The strange journey of Ibn al-Khaṭīb through the turbulent plains of Tāmasnā. Study and translation of the riḥla
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Ibn al-Khaṭīb, Riḥla, Travel narrative, Exile, Merinids, Nasrids, Translation, Andalusian literature.
Abstract
During the winter of 1362 the exiled Granadian vizier Lisān al-Dīn Ibn al-Khaṭīb was on a journey through the Maghrebian region of Tāmasnā in the midst of civil war. While his dethroned Nasrid monarch was fighting in Andalusian lands with Castilian support to regain the throne of Granada, he was crossing tribal regions to meet the great players of the Merinid conflict. The story of his journey, written in rhymed prose as a literary epistle, is contained in his work Nufāḍat al-ŷirāb, which is considered his memories of exile. This paper analyzes the unique context of this riḥla, offers a viable hypothesis to the motivations of the author and translates the unfinished text accompanied by a philological study that allows us to savor the exquisite and distinctive Khatibian style.Downloads
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Published
2015-08-03
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Jreis Navarro L. M. (2015). The strange journey of Ibn al-Khaṭīb through the turbulent plains of Tāmasnā. Study and translation of the riḥla. Anaquel de Estudios Árabes, 27, 81-100. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANQE.2016.v27.47710
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