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Medieval Islamic Political Thought.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The New Edinburgh Islamic SurveysPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (475 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780748646500
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Medieval Islamic Political ThoughtDDC classification:
  • 320.5570902
LOC classification:
  • BP173.7
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents list -- Charts list -- Preface -- Addenda and Corrigenda -- PART I -- Ch 1: Origins of Government -- Ch 2: The First Civil War -- Ch 3: The Umayyads -- PART II -- Ch 4: Introduction -- Ch 5: The Kharijites -- Ch 6: The Mu'tazilites -- Ch 7: The Shi'ites -- Ch 8: The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism -- Ch 9: The Zaydis -- Ch 10: The Imamis -- Ch 11: The Hadith Party -- PART III -- Ch 12: Introduction -- Ch 13: The Persian Tradition -- Ch 14: The Greek Tradition -- Ch 15: The Ismailis -- Ch 16: The Sunnis -- PART IV -- Ch 17: the Nature of Government -- Ch 18: The Functions of Government -- Ch 19: Visions of Freedom -- Ch 20: The Social Order -- Ch 21: Muslims and Non-Muslims -- Ch 22: Epilogue -- Charts -- Bibliography, Abbreviations and Conventions -- Index and Glossary.
Summary: This book presents general readers and specialists alike with a broad survey of Islamic political thought in the six centuries from the rise of Islam to the Mongol invasions.
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents list -- Charts list -- Preface -- Addenda and Corrigenda -- PART I -- Ch 1: Origins of Government -- Ch 2: The First Civil War -- Ch 3: The Umayyads -- PART II -- Ch 4: Introduction -- Ch 5: The Kharijites -- Ch 6: The Mu'tazilites -- Ch 7: The Shi'ites -- Ch 8: The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism -- Ch 9: The Zaydis -- Ch 10: The Imamis -- Ch 11: The Hadith Party -- PART III -- Ch 12: Introduction -- Ch 13: The Persian Tradition -- Ch 14: The Greek Tradition -- Ch 15: The Ismailis -- Ch 16: The Sunnis -- PART IV -- Ch 17: the Nature of Government -- Ch 18: The Functions of Government -- Ch 19: Visions of Freedom -- Ch 20: The Social Order -- Ch 21: Muslims and Non-Muslims -- Ch 22: Epilogue -- Charts -- Bibliography, Abbreviations and Conventions -- Index and Glossary.

This book presents general readers and specialists alike with a broad survey of Islamic political thought in the six centuries from the rise of Islam to the Mongol invasions.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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