The Circulation of Foreign News and the Construction of Imperial Ideals: The Spanish Translators of Aḥmad al-Manṣūr

During the reign of Aḥmad al-Manṣūr (1578-1603), a good deal of news and information about European political and religious affairs circulated in Morocco and was used in official discourses generated in the Moroccan court. This information was transmitted in part by a range of European agents from S...

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Published in:Memoria y civilización 2015-01, Vol.18, p.37-70
Main Author: Gilbert, Claire
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abd al-azīz al-fashtālī
alonso del castillo
aḥmad al-manṣūr
aḥmad ibn qāsim al-ḥajarī
diego marín
early modern diplomacy
elizabeth i
empire
morocco
news
philip ii
spain, england
translation
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Summary:During the reign of Aḥmad al-Manṣūr (1578-1603), a good deal of news and information about European political and religious affairs circulated in Morocco and was used in official discourses generated in the Moroccan court. This information was transmitted in part by a range of European agents from Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherlands, but the key figure in its reception and use in the Moroccan court was the Spanish translator, who worked alongside al-Manṣūr’s secretaries and other chancellery officials. Foreign news, as relayed by the Spanish translator, was adapted into different royal discourses and was used along with other strategies of representation to reinforce al-Manṣūr’s claims to sovereign and imperial legitimacy before Muslim and Christian audiences
ISSN:2254-6367
1139-0107
2254-6367
DOI:10.15581/001.18.37-70