Al-Ma'mûn, the Inquisition, and the Quest for Caliphal Authority by John Abdallah Nawas

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xvi,340 pages
10 x 7 inches

Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies, 4

Lockwood Press

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English

Paperback (November 2015)

ISBN-13 9781937040550
ISBN-10 1937040550

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Subjects:

Islamic Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

Al-Ma'mûn, the Inquisition, and the Quest for Caliphal Authority

by John Abdallah Nawas

The "inquisition" (Mihnah) unleashed by the seventh Abbasid caliph, 'Abdallah al-Ma'mun (r. 813-833), has long attracted the attention of modern scholars of the intellectual, political, and religious show more

about the author

John Nawas is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Leuven, Belgium. His research centers on the religio-political and social history show more

table of contents

Series Editors' Preface
Foreword
Author's Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Aim of This Study
1.2. Previous Explanations of al-Ma'mun's Motives
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reviews

"Nawas makes a compelling and eloquent argument that requires our attention. To begin understanding the minha, one must start here. The editors of the series are to be commended for their efforts show more

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