| 词条 | Ahmad ibn Abi Diyaf |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Ahmad ibn Abi Diyaf | honorific_suffix = | native_name = أحمد بن أبي الضياف | native_name_lang = Arabic | image = Ibn_Abi_Dhiaf.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1804 | birth_place = Tunisia | death_date = 1874 | death_place = Tunis, Tunisia | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Tunisian | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = author, historian | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | influences = | influenced = | home_town = | salary = | television = | title = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | religion = | denomination = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }}Ahmad ibn Abi Diyaf ({{lang-ar| أحمد بن أبي الضياف}}) (1804, Tunis – 1874),[1] known colloquially as Bin Diyaf, was the author of a chronicle of Tunisian history; he was also a long-time and trusted official in the Beylical government of Tunisia. His multi-volume history, while it begins with the 7th-century arrival of the Arabs, devotes the most attention to details of the Husainid dynasty (1705–1957), during the 18th and 19th centuries. His writing is informed by his experience as chancellery secretary during the reigns of five Beys in succession. Bin Diyaf himself eventually favored the reform view, which was current then in Tunisian politics. His letter in reply to questions about Tunisian women has also attracted interest.[2] Life and careerBin Diyaf was born into a prominent family, his father being an important scribe for the ruling regime. Trained thoroughly in the traditional religious curriculum, Bin Diyaf entered government service in 1827. "He was soon promoted to the post of private (or secret) secretary, a position he held under successive beys until his retirement only a short time before his death."[3][4] Other tasks were also assigned to him. In 1831 he was sent to the Ottoman Porte in Istanbul regarding fall-out from the 1830 French occupation of Algiers. In 1834 the Bey appointed Bin Diyaf as liaison between the quasi-independent al-Majlis al-Shar'i (supreme religious council) and the Bey's own vizier, regarding a civil war in neighboring Tarabulus and the designs of the Ottoman Empire there.[5] He returned on business to Istanbul in 1842, and accompanied Ahmed Bey to Paris in 1846. His letter on the status of women was written in 1856.[6] As part of his duties, Bin Diyaf also served as a mediator, e.g., to assist in resolving a dispute between two imams at the Zitouna Mosque.[7] Bin Diyaf composed the Arabic version of the ^Ahd al-Aman [Pledge of Security] (prepared originally in French), a version which proved acceptable to the Muslim community, and which Muhammad Bey issued in 1857.[8] Bin Diyaf favored a moderate reform. From his insider perscpective, he came to understand that the Beys, in common with other Maghriban rulers, governed as functional autocrats. "Even though the personal exercise of power was tempered and circumscribed by religious and traditional restraints, it continued to be arbitrary and total."[9] Bin Diyaf eventually became a "partisan" of the reforms being advanced, off and on, in Tunisia.[10] From 1857 to 1861 and from 1869 to 1877 Khayr al-Din,[11] the high government official, was strongly advocating reform policies. Bin Diyaf collaborated with Khayr al-Din to establish the famous, though short-lived, Constitution of 1861, which was opposed by the conservative ulama.[12][13] For a while, as premier (1873–1877), Khayr al-Din managed to initiate institutional changes.[14] Nonetheless Bin Diyaf was personally familiar with, and adept at, the practice of traditions. He knew the customary etiquette expected of him in his situation. In his official position he performed his duties in close proximity with the Bey and the conservative elite, with old distinguished families and with the Muslim ulama who followed "an elaborate code of politesse."[15] Bin Dayaf had rendered his official services under Husain Bey (1824–1835), Mustafa Bey (1835–1837), Ahmed Bey (1837–1855), Muhammad Bey (1855–1859), and Sadok Bey (1859–1882). His death in 1874 occurred while Khayr al-Din was serving as the premier. The reigning monarch and head of state, under whom Bin Dayaf had labored, attended the funeral ceremony.