Violent Order : Religious Warfare, Chivalry, and the 'Ayyar Phenomenon in the Medieval Islamic World / / D. G. Tor

• Autore: Tor D. G.
• Pubblicazione: Würzburg : , : Ergon - ein Verlag in der Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 pages)
• Disciplina: 355.00902
• Soggetto topico: Futuwwa (Islamic social groups)
• Nota di contenuto: Defining the ʻayyārs -- The volunteer warriors for the faith (mutaṭawwiʻa) -- ʻAyyār activity in Sīstān and the rise of the Ṣaffārids -- The ʻayyār versus the government : the Ṣaffārids and the Ṭāhirids -- The ʻayyār and the Caliph -- The beginning of the ʻayyār-Sufi connection, and the decline and fall of the ʻayyār realm -- The ʻayyārs, Sufism, and chivalry -- The ʻayyārs in the tenth and eleventh centuries : chivalry (futuwwa) and violence.
• Sommario/riassunto: The present volume contains contributions from Classical Studies which aim at a retrospective interpretation of ceremonies to secure power in the regions of Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Egypt and the Levant. The activities in which all wielders of military power in medieval societies, both Islamic and Christian, habitually engaged are so alien to the modern society that there is a tendency to attribute such behaviour to lawless aggression rather than to what were considered to have been respectable actions by elite members of society. The revised understanding of the social role and position of the ʿayyārs laid forth here will enable us to better recognize and contextualize manifestations of that native Muslim military and political initiative.
• Altri titoli varianti: Violent Order
• Titolo autorizzato: Violent Order
• ISBN: 3-95650-691-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996540365003316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Istanbuler Texte und Studien. ; Band 11.