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" Mediterranean captivity through Arab eyes, 1517-1798 / "
by Nabil Matar.
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BL
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1049876
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bc979
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English
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| Main Entry
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Matar, N. I., (Nabil I.),1949-
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Mediterranean captivity through Arab eyes, 1517-1798 /\ by Nabil Matar.
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| Publication Statement
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Leiden ;Boston :: Brill,, [2021]
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, ©2021
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Islamic history and civilization: studies and texts,; volume 176
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1 online resource (x, 293 pages) :: illustrations, maps.
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9789004440258
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: 9004440259
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9789004440241
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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Introduction : Mediterranean captivities -- Qiṣaṣ al-asrā, or stories of the captives -- Letters -- Divine intervention : Christian and Islamic -- Conversion and resistance -- Ransom and return -- Captivity of books -- Epilogue : Esclaves turcs in European sculpture -- Postscript : How should the sculptures be treated?
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"The post-Lepanto Mediterranean was the scene of "small wars," to use Fernand Braudel's phrase, which resulted in acts of piracy and captivity. Thousands upon thousands of Europeans and North African Arabs and Turks were seized into bagnios stretching from Cadiz to Valletta and from Salé to Tripoli. Europeans wrote extensively about their ordeals, and so did the North Africans and Levantines. In Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798, Nabil Matar examines the distinct Arabic narrative of captivity. Consulting archives from Tunis to London and from Fez to Paris, Valletta and Rome, Matar has collected, translated, and contextualized the anecdotes, recollections, reports, miracles, letters, fatawa, exempla and short accounts that cumulatively recount the Arabic qiṣṣas al-asrā, or stories of the captives, in the captives' native language and idiom"--
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Slavery-- Mediterranean Region-- History.
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Slavery-- Africa, North-- History.
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Captivity narratives-- Mediterranean Region-- History.
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Captivity narratives-- Africa, North-- History.
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Piracy-- Mediterranean Region-- History.
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Piracy-- Africa, North-- History.
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Arabs-- Mediterranean Region-- History.
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Arabs-- Africa, North-- History.
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Arabs
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Captivity narratives
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Piracy
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Slavery
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Africa, North, History, 1517-1882.
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Mediterranean Region
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North Africa
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| Dewey Classification
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306.3/62091822
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HT1345.M38 2021
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