Winner of the 2022 Dan David Prize for outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of historyIn Middle Eastern cities as early as the mid-8th century, the Sons of Sasan begged, trained animals, sold medicinal plants and potions, an...

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1. Verfasser:	Richardson, Kristina L. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney I.B. Tauris 2023
Ausgabe:	Paperback edition
Schriftenreihe:	The early and medieval Islamic world
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 800-1500 Roma > Volk Kultur Islamische Staaten c 1000 CE to c 1500 Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens HISTORY / Middle East / General Islamic studies Medieval history Romani SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte Arabische Halbinsel Middle East
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Zusammenfassung:	Winner of the 2022 Dan David Prize for outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of historyIn Middle Eastern cities as early as the mid-8th century, the Sons of Sasan begged, trained animals, sold medicinal plants and potions, and told fortunes. They captivated the imagination of Arab writers and playwrights, who immortalized their strange ways in poems, plays, and the Thousand and One Nights. Using a wide range of sources, Richardson investigates the lived experiences of these Sons of Sasan, who changed their name to Ghuraba' (Strangers) by the late 1200s. This name became the Arabic word for the Roma and Roma-affiliated groups also known under the pejorative term 'Gypsies'. This book uses mostly Ghuraba'-authored works to understand their tribal organization and professional niches as well as providing a glossary of their language Sin. It also examines the urban homes, neighborhoods, and cemeteries that they constructed. Within these isolated communities they developed and nurtured a deep literary culture and astrological tradition, broadening our appreciation of the cultural contributions of medieval minority communities. Remarkably, the Ghuraba' began blockprinting textual amulets by the 10th century, centuries before printing on paper arrived in central Europe. When Roma tribes migrated from Ottoman territories into Bavaria and Bohemia in the 1410s, they may have carried this printing technology into the Holy Roman Empire
Beschreibung:	Literaturverzeichnis Seite [203]-226
Beschreibung:	viii, 239 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9780755635818