Annales islamologiques 54

This special issue presents a collection of studies of “acts of protection” – specific instances in which protection is offered, enforced, requested, or withheld – in different contexts within and beyond the early Islamic empire. In nine case studies, literary scholars and historians examine varied mechanisms of social protection, based on literary and documentary sources in Arabic, Bactrian, Coptic, Pahlavi and Persian, and covering a variety of contexts such as pre- and early Islamic Arabia, eighth-century Egypt, Iraq and Sogdiana, as well as twelfth-century Afghanistan and Iran.
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Ce dossier présente un ensemble d’études sur des « actes de protection » – des cas précis dans lesquels une protection est offerte, appliquée, demandée ou refusée – dans différents contextes au sein et aux confins du premier empire islamique. À partir de neuf études de cas, des spécialistes de la littérature et des historiens examinent divers mécanismes de protection sociale, en s’appuyant sur des sources littéraires et documentaires en arabe, en bactrien, en copte, en pahlavi et en persan, et en couvrant des contextes variés tels que l’Arabie préislamique et des débuts de l’Islam, l’Égypte du VIIIe siècle, l’Irak et la Sogdiane, ainsi que l’Afghanistan et l’Iran du XIIe siècle.

This special issue presents a collection of studies of “acts of protection” – specific instances in which protection is offered, enforced, requested, or withheld – in different contexts within and beyond the early Islamic empire. In nine case studies, literary scholars and historians examine varied mechanisms of social protection, based on literary and documentary sources in Arabic, Bactrian, Coptic, Pahlavi and Persian, and covering a variety of contexts such as pre- and early Islamic Arabia, eighth-century Egypt, Iraq and Sogdiana, as well as twelfth-century Afghanistan and Iran.