Beyond Orientalism: Ahmad ibn Qasim al-Hajari between Europe and North Africa

This book focuses on Ahmad Ibn Qâsim al-Hajarî (ca. 1570-ca. 1641), a Morisco who fled Spain where this minority of Muslim origins was persecuted. He led a successful career in North Africa, as a secretary to several Sultans in Morocco, and as a prolific translator and writer. He produced autobiographical texts, and translations between Spanish and Arabic, which attest to the important role he played in the cultural, diplomatic, and scientific connections between Europe and North Africa during the early modern period. This book situates his work within several contexts: the development of early modern Orientalism, the intellectual life of the Maghreb, and the history of technological circulation in the Western Mediterranean--

• | Author: Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri
• | Publisher: University Of California Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 322 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0520390458
• | ISBN-13: 9780520390454