[16] Multi-volume chronicleHis major work was in Arabic, Ithaf Ahl al-zaman bi Akhbar muluk Tunis wa 'Ahd el-Aman, translated as: Presenting Contemporaries the History of Rulers of Tunis and the Fundamental Pact.[17][18] A complete version, newly edited, of the Arabic text was published in eight volumes by the Tunisian government during 1963-1966.[19] Recently, this work's relatively short "Introduction" ("Muqaddima") has been translated into English by Princeton professor Leon Carl Brown.[20] Of eight volumes, the first six address Tunisian history from the arrival of the Muslim Arabs forward. The account is summary until 1705, when the Husainid dynasty commences. Bin Diyaf draws on his study of the archives and background of the Beys from the 18th century,[21] and on his own experiences as a beylical official during the 19th. These 'Husainid' volumes present "an abundance of personal and accurate information".[22] For example, Bin Diyaf sheds light on the circumstances surrounding the notorious trial of Batto Sfez in 1857.[23] The last two volumes contain over 400 biographies of "leading statesmen and religious figures who died between the years 1783 and 1872." Included are the careers of many ulama and others, holding such offices as: shadhid (witness), katib (clerk), qaid (judge), mufti (jurisconsult), and imam (prayer leader).[24] He labored over the details of this chronicle more than ten years.[25] Evident in the pages are his "mastery of the customary notions of bureaucratic practice in combination with his access to the inside story... and his undeniable perceptiveness and intelligence". "Bin Diyaf not only reconstructs the story as seen from within. He reveals himself and, through him, the agonies and hopes of his generation and class. A heightened appreciation of the ideological confrontation between traditional Islam and the intruding West necessarily results."[26] Bin Diyaf's description of dynasty politics and of the lives of officials "make the work a major reference source for the period."[27] Epistle on WomenHis Risalah fi al'mar'a [Epistle on Women] was a response to a list of 23 questions posed by Léon Roches, then French Consul General in Tunis. Written longhand in 1856, the thirty-page manuscript addresses the social role of women in Tunisia, their legal rights and duites, regarding family and conjugal relations: marriage, divorce, polygamy, public presence (veiling, seclusion, segregation, repudiation), household tasks and management, and lack of education. It was perhaps the most informative writing from the 19th century "on the everyday life of the Muslim woman and on the Tunisian family structure". Although in politics a contemporary reformer, here Bin Diyaf appears as "highly conservative".[28] BibliographyBin Diyaf
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Reference notes1. ^Transliterations include: Ibn Abi al-Diaf (Abun-Nasr), Ahmed Ibn Abi al-Dhayif (Hermassi), [Cheikh] Ahmed Ibn Abi Dhiaf (A. Guellouz). 2. ^For references, see text below. 3. ^Brown (1972), quote at p.47 note. 4. ^Perkins (1989), at p.64, writes, "for more than thirty years, beginning in 1827, he acted as personal secretary to each successive bey." 5. ^Abun-Nasr (1971), p.188 (Istanbul); p.201 (al-Majlis al-Shar'i). 6. ^Çiçek Coşkun (2006), pp. 13-14. 7. ^Brown (1972), pp. 66-67, and p.76 note 67. 8. ^Abun-Nasr (1971), at 264. 9. ^Hermassi (1972), p.24, citing Ibn Abi al-Dhiyaf (1963), at vol.I: pp. 1-30. 10. ^Brown (1972), p.47 note. 11. ^Perkins (1989), pp. 73-75. 12. ^Çiçek Coşkun (2006), pp. 13-14. 13. ^Abun-Nasr (1971), pp. 164-165. 14. ^Perkins (2004) pp. 32-36. 15. ^Cf., Brown (1972) at 78 (venerable family), 66 (the ulama). 16. ^A. Guellouz et al. (2010), at 415. 17. ^L. Carl Brown, "Translator's Introduction", pp. 1-31, at 1, to Bin Diyaf (2005). 18. ^Or: Presenting today's People with News of the Rulers of Tunis, and the Pledge of Security. 19. ^See bibliography. 20. ^Bin Diyaf (2005). 21. ^Abun-Nasr (1971), p.179. 22. ^Perkins (1989), p.64. 23. ^Abun-Nasr (1971), at 263. 24. ^Brown (1972), at 47, at 54-72 (biographies intensively used and cited). 25. ^Çiçek Coşkun (2006), p.18. 26. ^Brown (1972), p.47. 27. ^Perkins (1989), p.64. 28. ^Çiçek Coşkun (2006), pp. 14-18; discussion of questions and replies at 15-18; quote describing Bin Diyaf at 18. See also
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