Where have all the converts gone? Difficulties in the study of conversion to Islam in al-Andalus
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https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2011.005Keywords:
Islam, Conversion, Al-Andalus, Onomastics, NamesAbstract
Discussion of a proposal for identifying converts to Islam in al-Andalus through their onomastics using the huge databases constituted by the medieval Arabic biographical dictionaries. The proposal is shown to be unworkable in practice. It is suggested in consequence that it may not be possible to identify converts in ways that are susceptible of statistical analysis.
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