Caliphate : the history of an idea

Caliphate : the history of an idea /

Caliphate is a grand and sweeping history of the caliphate since the death of the prophet Mohammed until the last official caliph in the 13th Century, and its modern incarnations under various Islamist groups today. Contrary to popular belief, Islamic law is not a codified set of legislations, and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2016]
Subjects:
622-1258
Caliphate > History.
Caliphs > History.
Caliphate.
Caliphs.
Kings and rulers.
Islamic Empire > History > 622-661.
Islamic Empire > History > 661-750.
Islamic Empire > History > 750-1258.
Islamic Empire > Kings and rulers.
Islamic Empire.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The first caliphs
  • The executive caliphate : the rule of the Umayyads
  • The early Abbasid Caliphate
  • The culture of the Abbasid Caliphate
  • The later Abbasid Caliphate
  • Three authors in search of the caliphate
  • The caliphate of the Shi'ites
  • The Umayyads of Córdoba
  • The Almohad caliphs
  • The caliphate under the Mamluks and Ottomans
  • The twentieth century and beyond.

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