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Author Marsham, Andrew, 1973- author.

Title Rituals of Islamic monarchy : accession and succession in the first Muslim empire / Andrew Marsham
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2009]
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 346 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
Contents Introduction -- Part I. Late antique Arabia and early Islam (c.550-c.660). Introduction -- 1. Alliance and allegiance in pre-Islamic Arabia -- 2. The verb BAYA'A in the Quran: allegiance to Muhammad -- 3. The oath of allegiance in the conquest society (c.628-c.660) -- Part II. The Umayyad caliphate (c.660-750). Introduction -- 4. Sufyanid accession and succession, c.660-683 -- 5. The oath of allegiance in the early tradition and poetry, c.680-c.710 -- 6. The Marwanid patrimony and dynastic succession -- 7. Marwanid rituals of accession and succession -- 8. Writing and the Bay'a in the Marwanid period -- 9. The quranic content of the Marwanid documents -- Part III. The early Abbasid caliphate (c.750-809). Introduction -- 10. The consolidation of Abbasid power: al-Mansur and al-Mahdi (754-785) -- 11. The caliphates of Musa al-Hadi (785-786) and Harun al-Rashid (786-809) -- 12. Dispositive documents for the early Abbasid succession -- Part IV. The Middle Abbasid caliphate (809-865). Introduction -- 13. From the civil war to Samarra (809-847) -- 14. The caliphate of al-Mutawakkil (847-861) -- 15. The outbreak of the second ninth-century civil war (861-865) -- 16. Abbasid documents for caliphal accession -- Conclusion
Summary This fascinating history explores the ceremony of the oath of allegiance to the caliph from the time of the Prophet Muhammad until the fragmentation of the caliphate in the late ninth and tenth centuries. The study of royal rituals of accession and succession in Christian Rome, Byzantium and the early Medieval West has generated an extensive literature. This has however remained unexplored in scholarship on the Islamic world. This book redresses that by examining the ceremonial of accession to the caliphate in early Islam, covering the following aspects of the subject: The place of ritual in political practice Changes and continuities in that practice The problem of how best to understand accounts of ritual. It also offers a contribution to major, current debates in Islamic history: the development of Arab-Muslim identity and the formation of the 'Islamic state'. It presents an accessible discussion of 'royal' ritual in early Islam which situates developments in the Islamic world in a late antique and early medieval context, adding an important comparative context to the book. Key Features The first book-length exploration of royal ritual in the Islamic world Focuses on the oath of allegiance pledged by subjects to their caliph Contributes to major debates in Islamic history including the development of Arab-Muslim identity and the formation of the 'Islamic state' Explicitly situates developments in the Islamic world in a late antique and early medieval context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-337) and index
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Subject Islam -- Rituals -- History
Islam -- Politics and government
Islam and politics -- History
State, The.
Caliphate.
RELIGION -- Islam -- Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION -- Islam -- Theology.
Caliphate
Islam and politics
Islam -- Rituals
Kings and rulers -- Succession
State, The
Islam
Dynastie
SUBJECT Islamic Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Succession
Subject Islamic Empire
Kalifenreich
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780748630776
0748630775
9780748653157
0748653155
1282136429
9781282136427
9786612136429
6612136421