| ID | 117191 |
| Title Proper | Beginning (or end) of Moroccan history |
| Other Title Information | historiography, translation, and modernity in Ahmad B Khalid Al-Nasiri and Clemente Cerdeira |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Calderwood, Eric |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article analyzes two accounts of the Hispano-Moroccan War of 1859-60 in light of scholarly debates about historiography, translation, and modernity in the colonial context. The first text is Ahmad b. Khalid al-Nasiri's Kitab al-Istiqsa (1895), which explores the organization of the Spanish army in an effort to understand the military technology and state apparatus behind colonial domination. The second text, Clemente Cerdeira's Versión árabe de la Guerra de África (1917), is framed as an annotated Spanish translation of al-Nasiri's text, but Cerdeira suppresses key passages from al-Nasiri's account in order to undermine any hint that the Moroccan historian's thinking is reformist or modern. By comparing these two accounts of the same war, the article aims to situate al-Nasiri's text within the reform movements that spread through the Muslim Mediterranean in the 19th century and to use al-Nasiri's historical thinking as a model for theorizing Moroccan modernity. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 44, No.3; Aug 2012: p. 399-420 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 44, No.3; Aug 2012: p. 399-420 |
| Key Words | Moroccan Modernity ; Muslim Mediterranean ; Reformist ; Reform Movement ; Military Technology ; Hispano - Moroccan War |