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Research and interpretation

Thematic dossiers

Seven documented pathways connect events, works and transmissions. Each dossier distinguishes established facts, editorial interpretation and questions still open to research.

  1. Diplomacy · sovereignty · 183701Treaty of TafnaRead the Treaty of Tafna as a diplomatic source, a milestone of sovereignty and a document shaped by the balance of power in 1837.Open dossier
  2. Mobile state · territory · 184302The SmalaUnderstand the Smala beyond its military image through contemporary documents and the contexts in which they were produced.Open dossier
  3. Captivity · memory · 1848 to 185203AmboiseDocument the Amboise years, conditions of captivity, human losses and the release of 16 October 1852.Open dossier
  4. Protection · responsibility · 186004Damascus in 1860Return to contemporary documents to understand Emir Abdelkader’s intervention during the violence in Damascus in 1860.Open dossier
  5. Path · reception · transmission05The QadiriyyaDistinguish spiritual affiliation, family environment, initiatic transmission and later genealogical reconstruction.Open dossier
  6. Influence · reading · discernment06Ibn ʿArabiStudy Ibn ʿArabi’s presence in the Emir’s thought without conflating doctrinal influence with initiatic lineage.Open dossier
  7. Work · halt · transmission07The MawāqifApproach the Kitāb al-Mawāqif through documented editions and translations while distinguishing the text from its commentaries.Open dossier