Crone, Patricia. <br/><br/>
Medieval Islamic Political Thought. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (475 pages) 
 - The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys .
 - The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780748646500 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science - Islamic countries - History - To 1500.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP173.7 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.5570902