Whatever Happened to the Ban u¯Jam a¯ 'a? The Tail of a Scholarly Family in Ottoman Syria
Titel:
Whatever Happened to the Ban u¯Jam a¯ 'a? The Tail of a Scholarly Family in Ottoman Syria
Auteur:
Sirriyeh, Elizabeth
Verschenen in:
British journal of Middle Eastern studies
Paginering:
Jaargang 28 (2001) nr. 1 pagina's 55-65
Jaar:
2001-05-01
Inhoud:
The Ban u¯Jam a¯ 'a were an eminent family of Sh a¯ fi' ījurists, three of whose members became chief judges of Egypt, holding office for 61 out of 92 years between 1291 and 1383. Meanwhile, the Jerusalem branch of the family provided the preachers for the Aqs a¯ Mosque. They formed part of a new Arab Muslim noblesse de robe in the Maml u¯k State, rising suddenly from an obscure provincial background in the central Syrian town of Ham a¯ . This article traces the fortunes of the Ban u¯Jam a¯ 'a under the Maml u¯k sultans and asks what happened to their descendants after the Ottoman conquest. It explores, in particular, the vicissitudes of a line of the family established as Sh a¯ fi' ī, and later as Hanaf ī, jurists in Damascus from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, contrasting their position with that of their distinguished ancestors.
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