Research Article Details

Citation Journal Title: International Jordanian Journal Aryam for Humanities and Social Sciences

Citation Title: Shinqīti Journeys to the Hijaz Between the 18th and 20th Centuries: Means of Travel and Available Resources

Citation Author: Dr. Bab Ould Ahmed Ould Sheikh Sidiya

Citation Volume: 5

Citation Issue: 2

Citation Year: 2023

Citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.65811/528

Citation PDF: https://aijj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IJJA-VOL-5-ISSUE-2-NO-8-2023-PP-132-144-PDF.pdf

Received Date: 7 March 2023

Revised Date: 26 April 2023

Accepted Date: 19 May 2023

Publication Date: 23 June 2023

First Page: 132

Citation Abstract: This article seeks to explore the features of Shinqīti presence in the Hijaz, undertaken for the purpose of performing the Hajj pilgrimage and engaging with its intellectual milieu through the study of Islamic texts and participation in the debates that unfolded within the broader Islamic world. In truth, these journeys reflected the intellectual concerns experienced by the Shinqīti scholar in the Hijaz, as well as his distance from his homeland in the absence of a central authority capable of organizing or regulating this scholarly and religious mission—one that was exceedingly difficult to undertake due to the harshness of the routes and the dangers they entailed. Such circumstances transformed the travel experience beyond the mere act of journeying into a set of scholarly and cultural spaces, through which the Shinqīti scholars emerged as authoritative transmitters of Islamic knowledge and canonical texts, attentive to their own particularity and committed to self-assertion and intellectual defense, despite their nomadic background and the scarcity of material means.

Citation Keywords: The concept of travel; pilgrimage to the holy sites; travel routes; Shinqīt; Mauritania