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Basic Structures and Signs of Alienation in the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr

Basic Structures and Signs of Alienation in the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr BASIC STRUCTURES AND SIGNS OF ALIENATION IN THE RIHLA OF IBN JUBAYR * In a previous article I identified in the Rihla of Ibn Battuta (AD 1304- 1368/9 or 1377) what I termed his "pilgrim paradigm".' Using insights garnered from the three-tier approach to history devised by the great French scholar Fernand Braudel (1902-85), doyen supreme of the French Annales school of history, I maintained that this paradigm comprised "a series of four searches: for the shrine and/or its circumambient religious geography; for knowledge; for recognition and/or power; and for the satisfaction of a basic wanderlust".2 Now it is frequently-and rightly- claimed that the Rzhla of Ibn Jubayr (AD 1145-1217) constituted a pro- totype for several others of the genre including that of Ibn Battuta.3 3 Indeed the debt of the former to other authors like Ibn Jubayr and al- cAbdarï4 becomes ever more apparent, as recent scholarship continues to show.5 To what extent then, it may be asked, may a similar (prototype) * This article was originally a paper presented to the Fourth International Colloquium of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, on Hijra, Hajj and Rihla, 19-22 September, 1989. 1 See my http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Arabic Literature Brill

Basic Structures and Signs of Alienation in the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr

Netton, Ian Richard
Journal of Arabic Literature , Volume 22 (1): 21 – Jan 1, 1991
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© 1991 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0085-2376
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10.1163/157006491X00025
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BASIC STRUCTURES AND SIGNS OF ALIENATION IN THE RIHLA OF IBN JUBAYR * In a previous article I identified in the Rihla of Ibn Battuta (AD 1304- 1368/9 or 1377) what I termed his "pilgrim paradigm".' Using insights garnered from the three-tier approach to history devised by the great French scholar Fernand Braudel (1902-85), doyen supreme of the French Annales school of history, I maintained that this paradigm comprised "a series of four searches: for the shrine and/or its circumambient religious geography; for knowledge; for recognition and/or power; and for the satisfaction of a basic wanderlust".2 Now it is frequently-and rightly- claimed that the Rzhla of Ibn Jubayr (AD 1145-1217) constituted a pro- totype for several others of the genre including that of Ibn Battuta.3 3 Indeed the debt of the former to other authors like Ibn Jubayr and al- cAbdarï4 becomes ever more apparent, as recent scholarship continues to show.5 To what extent then, it may be asked, may a similar (prototype) * This article was originally a paper presented to the Fourth International Colloquium of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, on Hijra, Hajj and Rihla, 19-22 September, 1989. 1 See my

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Published: Jan 1, 1991

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