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This thesis explores the practices networks and institutions of learning ilm in F imid Ifr qiya with a focus on the practice of disputation mun ara in its scholarly and courtly contexts in the maj lis and the relationship between the learned elite of Ifr qiya and the ruling F imid dynasty It proposes a rereading of the narrative sources produced by the scholarly community of Qayraw n by using network analyses as well as the memory studies framework Ranging from chronicles and biographical dictionaries to works of polemics and hagiography these sources are products of specific historical contexts and agendas Thus rather than treating them as repositories of objective facts the thesis assesses them in dialogue with the context of their production and with other competing narratives Taking disputations mun ar t as a case study two chapters of the thesis look at the culture of disputation and its proponents in Ifr qiya namely the scholarly community and the F imid caliphs and agents of their da wa and the narratives of disputations within the context of the rise of the F imid empire and the geopolitical game of thrones The disputations were chosen with a twofold aim to draw attention to the shared culture of learning and knowledge production among diverse communities and the relationship between the state and the scholarly elite As a whole the thesis argues for an increasing formalisation of educational practices and scholarly networks in the fourth tenth century which in turn reinforced sectarian boundaries group identities and loyalties Proceeding chronologically the thesis is developed in parallel with the rise of the F imid Empire from the land of the Kut ma to Egypt However the aim is not to discuss F imid institutions of learning exclusively but to show how these institutions operated in the wider political intellectual and sectarian contexts Focusing on both formal and informal institutions and networks this study highlights what has been called the minimal consensus which enabled the F imids to extend their rule far beyond their small community of believers and the narrow peninsula of al-Mahdiyya The central contention of the thesis is to draw attention to the shared culture of learning and the cohesion of the society in spite of the narrow perspective of the sources which tend to reflect the concerns of one group or the other In this respect the thesis breaks away from the established tradition in F imid studies which focuses on the narratives of the dynasty It also challenges mainstream treatment of medieval traditions of learning which has tended to marginalise the F imids

Les oulémas et la région du Détroit : des fonctions de polarisation régionale

Le Détroit, espace stratégique de l’Occident islamique

Traditions of Learning in Fāṭimid Ifrīqiya (296-362/909-973): Networks, Practices, and Institutions

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Les oulémas et la région du Détroit : des fonctions de polarisation régionale

Le Détroit, espace stratégique de l’Occident islamique

Traditions of Learning in Fāṭimid Ifrīqiya (296-362/909-973): Networks, Practices, and Institutions

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with Islamic West as keyword