Messianic beliefs and imperial politics in medieval Islam : the 'Abbāsid caliphate in the early ninth century
Presents an analysis of the dynamic relationship between apocalyptic prophesies and medieval Muslim politics. This book analyzes the role of Muslim messianic and apocalyptic beliefs in the development of the 'Abbasid Caliphate to highlight connections between charismatic authority and institutional developments in the early ninth century.
Print Book, English, 2009
The University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, 2009
XVI, 212 p. : gráf, mapas ; 24 cm.
9781570038198, 1570038198
912629698
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Bibliografía: p.[181]-201