Excellence and Precedence : : Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership / / Asma Afsaruddin.

This volume focuses on how legitimate leadership came to be defined in the formative period of Islam in terms of two key Qur'anic concepts: moral excellence ( faḍl/faḍīla ) and precedence ( sābiqa ). These two concepts undergirded a specific discourse on leadership which developed in the fi...

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Superior document:Islamic History and Civilization ; 36
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2002.
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
Series:Islamic History and Civilization ; 36.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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