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Empire of Books: Constantinople, the Library of Abū Bakr Al-Sirwānī (D. 1135/1723), and the Ottoman Archive of Arabic Literatures

Empire of Books: Constantinople, the Library of Abū Bakr Al-Sirwānī (D. 1135/1723), and the Ottoman Archive of Arabic Literatures

Liebrenz, Boris

Hardcover

Series: Bibliotheca Arabica, Book 2

Literary Criticism

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 5, 2026

ISBN10: 9004774793
ISBN13: 9789004774797
Publisher: Brill
Published: Nov 5 2026
Pages: 698
Weight: 2.59
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: Arabic
In this book, small texts tell the big history of Arabic literatures. A pioneering analysis of manuscript notes follows the people who made and consumed the physical manifestations of this literary tradition into a detailed panorama of millennial transmission over three continents.

At the centre of this endeavour is an analysis of the life, career, and collecting of Abū Bakr b. Rustam al-Sirwānī (d. 1135/1723). As the head of the Ottoman Empire's administration, he amassed a book collection of unsurpassed textual breadth, historical depth, and refinement. Efforts like his safeguarded this heritage and shaped how we encounter it today. This book highlights the crucial role the Ottoman capital Constantinople played in this process.

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