. 351
Index
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