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The Grand Critic of Ibn Khaldūn
Ibn al-Azraq and His Ideal Sultanate
Series: - Islamicate Intellectual History, Volume: 13
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Ibn al-Azraq (d. 896/1491) was a renowned Andalusian jurist (faqÄ«h) and statesman who lived during the final period of the Nasrid emirate of Granada. His most famous work, BadÄʾiÊ¿ al-Silk fÄ« ṬabÄʾiÊ¿ al-Mulk (Unprecedented Lines about the Nature of Political Rule), is a political treatise that builds upon Ibn KhaldÅ«nâs (d. 808/1406) social theory (ê¤ilm al-ê¤umrÄn). In The grand critic of Ibn KhaldÅ«n Elena Åahin critically analyses the major aspects of Ibn al-Azraqâs political thought.
In this contribution on the field of the history of Islamic political thought, Elena Åahin demonstrates that while Ibn al-Azraq integrates the thrust of Ibn KhaldÅ«nâs approach, Ibn al-Azraqâs work should be regarded as part of a larger conversation amongst various scholars, engaging, for example with the Andalusian jurist al-ShÄá¹ibÄ«âs (d. 790/1388) theory of MaqÄá¹£id al-SharÄ«Ê¿a. Widening the analysis of Ibn al-Azraqâs work illuminates that Ibn al-Azraqâs political theory was in opposition to that of Ibn KhaldÅ«n, and thus gives us a better understanding of the dynamic debates within Andalusian political thought.
In this contribution on the field of the history of Islamic political thought, Elena Åahin demonstrates that while Ibn al-Azraq integrates the thrust of Ibn KhaldÅ«nâs approach, Ibn al-Azraqâs work should be regarded as part of a larger conversation amongst various scholars, engaging, for example with the Andalusian jurist al-ShÄá¹ibÄ«âs (d. 790/1388) theory of MaqÄá¹£id al-SharÄ«Ê¿a. Widening the analysis of Ibn al-Azraqâs work illuminates that Ibn al-Azraqâs political theory was in opposition to that of Ibn KhaldÅ«n, and thus gives us a better understanding of the dynamic debates within Andalusian political thought.
Elena Åahin, Dr. phil. (2022), is an independent scholar of Islamic political thought receiving her doctorate from the Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. She held positions in the department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, was a research fellow at the Orient Institut Beirut and was granted a doctoral fellowship by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
â1âCurrent State of Research
â2âThe Two Modern Editions and Extant Manuscripts of BadÄʾiÊ¿ al-Silk
â3âIs BadÄʾiÊ¿ al-Silk a Piece of Advice Literature?
â4âThe Labyrinth of Ibn KhaldÅ«n Research
â5âThe Cambridge Schoolâs Precepts: A Major Source of Methodological Inspiration
â6âStudying Non-Western Political Thought
â7âTechnical Clarifications
1 BS and the Muqaddima Reception Therein
â1âIbn al-Azraq in the Context of His Time
â2âIbn al-Azraqâs BadÄʾiÊ¿ al-SilkâA Theory of State and Statecraft Based on Islamic Normativity (sharÊ¿)
â3âFrom the Muqaddima to BadÄʾiÊ¿ al-Silk fÄ« ṬabÄʾiÊ¿ al-Mulk
2 Cornerstones of Ibn al-Azraqâs Political Theory
â1âState Formation and State Disintegration in Ibn al-Azraqâs Political Thought
â2âIbn al-Azraqâs Different Categories of Political Rule
â3âArkÄn al-mulk (the Pillars of Institutional Rule): The Governmental, Religious, and Military Class as the Guardians of Continuity
3 The Relation between Islamic Normativeness (sharÊ¿) and Political Rule in Ibn al-Azraqâs Political Thought
â1âIbn al-Azraqâs All-Encompassing Notion of sharÊ¿ with regard to Political Rule and Statecraft
â2âConstruing an All-Encompassing Notion of sharÊ¿ with regard to Political Rule in Relation to Ibn KhaldÅ«nâs Social Theory
â3âConclusions: Ibn al-Azraqâs BSâBringing Together al-ShÄá¹ibÄ«âs Theory of maqÄá¹£id al-SharÄ«Ê¿a and Ibn KhaldÅ«nâs Ê¿ilm al-Ê¿umrÄn in a Theory of State and Statecraft
4 Summary and Outlook
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
â1âCurrent State of Research
â2âThe Two Modern Editions and Extant Manuscripts of BadÄʾiÊ¿ al-Silk
â3âIs BadÄʾiÊ¿ al-Silk a Piece of Advice Literature?
â4âThe Labyrinth of Ibn KhaldÅ«n Research
â5âThe Cambridge Schoolâs Precepts: A Major Source of Methodological Inspiration
â6âStudying Non-Western Political Thought
â7âTechnical Clarifications
1 BS and the Muqaddima Reception Therein
â1âIbn al-Azraq in the Context of His Time
â2âIbn al-Azraqâs BadÄʾiÊ¿ al-SilkâA Theory of State and Statecraft Based on Islamic Normativity (sharÊ¿)
â3âFrom the Muqaddima to BadÄʾiÊ¿ al-Silk fÄ« ṬabÄʾiÊ¿ al-Mulk
2 Cornerstones of Ibn al-Azraqâs Political Theory
â1âState Formation and State Disintegration in Ibn al-Azraqâs Political Thought
â2âIbn al-Azraqâs Different Categories of Political Rule
â3âArkÄn al-mulk (the Pillars of Institutional Rule): The Governmental, Religious, and Military Class as the Guardians of Continuity
3 The Relation between Islamic Normativeness (sharÊ¿) and Political Rule in Ibn al-Azraqâs Political Thought
â1âIbn al-Azraqâs All-Encompassing Notion of sharÊ¿ with regard to Political Rule and Statecraft
â2âConstruing an All-Encompassing Notion of sharÊ¿ with regard to Political Rule in Relation to Ibn KhaldÅ«nâs Social Theory
â3âConclusions: Ibn al-Azraqâs BSâBringing Together al-ShÄá¹ibÄ«âs Theory of maqÄá¹£id al-SharÄ«Ê¿a and Ibn KhaldÅ«nâs Ê¿ilm al-Ê¿umrÄn in a Theory of State and Statecraft
4 Summary and Outlook
Bibliography
Index
All interested in the history of Islamic political thought, Andalusian history, late Nasrid intellectual history, and especially the history of Ibn KhaldÅ«n and his influence, as well as that of ShÄá¹ibÄ«âs theory of maqÄá¹£id al-SharÄ«ê¤a.