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Muslim Kingship: Power and the Sacred in Muslim, Christian and Pagan Polities

By Aziz Al-Azmeh

Book information

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Year
2001
ISBN
1860646093, 9781860646096
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5319297 bytes)
Pages
320\314
Time added
2020-10-12 17:25:31

Description

This study outlines the main features of the theory and practice of political power in Muslim polities in the Middle Ages against the background of Near Eastern traditions of kingship, particularly Hellenistic, Persian, and Byzantine. The early Arab-Muslim polity is treated as an integral part of late Antiquity and the book explores the way in which older traditions were transposed into Islamic form and given specifically Islamic textual sanction.

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