The 'Alids : : The First Family of Islam, 750-1200 / / Teresa Bernheimer.

The first social history of the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad in early IslamGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748638475','ISBN:9780748638482','ISBN:9780748682959']);This first in-depth study of the 'Alids focuses on the crucial formative period from the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2013
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (128 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Genealogy, Money and the Drawing of Boundaries
  • 3 Shifting Hierarchies and Emphasising Kinship: Alid Marriage Patterns
  • 4 The Niqa-ba, the Headship of the `Alid Family
  • 5 The Alids as Local Nobility
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index