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İslam Tetkikleri Dergisi
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ISSN 2717-6967 · Istanbul University Press · 128 articles in the index
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Historicizing Hagia Sophia: The Conception of Hagia Sophia in Early Classical Ottoman Chronicles (1451–1512)
This study explores the historicization of Hagia Sophia in the early classical Ottoman chronicles and examines how its perception evolved in the half century following the conquest. Focusing on the works of YazıcıoghluAḥmedBīcān, Ṭūrsūn Beg, Oruç Beg, Idrīs Bitlīsī, İbn Kemāl, and the Anonymous…
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Beyond the Isnads: A Structural Analysis of Shiite Narration through the Scholarly and Social Interactions of Abū Hāshim al-Ja‘farī
This study critically examines the structure of the Shiite narration system by analyzing both the isnads and texts of Abū Hāshim al-Jaʿfarī’s reports—one of the most prominent narrators of the third Islamic century as recorded in Shiite sources. As a case study, the research aims to investigate the…
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Review of “Tradition of Knowledge in the Mamluk Period – II”
Gürzat Kami, Mustafa Taş, İbrahim Enes Başdemir, Memlükler Dönemi İlim Geleneği – II, İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2024, 303 s. E-ISBN: 978-605-07-1755-6
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Living Witnesses of a Lost Heritage: An Analysis of the Inscriptions of the Baghdād Marjāniyya Endowments
As primary historical sources, endowment inscriptions engraved on stone or brick not only preserve the written heritage of their time but also reflect its artistic sensibilities, serving as versatile documents that bridge the past and present. One of the most remarkable examples of this type…
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Copyright in Islamic Law Project
In 2020, a group of researchers—led by Ali Ekber Cinar and including team members Eyüp Kun, Mustafa İnce, Mücahide Engin, and Yavuz Selim Kol1 —initiated the “Copyright in Islamic Law Project” under the auspices of the ISAR Research Center.2 The project was launched in response to growing interest…
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Self-Narrative of Bosnia-Aqhisar Judge Hasan Kāfī al-Aqhisārī on the Axis of His Autobiographical Work Named Nizām al-Ulamā ilā Khātam al-Anbiyā
Hasan Kāfī al-Aqhisārī was born in Bosnia-Aqhisar, during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, in the month of Ramadan, 951 Hijri (November/ December 1544). After completing his education in Istanbul and Chatalca, he returned to his hometown and spent the rest of his life engaging in…
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Maḥmūd al-Fanārī’s Life and His Treatise on Ta‘zīr
This article examines the treatise on discretionary punishment (ta‘zīr) written by Maḥmūd al-Fanārī who was an Ottoman scholar from the 16th-century. The first part of the study reveals the life of Maḥmūd al-Fanārī, the positions he held, and the works he authored. The second part analyzes…
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Mapping the Dialect Density of the Qurʾān: In the Context of ʿAṭā b. Abī Rabāḥ’s Gharīb al-Qurʾān
In the history of exegesis and the Qurʾān, there have been debates about the nature of the al- Qurʾānic language, and today there is still no common opinion on this issue. In this respect, the subject of this article is to map the Qurʾānic dialect density through the narrations of ʿAṭā b. Abī Rabāḥ…
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Madrasa-Madhhab Relationship: Spatial Distribution and Typologies of Damascus Madrasas in Nuaymī’s al-Dāris
This article examines the madrasa-madhhab relationship between the 5th (11th) and 10th (16th) centuries based on the book al-Dāris fī Tārīhial-Madāris by the historian of Damascus, ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Nuʿaymī (d. 927/1521), and discusses the spread of madrasas in the city over a period of nearly five…
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Early Tabaqāt Books as the First Sources of Islamic Law Historiography
In Islamic literary culture, tabaqāt refers to works that systematically compile, in a specific order and sequence, notable individuals who have made significant contributions to a particular science, discipline and governance. The earliest examples of tabaqāt emerged during the second century…
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Constructing Imperial Authority: Fazıl Ahmed Pasha’s Governorships in Erzurum and Damascus (1659-1661)
This article examines the early career of Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (c. 1635–1676, grand vizier 1661–1676) within the context of the seventeenth-century Ottoman provincial administration, focusing on his contributions to fiscal discipline, crisis management, and the consolidation of imperial authority in…
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Arguments Against the Actual Infinity in Nature: A Study Focusing on Ibn Sīnā and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
Ibn Sīnā argued that bodies ordered by nature or position cannot be infinite and developed several arguments to support this claim, the principal ones being the collimation argument (burhān al-muwāzāt), the ladder argument (burhān al-sullamī), and the mapping argument (burhān al-taṭbīq). This study…
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Some Observations on the Perception of Muslims in 16th Century Portuguese Chronicles
The sixteenth-century Portuguese chronicles, while narrating the Age of Discoveries in an epic tone, are also notable for their hate speech against Muslims and Islam. In these chronicles, the life of Prophet Muhammad and Islam are often depicted in a biased and disparaging manner. Portugal’s…
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Formation and Dispersion of a Personal Library in the 18th Century: The Case of Mehmed Ismet Efendi’s Library
This article presents the personal library of Mehmed Ismet Efendi (d. 1747), an understudied Ottoman intellectual from the eighteenth century. Mehmed Ismet Efendi was a proficient madrasa professor in Islamic sciences, a well-trained poet who was capable of composing Turkish, Arabic, and Persian…
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Contribution to the Biography of al-Ghazālī: Al-Ghazālī’s Seclusion Life in the Light of His Letters
In this study, the seclusion life of al-Ghazālī, which began with his departure from Baghdad in 488/1095 and continued until his death, is analyzed. In light of his letters, qualitative research methods were used to analyze and classify al-Ghazālī’s period of seclusion, and the meaning of the…
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A Comparison of the Mecelle and the French Civil Code in the Context of the Pre-Delivery Right of Disposition and Damages Provisions
This article focuses on the pre-delivery disposition and damage provisions stipulated by the Mecelle (Ottoman Empire’s Islamic civil code) for sales contracts and compares them with the French Civil Code. The study then examines the works of the amendment commissions that focus on provisions for…
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Devoted to the Master: The Case of Ibn Hajar and Ibn Khidr as an Example of Patronage Among Scholars During the Mamluk Dynasty
In this study, I examine the use and function of the patronage system by and among scholars during the Mamluk dynasty with the example of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalānī’s famous disciple and lifelong devotee Ibn Khidr al-Qusūrī. Based on tabaqāt, biographic and autobiographic sources of the period, as well…
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Review of “All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism” by Kevin Vallier
Kevin Vallier, All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism, Oxford University Press, 2023, 320 s. ISBN: 9780197611371
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Muallimhane-i Nüvvab: The Pioneering New Law School That Differed from the Madrasa Education in the Ottoman State
The changes the Ottoman State experienced in different areas in the 19th century also showed their effects in the field of law. The many laws that had been enacted in different fields, the new legal needs that had arisen as a particular result of developing trade with Western states, and the…