Adab c) and Islamic scholarship after the "Sunnī revival" - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Bauer, Thomas
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Adab , a term that appears early on in Islamic culture, was refined and redefined during the so-called Sunnī revival (fifth/eleventh century), with the advances in the linguistic sciences and in Islamic scholarship in general that took place during that era. 1. The adīb of the Saljūq and post-Saljūq period During the first centuries of the ʿAbbāsid empire, secretaries ( kuttāb , sg. kātib ) formed a group with its own identity and curriculum. This situation changed during the Sunnī revival (fifth/eleventh century), which, with respect to adab and the