Some Observations on the Text of šayḫ Hāšim’s Fatḥ al-raḥmānī

The paper focuses on the text of šayḫ Hāšim’s Fatḥ al-raḥmānī, a famous work of the Arabic literature of Harär, analyzing its so far known manuscript tradition

Proceedings of the ‘19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies: Ethiopia – Diversity and Interconnections through Space and Time’. Warsaw, Poland, August 24–28, 2015: Panel on Islamic Literature in Ethiopia: New Perspectives of Research

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Ulrich Braukämper: Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia. Collected Essays

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Contemporary and Historical Muslim Scholars as Portrayed by the Ethiopian Islamic Press in the 1990’s

The article aims at giving some information about Ethiopian Muslim scholars of the past century, so to enhance our general knowledge of Ethiopian Islam, and, moreover, to contribute to a better prosopographical understanding of the Muslim presence in Ethiopia. In this endeavour, it explores the data scattered in Ethiopian Islamic periodical press, which flourished in that country after the fall of the Derg regime in 1991. In particular, the monthly magazine Bilal, which contains in almost every issue a biographical note devoted to some learned man of the recent past, is used to collect material on the scholars. Biographical articles in Amharic and Arabic which appeared in the magazine are summarized and commented upon

Jonathan Miran: Red Sea Citizens. Cosmopolitan Society and Cultural Change in Massawa

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