Focused on the work of the renegade missionary 'Ali Quli Jadid al-Islam (d. 1734), this book contributes to ongoing debates on the nature of confessionalism, interreligious encounters and cultural translation in early modern Muslim empires. By disentangling the connections between polemics and other forms of Islamic learning and by emphasising the Shi'i character of the case in question, Alberto Tiburcio accounts for the dynamism of polemics as an ever-evolving genre capable of adapting to different historical contexts.
About the AuthorAlberto Tiburcio, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ma Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.
Book InformationISBN 9781474440479
Author Alberto TiburcioFormat Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press