This volume brings to light a highly significant but little known area of islamic spirituality. It emphasizes, but is not limited to, newer works in the english language, especially those likely to be of great interest to persons working in or on north. Cartography in the traditional islamic and south asian societies j. The nautical chart of 1424 and the early discovery and cartographical representation of america. View the profiles of people named ahmet karamustafa. The first book of volume 2 of the monumental history of cartography focuses on mapping in nonwestern cultures, an area of study traditionally overlooked by western scholars. Extensive original research makes this the foremost source for defining, describing, and analyzing this vast and. Often described as one of turkeys most courageous and outspoken artists.
Louis, where he has taught since 1987 and also served as chair of the department of jewish, islamic, and near. Karamustafa scope and organization in chapters 4 through 7 of this book. Kara mustafa pashas legacy in modern turkey is mixed. Cartography in the service of the state origins military maps contents architectural plans and waterway maps cartography. Timur hammond is a phd candidate in the geography department at ucla studying the social and cultural geography of modern turkey. Karamustafa is associate professor of history and religious studies at washington university in st.
The history of cartography vol 2, book 1 cartography in the. Free access to the history of cartography, volume two, book one, in pdf format. The cartographic heritage of premodern islamic civili zation is extremely varied. Dervish groups in the islamic later middle period, 120015501994 and vahidis menakibi hvocai cihan ve neticei can.
Karamustafa is professor of history at the university of maryland, and the academic development officer at the roshan center for persian studies. I focus on eurasian empires from the mongol invasions of the th century until the 19th century. Kara mustafa pashas family and descendant tree can be found via turkeys directorate general of foundations. Ahmet karamustafa specializes in the social and intellectual history of premodern islam, with special emphasis on the history of religion, history of science and literary history.
Karamustafa is associate professor of history and religous studies at washington university, st louis. Whereas historians describe him either as a capable tactician or reckless commander, kemal ataturk held a sympathetic view of the man. Harley and david woodward chicago, university of chicago press, 1992, 221, who notes that the terrestrial maps contained in. Ahmet karamustafa history department university of maryland. Exceptions include ahmet karamustafa, military, administrative, and scholarly maps and plans, in the history of cartography, vol. Karamustafa is professor of history at the university of maryland, and the. Cartography in the traditional islamic and south asian societies. The art of governing the self and others at the ottoman court 15. His expertise is in social and intellectual history of medieval and early modern islam in the middle east and southwest asia. Persian faculty and staff school of languages, literatures. Karamustafa is professor of history at the university of maryland.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Search the history of over 418 billion web pages on the internet. Studies history, islamic studies, and medieval islam. Karamustafa is professor of history at the university of maryland, and the associate director for academic affairs at roshan institute for persian studies. Not necessarily concerned with the history of cartography, at least in a systematic way, these books provide useful background for understanding and appreciating how and why maps are made. The first book of volume 2 of the monumental history of cartography focuses on mapping in nonwestern cu. Karamustafa school of languages university of maryland. Because of his great meticulousness and diligent scholarship ahmet karamustafa s book promises to stand out as among the most detailed and comprehensive introductions to sufism especially if this is a second volume follows to cover the later period. Owing to these multifaceted cultural connections, therefore, the islamic section acts as a pivot between volume 1, the remainder of volume 2, and volume 3 of the history. Including painting, sculpture, video, and installation, karamustafas work deals with gender, migration, identity, and history. His innovative analytical framework reveals the emergence of mystical currents in islam during the ninth century.
Dervish groups in the islamic later middle period, 12001550 university of utah press, 1994 and editor of cartography in the traditional islamic and south asian societies university of chicago press, 1992. Schwartzberg is a professor emeritus of geography at the university of minnesota, minneapolis, and is a prominent world federalist scholar. He is the author of three books, one coedited volume, and many articles and essays. Cartography concise bibliography of the history of. Karamustafa the cartographic heritage of premodern islamic civili zation is extremely varied. For information on purchasing the book from bookstores or here onlineplease go to the webpage for the history of cartography, volume 2, book 1. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the biography submission guide. The increasing preoccupation of the scholarly community in recent years with globalization appears to have left its impact on postmodern geographers and historians of cartography as well, several of whom have turned their attention recently to the history and politics of the image that is at the center of this new problematic, namely, the terrestrial globe. George kish, early thematic mapping in the history of. The standard general survey of islamic history is marshall g. For information on purchasing the bookfrom bookstores or here onlineplease go to the webpage for the history of cartography, volume 2, book 1. He is the author of gods unruly friends university of utah press, 1994, a book on. Military, administrative, and scholarly maps and plans ahmet t. Extensive original research makes this the foremost source for defining, describing, and analyzing this vast and unexplored theater of cartographic history.
