Poetry as History: An Examination of the Role of Poetry in al-Murādī’s Biographical Dictionary of the Twelfth/Eighteenth Century

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Basil Salem
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This article approaches early-modern biographical literature, in particular the centenary biographical dictionary of Muḥammad Khalīl al-Murādī, titled Silk al-durar fī aʿyān al-qarn al-thānī ʿashar as an integrated source. The article argues that as a biographer, al-Murādī relied heavily on poetry, not simply for its literary value, but as a historical tool, a primary source, whose contents provided the reader with direct access to the historical figures in question. This approach to the Silk allows the biographical dictionary to serve not simply as a historical reference, as it often does, but as a reflection of the cultural moment it emerged from. The poetry within the Silk, when read as a historical source, affords insight into the history of the self, of self-fashioning, and of the mentality of the learned community of eighteenth-century Ottoman Syria, and Damascus in particular.
作为历史的诗歌:诗歌在al-Murādī《十二/十八世纪传记词典》中的作用考察
摘要本文探讨了近代早期传记文学,特别是穆百年传记大辞典ḥammad Khalīl al-Murādī,题为Silk al-durar fīaʿyān al-qarn al-thānīashar,作为一个综合来源。文章认为,作为一名传记作家,al-Murādī严重依赖诗歌,不仅是因为它的文学价值,而且是一种历史工具,一种主要来源,其内容为读者提供了直接接触相关历史人物的途径。这种对丝绸的处理方式使传记词典不仅可以像它经常做的那样简单地作为历史参考,还可以反映它所产生的文化时刻。丝绸中的诗歌,当作为历史来源阅读时,可以深入了解自我的历史,自我塑造的历史,以及18世纪奥斯曼叙利亚,特别是大马士革的学者群体的心态。
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Philological Encounters
Philological Encounters Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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