@article{kzm 72036, author = {Fien De Block}, title = {De muwaqqit in 14de-eeuws Syriƫ & Egypte: Tussen religieus geleerde en wetenschapper?}, volume = {69}, year = {2015}, url = {https://openjournals.ugent.be/kzm/article/id/72036/}, issue = {0}, doi = {10.21825/kzm.v69i0.17534}, abstract = {<p>This article deals with the function of the muwaqqit or Islamic timekeeper in the 14th century<br>Syro-Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate. On the basis of the case study of lbn al-Shatir, I<br>will argue that this function cannot be understood as that of a scientist in the service of<br>lslam, as it has been presented until now. This view on the muwaqqit is based on studies<br>which focus solely on the treatises written by muwaqqits themselves, considering them as<br>mere conveyors of facts that do not need any contextualisation. A socio-historical outlook<br>which studies texts of the muwaqqit lbn al-Shatir in relation to other cultural and socio-political<br>practices among which they took shape, provides amore nuanced altemative to<br>this view and opens new avenues for research.</p>}, month = {1}, pages = {203-216}, issn = {2736-2175}, publisher={Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis}, journal = {Handelingen - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse maatschappij voor taal- en letterkunde en geschiedenis} }