Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion

Bart Jaski (PhD Trinity College Dublin, 1995) is keeper of manuscripts of the University Library of Utrecht. He has published widely on medieval Irish and manuscript studies, and is the editor of various publications.Christian Lange (PhD Harvard, 2006) is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Utrecht University. He is the author of monographs on medieval Islamic conceptions of justice and punishment (2008), paradise and hell in Islam (2016), and the reception history of the prophet Mohammed (2017).Anna Pytlowany is an independent scholar and media professional. She holds a PhD in History of Linguistics from the University of Amsterdam (2018). Her main research interests are material aspects of manuscripts and Dutch mercantile linguistics.Henk van Rinsum (PhD Utrecht, 2001) is a Utrecht-trained historian and anthropologist. He published about universities and religion in Africa. In February 2018, he organised a symposium in Utrecht on the work and life of Adrianus Reland with Islam scholars, Arabists, linguists and historians.

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Adriaan Reland (1676–1718): Early Modern Humanist, Philologist and Scholar of Comparative ReligionBart Jaski, Christian Lange, Anna Pytlowany, and Henk J. van Rinsumpart 1: Reland in His Time1 Adriaan Reland (1676–1718) and His Formative YearsA Prelude to De Religione MohammedicaHenk J. van Rinsum2 Adriaan Reland’s Legacy as a Scholar of IslamLot Brouwer3 Follow the Light: Adriaan Reland (1676–1718) on MuhammadChristian Lange4 Adriaan Reland and Dutch Scholarship on IslamScholarly and Religious Visions of the Muslim PilgrimageRichard van Leeuwenpart 2: Reland and the World5 The First Dutch Translation of Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān, Reland’s Annotated Version and the Mysterious Translator S.D.B.Remke Kruk and Arnoud Vrolijk6 Adriaan Reland’s Fascination with the Languages of the WorldToon van Hal7 Digging without Dirt: Adriaan Reland’s Explorations of the Holy LandUlrich Groetsch8 ‘Geleerdster der Landbeschryveren’? Adriaan Reland Mapping Persia and Japan, 1705–1715Tobias Winnerling9 Adriaan Reland, Galatea: An IntroductionDirk Sacré10 Adriaan Reland: A Life in FragmentsAnna PytlowanyPart 3: Collections, Manuscripts, and Seals11 The Manuscript Collection of Adriaan Reland in the University Library of Utrecht and BeyondBart Jaski12 The Adriaan Reland Collection at Leiden University LibraryAntoine Galland Autographs, Oriental Manuscripts and the Enigmas of the 1761 Auction CatalogueArnoud Vrolijk13 Adriaan Reland on Islamic Gems and SealsAn Annotated Translation of the Latin TextJan Just WitkamAppendix 1: The Works of Adriaan RelandCompiled by Henk J. van RinsumAppendix 2: The Manuscripts of Adriaan RelandCompiled by Bart JaskiAppendix 3: The Letters of Adriaan RelandCompiled by Tobias WinnerlingAppendix 4: Relandus—Elegies for Galatea, no. 2Translated from the Latin by Jason HarrisAppendix 5: Heinrich Sike’s 1696 Congratulatory Poem for Adriaan RelandTranslated from the Arabic by Christian LangeAppendix 6: The Maps of Adriaan RelandCompiled by Tobias WinnerlingIndex of Names