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The Library of Aḥmad Pasha al-Jazzār
Book Culture in Late Ottoman Palestine
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 219
This study is the first to examine the history and composition of the library of Aḥmad Pasha al-Jazzār (d. 1804), the famous governor of northern Palestine in the late eighteenth century, on the basis of the inventory of the library’s holdings. The chapters in the first volume situate the library, one of the largest in Palestinian history prior to the end of the nineteenth century, in its historical context, examine the materiality of the collection based on a study of the extant manuscripts and other historical sources, and analyse the contents of the library. The second volume consists of a facsimile of the inventory, a critical edition and index.
Said Aljoumani, Ph.D.(2010), Cairo University, is Research Associate at Universität Hamburg (Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures) and has numerous publications on the history of libraries and book culture including
The Library of a Madrasa in Aleppo at the End of the Ottoman Era(2020).
Guy Burak, Ph.D.(2012), is the Librarian for Middle East, Islamic, Jewish and African Studies at New York University’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library. He has published several articles on Islamic legal and intellectual history in the post-Mongol period and is the author of The Second Formation of Islamic Law: The Hanafi School in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire(Cambridge, 2015).
Konrad Hirschler, Ph.D.(2003), SOAS, is Professor of Middle Eastern History at Universität Hamburg (Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures). He has published extensively on historiography, history of libraries and archives and book history from the Ayyubid period through the twentieth century.
Guy Burak, Ph.D.(2012), is the Librarian for Middle East, Islamic, Jewish and African Studies at New York University’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library. He has published several articles on Islamic legal and intellectual history in the post-Mongol period and is the author of The Second Formation of Islamic Law: The Hanafi School in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire(Cambridge, 2015).
Konrad Hirschler, Ph.D.(2003), SOAS, is Professor of Middle Eastern History at Universität Hamburg (Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures). He has published extensively on historiography, history of libraries and archives and book history from the Ayyubid period through the twentieth century.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Contributors
Introduction: The City, the Endowment and the Manuscripts
Said Aljoumani, Guy Burak and Konrad Hirschler
1 Al-Jazzār’s Library and Its Ottoman Context
Berat Açıl, Nimet İpek and Guy Burak
2 The Inventory: Documentary and Bibliographical Practices in al-Jazzār’s Library
Said Aljoumani
3 From Whom and for Whom? The Audience and Provenance of al-Jazzār’s Manuscripts
Boris Liebrenz
4 Historical Representations of al-Jazzār: ‘Butcher’ or Patron of the Poor?
Feras Krimsti
5 Uncovering al-Jazzār’s Wealth: Confiscation and Power Struggle
Yasin Arslantaş
6 The Library of Abū Nabbūt in Early Nineteenth-century Jaffa
Benedikt Reier
7 A (Mostly) Local Story: The Translocations of al-Jazzār’s Books in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Konrad Hirschler
8 Notes on Materials: How Brief Descriptions Indicate Substantial Losses
Karin Scheper
9 Calligraphic Descriptions
Nimet İpek and Guy Burak
10 The Endowment Seals
Boris Liebrenz
11 By the Keepers’ Hands: Comparing the Inks of Endowment Statements, Mottos and Seals
