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2018
The medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750–1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed's political authority. This book traces how a new conception of the caliphate emerged under the Ottomans, who redefined the caliph as at once
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The medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750–1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed's political authority. This book traces how a new conception of the caliphate emerged under the Ottomans, who redefined the caliph as at once
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Beyond the Throne of the Caliphate: Analysing Caliphal Documents
2020The second of two chapters that discuss caliphal documents that offer opportunities to examine Abbasid legitimacy alongside conceptual representations of the caliphate’s authority in late medieval Syro-Egyptian society. The documents counted among a small number of venues in which the theoretical power and authority of the Abbasid Caliphate could be ...
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