Abū Manṣūr al-Ṯaʿālibī’s Ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān: A Study of an adīb’s Geography, Stereotypes and Lists
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This article focuses on al-Ṯaʿālibī’s (d. 429/1038) works and excerpts of his works dealing with ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān, i.e. specificities of lands and cities. In the first part, I present al-Ṯaʿālibī’s numerous excerpts on ḫaṣāʾiṣ, and discuss the work entitled Ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān, its textual history and attribution to al-Ṯaʿālibī. I then sketch al-Ṯaʿālibī’s travels, firsthand and secondhand geographical knowledge, and sources in order to analyse the contents and form of his ḫaṣāʾiṣ. The textual investigation aims at showing al-Ṯaʿālibī’s usage of common adab features such as intertextuality, lexicographical items and lists to support specific claims of his writing and to reinforce a certain representation of the world based on adab stereotypes and clichés.
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Cet article porte sur les œuvres d’al-Ṯaʿālibī (m. 429/1038) et les extraits de ses œuvres traitant des ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān, c’est-à-dire des spécificités des pays et des villes. Dans la première partie, nous présentons les nombreux extraits d’al-Ṯaʿālibī sur les ḫaṣāʾiṣ, et nous abordons l’ouvrage intitulé Ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān, son histoire textuelle et son attribution à al-Ṯaʿālibī. Nous esquissons ensuite les voyages d’al-Ṯaʿālibī, ses connaissances géographiques de première et de seconde main et ses sources afin d’analyser le contenu et la forme de ses ḫaṣāʾiṣ. L’enquête textuelle vise à montrer l’utilisation par al-Ṯaʿālibī des traits caractéristiques de l’adab tels que l’intertextualité, les éléments lexicographiques et les listes pour soutenir des revendications spécifiques de son écriture et renforcer une certaine représentation du monde basée sur des stéréotypes et des clichés de l’adab.
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Abū Manṣūr al-Ṯaʿālibī’s Ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān: A Study of an adīb’s Geography, Stereotypes and Lists
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This article focuses on al-Ṯaʿālibī’s (d. 429/1038) works and excerpts of his works dealing with ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān, i.e. specificities of lands and cities. In the first part, I present al-Ṯaʿālibī’s numerous excerpts on ḫaṣāʾiṣ, and discuss the work entitled Ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān, its textual history and attribution to al-Ṯaʿālibī. I then sketch al-Ṯaʿālibī’s travels, firsthand and secondhand geographical knowledge, and sources in order to analyse the contents and form of his ḫaṣāʾiṣ. The textual investigation aims at showing al-Ṯaʿālibī’s usage of common adab features such as intertextuality, lexicographical items and lists to support specific claims of his writing and to reinforce a certain representation of the world based on adab stereotypes and clichés.
Résumé
Cet article porte sur les œuvres d’al-Ṯaʿālibī (m. 429/1038) et les extraits de ses œuvres traitant des ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān, c’est-à-dire des spécificités des pays et des villes. Dans la première partie, nous présentons les nombreux extraits d’al-Ṯaʿālibī sur les ḫaṣāʾiṣ, et nous abordons l’ouvrage intitulé Ḫaṣāʾiṣ al-buldān, son histoire textuelle et son attribution à al-Ṯaʿālibī. Nous esquissons ensuite les voyages d’al-Ṯaʿālibī, ses connaissances géographiques de première et de seconde main et ses sources afin d’analyser le contenu et la forme de ses ḫaṣāʾiṣ. L’enquête textuelle vise à montrer l’utilisation par al-Ṯaʿālibī des traits caractéristiques de l’adab tels que l’intertextualité, les éléments lexicographiques et les listes pour soutenir des revendications spécifiques de son écriture et renforcer une certaine représentation du monde basée sur des stéréotypes et des clichés de l’adab.
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