Pdf introduction to ottoman cartography ahmet t karamustafa. Ahmet t karamustafa university of maryland, college park. Karamustafa is associate professor of history and religous studies at. Critical edition and historical analysis1993, and coeditor of cartography in the traditional islamic and south asian. Harley and david woodward associate editors joseph e. A study of the history of early navigation and cartography by armando cortesao. Ahmet t karamustafa, university of maryland, college park, history department, faculty member.
His expertise is in social and intellectual history of medieval and early modern islam in the middle east and southwest asia as well as in theory and method in the study of religion. Critical edition and historical analysis 1993, and coeditor of cartography in the. This book offers a comprehensive survey of the formative period of sufism the. The first book of volume two of the monumental history of cartography focuses on. Karamustafa is the author of gods unruly friends 4. Associate professor ahmet karamustafa conveys a historians sense of the diversity and. Karamustafa bases this study on a fresh reading of the primary sources and, by integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, presents a unified narrative of sufisms historical development. His interests include south and southeast asia and historical cartography. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. A leading scholar of islam, an associate professor of history and religious. Cemal kafadar and ahmet karamustafa, books on the lives of saints, sufism, and sermons 14.
He has also contributed to the journal cartography in the traditional islamic and south asian societies as a writer and editor. The inordinately ambitious scope of this project means that for the first time in a universal history of cartography the. Different traditions of theo retical and empirical cartography coexisted for over a millennium, from about a. His chapter, introduction to islamic maps, in the book cartography in the. Reflecting the breadth and the focuses of his scholarly quest, karamustafa keeps up with contemporary scholarship in philosophy, anthropology, the social sciences, and the humanities. In particular i focus on the ottoman, iranian, and russian empires. Merzifonlu kara mustafa pasa, ottoman grand vizier chief minister in 167683, who in 1683 led an unsuccessful ottoman siege of vienna. During the grand vizierate 166176 of his brotherinlaw koprulu faz. Karamustafa is professor of history at the university of maryland, college park.
The beginnings of a cartographic tradition gerald r. Merzifonlu kara mustafa pasa ottoman vizier britannica. The formative period the new edinburgh islamic surveys by ahmet t. Critical edition and historical analysis 1993, and coeditor of cartography in the traditional islamic and south. He served as an editor for, and wrote several articles in, cartography in the. The aim of this series is nothing less than the compilation of a comprehensive analytical history of maps and mapping from prehistory to the present time. From the perspective of history and intellectual history, this book focuses on a significant, though still largely under studied, aspect of this immense issue, namely, the role of mystical and messianic ferment in the construction and reconstruction of religious authority in islam.
The formative period, a comprehensive overview of early islamic mysticism. It looks like we dont have any biography for sadik karamustafa yet be the first to contribute. Professor karamustafa has written several books, including gods unruly friends about ascetic movements in medieval islam and sufism. Join facebook to connect with ahmet karamustafa and others you may know. Critical edition and historical analysis 1993, and coeditor of cartography in the traditional islamic and. Cartography in the traditional islamic and south asian societies, edited by j. The history of cartography volume two, book one cartography in the traditional islamic and south asian societies edited by j. Because of his great meticulousness and diligent scholarship ahmet karamustafas book promises to stand out as among the most detailed and comprehensive introductions to sufism especially if this is a second volume follows to cover the later period. This is a personal selection and doubtless somewhat idiosyncratic. Editor john renard has assembled here a volume of texts, most translated here for the first time, culled from the great sufi manuals of spirituality, on the theme of the complex and multifaceted role of knowledge in relation to the spiritual life. Asia in the history of cartography paul wheatley university of chicago the history of cartography, volume two, book one. Ii, book i, cartography in the traditional islamic and south asian societies. A selected, annotated list of works on old maps and their makers, and on their collection, cataloging, care, and use compiled 1997 by robert w.
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