The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī

Among the works of Arabic literature concerning the genre of Mawlid, certainly al-Barzanjī’s Mawlid is a text that has achieved great popularity and spread to large parts of the Islamic world. Indeed, emphasising the miraculous and marvellous aspects of the life of the Prophet until his death, it ha...

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Main Author: Antonio Cuciniello
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Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2024-07-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/21238
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description Among the works of Arabic literature concerning the genre of Mawlid, certainly al-Barzanjī’s Mawlid is a text that has achieved great popularity and spread to large parts of the Islamic world. Indeed, emphasising the miraculous and marvellous aspects of the life of the Prophet until his death, it has for longer than three centuries been a reference text of religious devotion throughout the Muslim world. Therefore, the purpose of the present essay is a systematic analysis of its contents, specifically across the different sections of the prose text (nathr) of al-Barzanjī’s Mawlid, with particular attention to all the Qur’ānic references, along with those related to the Sunna and al-Sīra al-nabawiyya.
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The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Prophet Muḥammad
Sunna
Mawlid literature
al-Barzanjī
Qur’ān
Sīra
title The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī
title_full The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī
title_fullStr The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī
title_full_unstemmed The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī
title_short The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī
title_sort genre of the mawlid narrative in the mid 12th h 18th century as exemplified by al barzanji
topic Prophet Muḥammad
Sunna
Mawlid literature
al-Barzanjī
Qur’ān
Sīra
url https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/21238
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