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Law, State Power, and Taxation in Islamic History [PDF]

This paper studies the unique nature, institutional roots, and economic consequences of the ruler’s political power in Islamic History. An influential interest group in Islamic societies has been the legal community, whose power could range from being ...
Metin Cosgel, Rasha Ahmed, Thomas Miceli
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Islamic Medievalism and Mobility in Mathias Énard's Street of Thieves

Literature Compass, Volume 21, Issue 10-12, October-December 2024.
ABSTRACT Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring uprisings, Jihadist extremism, and the neoliberal exploitation of the Global South, Mathias Énard's 2012 novel Street of Thieves (Rue des voleurs) follows the fortunes of Lakhdar, a young man from Tangier who finds himself living as an undocumented migrant in Barcelona's notorious Carrer d’En Robador,
Louise D'Arcens
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Early Medieval World (Chapter 2 of World History, A Short, Visual Introduction)

, 2015
The fifth through the tenth centuries was a period of significant transformation for Europe. As a result of the Germanic invasions and the collapse of the economy, the last Roman Emperor in the West, Romulus Augustulus (475-76), was deposed in 476.
Corning, Caitlin
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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism

Religion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract The study of Islamic esotericism, particularly the concept of al‐bāṭiniyya, remains fragmented. While often studied under various labels like “mysticism” and “occultism,” it is widely equated to Sufism. Scholars still hesitate to use the term al‐bāṭiniyya due to its historical pejorative connotations, linking it to extremist adherence to ...
Liana Saif
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Islam and pluralism : does Quran approve religious pluralism? [PDF]

, 2004
As for the relation between Islam and pluralism, it seems a little bit complicated. There are some verses in The Koran for pluralism and at the same time we have some verses against.
Yitik, Ali Ihsan
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“Our blood is becoming white”: Race, religion, and Siddi becoming in Hyderabad, India

American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 2, Page 194-203, June 2024.
Abstract “Our blood is becoming white.” This was a constant lament I heard from siddis in contemporary Hyderabad, India—third‐ and fourth‐generation descendants of East African slaves and soldiers recruited by the local ruler or Nizam in the 1860s to form the African Cavalry Guard in his army.
Gayatri Reddy
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The iconographic transformation of the “tail of the dragon of the eclipse” into the “hunting cheetah” [PDF]

, 2018
Medieval Islamic iconography includes many depictions in which the tail of Sagittarius takes the form of the “dragon of the eclipse”. The current paper examines the gradual transformation of this imagery into that of a quadruped, eventually detached from
Fontana, Maria Vittoria
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The Ottoman state and descendants of the prophet in Anatolia and the Balkans (c. 1500-1700) [PDF]

, 2009
Throughout the Islamic world those claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad (T. seyyid/serif pl. sadat/esraf) were (and are) accorded a special status.
Hulya, Canbakal, Hülya, Canbakal
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Arabo-Byzantine relations in the 9th and 10th centuries as an area of cultural rivalry

, 2011
International audienceNinth century is conceived a period of important cultural changes in Byz- antium. At that time, written culture of the empire emerges from the "Dark Age" in which literary production was in decline.
Sypiański, Jakub
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Mes‘ûd-i Sa‘d-i Selmân’ın Divanı’nda Arslân Şâh

İçtimaiyat
Divanlar, başta kaside olmak üzere gazel, rubai gibi farklı şiir türlerini barındırarak dönemlerinin edebî zenginliğini, tarihî ve kültürel birikimini yansıtan eserlerdir. Gazneliler dönemi de divanlar bakımından mümbit bir dönemdir.
Mahmut Caduk
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