Against Smoking

An Ottoman Manifesto

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, History
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Author: Ahmad al-Rumi al-Aqhisari ISBN: 9781847740953
Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd Publication: March 15, 2016
Imprint: Kube Publishing Ltd Language: English
Author: Ahmad al-Rumi al-Aqhisari
ISBN: 9781847740953
Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd
Publication: March 15, 2016
Imprint: Kube Publishing Ltd
Language: English

"Michot provides an introduction into the work (Risaleh Dukhaniyyeh) and an outline of the scholarly debates concerning smoking that occured in Turkey in the 16th and 17th centuries." -Islamic Horizons

"Against Smoking is a gem of scholarship. This compact book is a major contribution to the study of Islamic pietism in general and Ottoman religious and cultural history in particular." -Professor Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Washington University in St. Louis

One of the earliest Arabic texts against smoking, Ahmad al-Aqhisari's Epistle on Tobacco is presented here for the first time in a scholarly edition, together with a fully annotated English translation. Yahya Michot expertly sets the epistle within its Ottoman social, intellectual, and historical context. Includes thirty illustrations.

Yahya Michot is professor of Islamic studies and Christian–Muslim relations at Hartford Seminary, Connecticut.


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"Michot provides an introduction into the work (Risaleh Dukhaniyyeh) and an outline of the scholarly debates concerning smoking that occured in Turkey in the 16th and 17th centuries." -Islamic Horizons

"Against Smoking is a gem of scholarship. This compact book is a major contribution to the study of Islamic pietism in general and Ottoman religious and cultural history in particular." -Professor Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Washington University in St. Louis

One of the earliest Arabic texts against smoking, Ahmad al-Aqhisari's Epistle on Tobacco is presented here for the first time in a scholarly edition, together with a fully annotated English translation. Yahya Michot expertly sets the epistle within its Ottoman social, intellectual, and historical context. Includes thirty illustrations.

Yahya Michot is professor of Islamic studies and Christian–Muslim relations at Hartford Seminary, Connecticut.


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