Algunos aspectos del islam en el Túnez otomano a los ojos del trinitario Francisco Ximénez

The Spanish Trinitarian Bro. Francisco Ximénez's portrayals of the Ottoman regency of Tunis stand out for their originality among European literature on the same subject. Francisco Ximénez resided in that country from 1720 to 1735. His knowledge of Islam and more specifically, of Tunisian religiousness is the outcome both of readings (including various texts written by exiled moriscos) and of his observation of everyday reality in that country, as it often emerges from his 'Diario de Túnez', his 'Colonia Trinitaria de Túnez' and, more extensively, from his unpublished 'Historia del Reyno de Túnez'. His accounts allow us to reconstruct several aspects of Tunisian Islam during that time, centered on various beliefs, specific personalities and some feasts, as for instance the 'sacrifice feast' (al-cīd al-kabīr), the cāšūrā’ and the mawlid (Birth of the Prophet).