Claudia Colini and Kyle Ann Huskin
12 The Qurʾan Section (maṣāḥif)
Walid A. Saleh
13 A Foreshadowing: The Qurʾan Commentary Section (tafsīr)
WalidA. Saleh
14 The Recitation Section (qirāʾāt)
ShadyH. Nasser
15 The ḥadīth Section
Garrett Davidson
16 The Section on Islamic Law (fiqh)
Ahmed ElShamsy
17 Books on Islamic Theology (tawḥīd) and Sufism (taṣawwuf): Rational Verification and Experiential Learning in Ottoman Palestine
Hadel Jarada
18 Textbooks of Grammar, Morphology and Lexicography: Cosmopolitan Arabic Philology in Early Nineteenth-century Acre
Christopher Bahl
19 Manuals for Manners: Books on adab
Berat Açıl
20 Logic in the Jazzār Collection (manṭiq)
AsadQ. Ahmed
21 The Poetry Section (al-dawāwīn wa-al-qaṣāʾid): Pedagogy and Devotional Piety
Khalil Sawan
22 The Pasha’s New Clothes: The History Section (tārīkh)
Dana Sajdi
23 Amassing Medicine (ṭibb): Selections from an Ottoman Governor’s Medical Collection
Deborah Schlein
24 The Occult Sciences
Liana Saif
25 A Language-oriented Approach: The Section on Persian and Turkish Books
Berat Açıl
Edition of the Inventory
Said Aljoumani
Facsimile of the Inventory
Index of the Inventory’s Book Titles
List of Identified al-Jazzār Manuscripts and Their Current Location
List of Figures and Tables
Contributors
Introduction: The City, the Endowment and the Manuscripts
Said Aljoumani, Guy Burak and Konrad Hirschler
Part1 The History of al-Jazzār, His Library and the Inventory
1 Al-Jazzār’s Library and Its Ottoman Context
Berat Açıl, Nimet İpek and Guy Burak
2 The Inventory: Documentary and Bibliographical Practices in al-Jazzār’s Library
Said Aljoumani
3 From Whom and for Whom? The Audience and Provenance of al-Jazzār’s Manuscripts
Boris Liebrenz
4 Historical Representations of al-Jazzār: ‘Butcher’ or Patron of the Poor?
Feras Krimsti
5 Uncovering al-Jazzār’s Wealth: Confiscation and Power Struggle
Yasin Arslantaş
6 The Library of Abū Nabbūt in Early Nineteenth-century Jaffa
Benedikt Reier
7 A (Mostly) Local Story: The Translocations of al-Jazzār’s Books in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Konrad Hirschler
Part2 The Materiality of al-Jazzār’s Manuscripts
8 Notes on Materials: How Brief Descriptions Indicate Substantial Losses
Karin Scheper
9 Calligraphic Descriptions
Nimet İpek and Guy Burak
10 The Endowment Seals
Boris Liebrenz
11 By the Keepers’ Hands: Comparing the Inks of Endowment Statements, Mottos and Seals
Claudia Colini and Kyle Ann Huskin
Part3 The Intellectual Profile of al-Jazzār’s Library: The Inventory’s Sections
12 The Qurʾan Section (maṣāḥif)
Walid A. Saleh
13 A Foreshadowing: The Qurʾan Commentary Section (tafsīr)
WalidA. Saleh
14 The Recitation Section (qirāʾāt)
ShadyH. Nasser
15 The ḥadīth Section
Garrett Davidson
16 The Section on Islamic Law (fiqh)
Ahmed ElShamsy
17 Books on Islamic Theology (tawḥīd) and Sufism (taṣawwuf): Rational Verification and Experiential Learning in Ottoman Palestine
Hadel Jarada
18 Textbooks of Grammar, Morphology and Lexicography: Cosmopolitan Arabic Philology in Early Nineteenth-century Acre
Christopher Bahl
19 Manuals for Manners: Books on adab
Berat Açıl
20 Logic in the Jazzār Collection (manṭiq)
AsadQ. Ahmed
21 The Poetry Section (al-dawāwīn wa-al-qaṣāʾid): Pedagogy and Devotional Piety
Khalil Sawan
22 The Pasha’s New Clothes: The History Section (tārīkh)
Dana Sajdi
23 Amassing Medicine (ṭibb): Selections from an Ottoman Governor’s Medical Collection
Deborah Schlein
24 The Occult Sciences
Liana Saif
25 A Language-oriented Approach: The Section on Persian and Turkish Books
Berat Açıl
Edition of the Inventory
Said Aljoumani
Facsimile of the Inventory
Index of the Inventory’s Book Titles
List of Identified al-Jazzār Manuscripts and Their Current Location