Political Thought in the Mamluk Period : : The Unnecessary Caliphate / / Mohamad El-Merheb.

A new history of medieval Islamic political thought, focusing on the rule of law, limited government and the theory of delegationStudies Ayyubid and Mamluk political thought beyond the prevalent focus on Ibn TaymiyyaOffers a novel classification of the themes and concerns of medieval Islamic politic...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Reading Islamic Political Thought
  • 2 Ibn Jamaʿa’s Synthesis and Praxis of Shafiʿi Political Thought
  • 3 Sufi Political Thought
  • 4 The Late Ayyubid and Early Mamluk Context: Ibn Talha and al-Qarafi
  • 5 Mamluk Historiography as a Form of Political Thought
  • Bibliography
  • Index