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Scholarship, trade and politics: Andalusian contribution to the Mediterranean standing of Tripoli (3rd/9th–5th/11th centuries)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2021

Aurélien Montel
Aurélien Montel*
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CIHAM-UMR 5648 (Lyon, France)
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Abstract

Given the lack of local sources, the history of Tripoli as a global Mediterranean city remains unclear until the Ottoman conquest of the 16th century. Given that documentary record, the exploration of the rich Arabic tradition written in al-Andalus provides a fresh insight into how Tripoli constructed its Mediterranean stature prior to the 11th century. First, the systematic analysis of Islamic biographical literature (ṭabaqāt) shows Tripoli was one of the most visited cities by the Andalusian scholars across the Islamic world. It also reveals they were in close contact with the Tripolitanian Mālikī networks. Eventually, The Tripolitanian elites took advantage, of that specific Andalusian connection, and using the rivalry between the caliphal powers at the dawn of the 11th century they assured the independence of the city for the first time while rejecting the Fatimid-Zirid power and recognizing the sovereignty of the Spanish Umayyads.

المعرفة والتجارة والسياسة : المساهمة الأندلسية في مكانة طرابلس المتوسطية (في القرون الثالث / التاسع - الخامس / الحادي عشر )

أوريلين مونتيل

نظراً لقلة المصادر المحلية، ظل تاريخ طرابلس كمدينة عالمية متوسطية غير واضح حتى الغزو العثماني في القرن العاشر / السادس عشر . بالنظر إلى هذا السجل الوثائقي، فإن استكشاف التراث العربي الغني المكتوب في الأندلس يوفر رؤية جديدة لكيفية بناء طرابلس لمكانتها المتوسطية قبل القرن الخامس / الحادي عشر . أولاً، يُظهر التحليل المنهجي لأدب السيرة الذاتية الإسلامية (الطبقات ) أن طرابلس كانت واحدة من أكثر المدن زيارة من قبل علماء الأندلس في جميع أنحاء العالم الإسلامي . كما يكشف عن اتصالهم الوثيق بشبكات المالكية الطرابلسية . إلى جانب ذلك ، استفادت النخبة الطرابلسية، في نهاية المطاف، من تلك الصلة الأندلسية المحددة : باستخدام التنافس بين قوى الخلافة في فجر القرن الخامس / الحادي عشر ، حيث أكدوا استقلال المدينة لأول مرة حين رفضوا القوى الفاطمية - الزيرية واعترفوا بسيادة الأمويين في إسبانيا .

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Libyan Studies , Volume 52 , November 2021 , pp. 144 - 153
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