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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151707303321

Autore

Arnold Thomas W

Titolo

Caliphate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Routledge, 2016

ISBN

1-315-44324-4

1-315-44322-8

1-315-44323-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 pages)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Islam, State and Society ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

297.65

Soggetti

Caliphate

Islamic Empire History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1965 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The caliphate and the Holy Roman Empire -- 2. Origin of the caliphate. The titles of the caliph -- 3. Theological sanction for the caliphate in the Qur'an and the traditions -- 4. Historical survey of the Abbasid dynasty -- 5. The exposition of the jurists -- 6. Recognition of the Abbasid caliphate from the eleventh to the thirteenth century -- 7. Establishment of the Abbasid caliphate in Cairo -- 8. Relations of the Abbasid caliphs in Cairo with other princes in the Muslim world -- 9. Assumption of the title Khalifah by independent Muslim princes -- 10. The exposition of philosophical and ethical writers -- 11. The Ottomans and the caliphate -- 12. Sultan Salim in Egypt -- 13. The Mughal emperors in India -- 14. The later Ottoman sultans and the caliphate.