The Manda Family: A Dynasty of Isfahani Scholars

The Manda family was an important scholarly dynasty in Isfahan. From the beginning of the third century/ca 816 until the Mongol conquest of Isfahan in 632/1235-633/1236, its members were active in the fields of ḥadī? transmission and criticism, theology, and historiography. Despite its significance...

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Published in:Arabica
Main Author: Pavlovitch, Pavel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2018]
In: Arabica
Further subjects:B Theology
B critique du ḥadī?
B créé
B Ibn Manda
B Ispahan
B created
B ḥadī? criticism
B Kalām
B madar
B Théologie
B God's attributes
B Ḥanbalisme
B Historiographie
B Historiography
B discours
B Speech
B uncreated
B Ḥanbalī
B incréé
B Isfahan
B attributs de Dieu
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Summary:The Manda family was an important scholarly dynasty in Isfahan. From the beginning of the third century/ca 816 until the Mongol conquest of Isfahan in 632/1235-633/1236, its members were active in the fields of ḥadī? transmission and criticism, theology, and historiography. Despite its significance for the Ḥanbalī scholarly tradition, Al Manda has remained marginal in the works of Western Islamicists during the last fifty years, whereas Muslim scholars have focused almost exclusively on the most prominent representative of the family, Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Manda (d. 395/1005), and, to a lesser extent, on his son, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (d. 470/1078). In this essay, I catalogue all members of the Manda family who are mentioned in Arabic bio-bibliographical sources. I study in detail the theological views of Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Manda and his son ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad, as well as Muḥammad b. Isḥāq's contribution to the development of ḥadī? criticism.
ISSN:1570-0585
Contains:Enthalten in: Arabica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700585-12341518